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Lazarus hackers are weaponizing open-source software
Microsoft says the North Korean-sponsored Lazarus threat group is trojanizing legitimate open-source software and using it to backdoor organizations in many industry sectors, such as technology,...
View ArticleMexico president AMLO confirms poor health amid largest computer hack in...
A hacker group named Guacamaya infiltrated Mexican military files today getting access to 6 Terabytes of classified information that revealed President AMLO’s terrible health conditions, failed...
View ArticleInvestigating at the interface of data science and computing | MIT News
A visual model of Guy Bresler’s research would probably look something like a Venn diagram. He works at the four-way intersection where theoretical computer science, statistics, probability, and...
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New Chaos malware infects Windows, Linux devices for DDoS attacks
A quickly expanding botnet called Chaos is targeting and infecting Windows and Linux devices to use them for cryptomining and launching DDoS attacks. This Go-based malware can also infect various...
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Fired admin cripples former employer’s network using old credentials
After being laid off, an IT system administrator disrupted the operations of his former employer, a high-profile financial company in Hawaii, hoping to get his job back. Casey K. Umetsu, aged 40,...
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New Royal Ransomware emerges in multi-million dollar attacks
A ransomware operation named Royal is quickly ramping up, targeting corporations with ransom demands ranging from $250,000 to over $2 million. Royal is an operation that launched in January 2022 and...
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Windows 11 22H2 causing gaming issues for some NVIDIA users
The Windows 11 22H2 feature update released earlier this week is reportedly causing gaming performance issues on systems with NVIDIA GPUs. As detailed in reports shared across several online platforms...
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FBI warns of tech support scam targeting older residents in Chicagoland area
File Photo | Photo: Vojtech Okenka / Pexels The FBI has issued a warning to residents in the Chicagoland area about an increase in scams where criminals are posing as tech support and targeting...
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Microsoft shares workarounds for Windows Group Policy issues
Microsoft has acknowledged a known issue where copying files/shortcuts using Group Policy Preferences on Windows client devices might not work as expected after installing recent Windows cumulative...
View ArticleUCSB researcher charged for possession of child pornography on work-issued...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A felony complaint has been filed against a UC Santa Barbara researcher after law enforcement officers discovered child pornography on a university-issued laptop, according to...
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Multi-million dollar credit card fraud operation uncovered
A massive operation that has reportedly siphoned millions of USD from credit cards since its launch in 2019 has been exposed and is considered responsible for losses for tens of thousands of victims....
View ArticleNetgear can give your old PC Wi-Fi 6E speeds – but there’s a catch
Netgear has found a clever way to bring Wi-Fi 6E speeds to aging computers. The new standard comes via Netgear’s Nighthawk AXE3000 USB 3.0 adapter, which can be plugged into a computer and upgraded...
View ArticleMike Lindell under investigation over identity theft and damage to computer...
Mike Lindell’s efforts to aid Donald Trump and the campaign to overturn the 2020 election may have finally gotten him into trouble. NBC News reported on Wednesday that the hybrid pillow vendor and...
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UMass celebrates groundbreaking for $125 million computer science building
AMHERST – The University of Massachusetts on Thursday celebrated the groundbreaking of a $125 million facility for its computer science program that officials say will place the university in a...
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Critical Magento vulnerability targeted in new surge of attacks
Researchers have observed a surge in hacking attempts targeting CVE-2022-24086, a critical Magento 2 vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute code on unpatched sites. Magento is an...
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New Microsoft Exchange zero-days actively exploited in attacks
Threat actors are exploiting yet-to-be-disclosed Microsoft Exchange zero-day bugs allowing for remote code execution, according to claims made by security researchers at Vietnamese cybersecurity...
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Hacking group hides backdoor malware inside Windows logo image
Security researchers have discovered a malicious campaign by the ‘Witchetty’ hacking group, which uses steganography to hide a backdoor malware in a Windows logo. Witchetty is believed to have close...
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New malware backdoors VMware ESXi servers to hijack virtual machines
Hackers have found a new method to establish persistence on VMware ESXi hypervisors to control vCenter servers and virtual machines for Windows and Linux while avoiding detection. With the help of...
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Lazarus hackers are weaponizing open-source software
Microsoft says the North Korean-sponsored Lazarus threat group is trojanizing legitimate open-source software and using it to backdoor organizations in many industry sectors, such as technology,...
View ArticleMexico president AMLO confirms poor health amid largest computer hack in...
A hacker group named Guacamaya infiltrated Mexican military files today getting access to 6 Terabytes of classified information that revealed President AMLO’s terrible health conditions, failed...
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