NCSC warns UK entities of potential destructive cyberattacks from Russia
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) urges organizations to improve cybersecurity due to the risk of imminent destructive cyberattacks
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Month: January 2022
Windows Privilege Elevation Exploit POC Released into The Wild
A security researcher has publicly disclosed an exploit for a Windows local privilege elevation vulnerability that allows anyone to gain
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UK: Data breach at Greensward Academy
Information such as free school meal status, address, deprivation status, exam dispensation and special educational needs of Year 11 children
Read more2FA Authenticator on GooglePlay Store loaded well-known banking trojan
A fake two-factor-authentication app that has been downloaded over 10,000 times from Google Play surreptitiously installed a known banking-fraud trojan
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US Says National Water Supply ‘Absolutely’ Vulnerable to Hackers
Cyber defenses for US drinking water supplies are “absolutely inadequate” and vulnerable to large-scale disruption by hackers, a senior official
Read moreThe largest DDoS to date, Microsoft mitigates a 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack
Microsoft announced to have mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps distributed denial of service attack targeting an Azure customer, the largest DDoS to
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LockBit ransomware hits European firms & French Ministry of Justice
The LockBit ransomware operators claim to have hit business in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and Germany. The infamous
Read moreApple pays out $100k bounty for Safari webcam hack that imperilled victims’ online accounts
Security vulnerabilities in Apple iCloud and Safari 15 could have enabled attackers to compromise macOS webcams and, thereafter, victims’ online
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NetWalker Ransomware’s Sites Seized by Law Enforcement
Law enforcement authorities in the U.S. and Europe have seized the dark web sites associated with the NetWalker ransomware operations
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Apple patches new zero-day actively exploited in the wild
Apple has released security updates to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities, with one publicly disclosed and the other exploited in the
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