New PEAPOD Cyberattack Campaign Targeting Women Political Leaders
European Union military personnel and political leaders working on gender equality initiatives have emerged as the target of a new…
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Microsoft Defender Thwarts Large-Scale Akira Ransomware Attack
Microsoft on Wednesday said that a user containment feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helped thwart a "large-scale remote encryption…
How to Guard Your Data from Exposure in ChatGPT
ChatGPT has transformed the way businesses generate textual content, which can potentially result in a quantum leap in productivity. However,…
ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers
The threat actors behind ShellBot are leveraging IP addresses transformed into their hexadecimal notation to infiltrate poorly managed Linux SSH…
Researchers Uncover Ongoing Attacks Targeting Asian Governments and Telecom Giants
High-profile government and telecom entities in Asia have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign since 2021 that's designed…
Researchers Uncover Malware Posing as WordPress Caching Plugin
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new sophisticated strain of malware that masquerades as a WordPress plugin to stealthily…
Google Adopts Passkeys as Default Sign-in Method for All Users
Google on Tuesday announced the ability for all users to set up passkeys by default, five months after it rolled…
HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited to Launch Record DDoS Attacks
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google on Tuesday said they took steps to mitigate record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks…
Microsoft Warns of Nation-State Hackers Exploiting Critical Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability
Microsoft has linked the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server to a…
Microsoft Releases October 2023 Patches for 103 Flaws, Including 2 Active Exploits
Microsoft has released its Patch Tuesday updates for October 2023, addressing a total of 103 flaws in its software, two…