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Microsoft blocks ActiveX by default in Microsoft 365, Office 2024

Category: Microsoft|Apr 24, 2025 | Author: Admin

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. [more]

New ResolverRAT malware targets pharma and healthcare orgs worldwide

Category: IT|Apr 17, 2025 | Author: Admin

A new remote access trojan (RAT) called 'ResolverRAT' is being used against organizations globally, with the malware used in recent attacks targeting the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. [more]

Hackers abuse WordPress MU-Plugins to hide malicious code

Category: IT|Mar 31, 2025 | Author: Admin

Hackers are utilizing the WordPress mu-plugins ("Must-Use Plugins") directory to stealthily run malicious code on every page while evading detection. [more]

EncryptHub linked to MMC zero-day attacks on Windows systems

Category: IT|Mar 25, 2025 | Author: Admin

A threat actor known as EncryptHub has been linked to Windows zero-day attacks exploiting a Microsoft Management Console vulnerability patched this month. [more]

New RAT malware used for crypto theft, reconnaissance

Category: Microsoft|Mar 18, 2025 | Author: Admin

Microsoft has discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) that employs "sophisticated techniques" to avoid detection, maintain persistence, and extract sensitive data. [more]

Supply chain attack on popular GitHub Action exposes CI/CD secrets

Category: IT|Mar 17, 2025 | Author: Admin

A supply chain attack on the widely used 'tj-actions/changed-files' GitHub Action, used by 23,000 repositories, potentially allowed threat actors to steal CI/CD secrets from GitHub Actions build logs. [more]

New FinalDraft malware abuses Outlook mail service for stealthy comms

Category: Microsoft|Feb 17, 2025 | Author: Admin

A new malware called FinalDraft has been using Outlook email drafts for command-and-control communication in attacks against a ministry in a South American country. [more]

Malicious PirateFi game infects Steam users with Vidar malware

Category: IT|Feb 14, 2025 | Author: Admin

A free-to-play game named PirateFi in the Steam store has been distributing the Vidar infostealing malware to unsuspecting users. [more]

Russian military hackers deploy malicious Windows activators in Ukraine

Category: Microsoft|Feb 12, 2025 | Author: Admin

The Sandworm Russian military cyber-espionage group is targeting Windows users in Ukraine with trojanized Microsoft Key Management Service (KMS) activators and fake Windows updates. [more]

Juniper warns of Mirai botnet targeting Session Smart routers

Category: IT|Dec 28, 2024 | Author: Admin

Juniper Networks has warned customers of Mirai malware attacks targeting and infecting Session Smart routers using default credentials. [more]

Germany blocks BadBox malware loaded on 30,000 Android devices

Category: Google|Dec 13, 2024 | Author: Admin

Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has disrupted the BadBox malware operation pre-loaded in over 30,000 Android IoT devices sold in the country. [more]

CyberPanel Urges Users to Upgrade Amid Ongoing Issues

Category: IT|Oct 29, 2024 | Author: Admin

CyberPanel has announced the urgent need for users to upgrade their software due to ongoing issues that have affected file access for many users. The CyberPanel team is assisting those impacted at no cost, providing solutions such as a decryption script and a manual patch guide for... [more]

Over 6,000 WordPress hacked to install plugins pushing infostealers

Category: IT|Oct 23, 2024 | Author: Admin

WordPress sites are being hacked to install malicious plugins that display fake software updates and errors to push information-stealing malware. [more]

Over 200 malicious apps on Google Play downloaded millions of times

Category: Google|Oct 15, 2024 | Author: Admin

Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads. [more]

Urgent warning issued to Android users over malicious threat affecting millions of devices

Category: Google|Sep 29, 2024 | Author: Admin

To protect your Android device, say goodbye to modded apps [more]

Infostealer malware bypasses Chrome’s new cookie-theft defenses

Category: Google|Sep 26, 2024 | Author: Admin

Infostealer malware developers released updates claiming to bypass Google Chrome’s recently introduced feature App-Bound Encryption to protect sensitive data such as cookies. [more]

Microsoft: Exchange Online mistakenly tags emails as malware

Category: Microsoft|Aug 27, 2024 | Author: Admin

Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online false positive issue causing emails containing images to be wrongly tagged as malicious and sent to quarantine. [more]

Azure domains and Google abused to spread disinformation and malware

Category: IT|Aug 19, 2024 | Author: Admin

A clever disinformation campaign engages several Microsoft Azure and OVH cloud subdomains as well as Google search to promote malware and spam sites. [more]

Hackers abuse free Try Cloudflare to deliver remote access malware

Category: IT|Aug 1, 2024 | Author: Admin

Researchers are warning of threat actors increasingly abusing the Cloudflare Tunnel service in malware campaigns that usually deliver remote access trojans (RATs). [more]

Malware botnet bricked 600,000 routers in mysterious 2023 attack

Category: IT|Jun 2, 2024 | Author: Admin

A malware botnet named 'Pumpkin Eclipse' performed a mysterious destructive event in 2023 that destroyed 600,000 office/home office (SOHO) internet routers offline, disrupting customers' internet access. [more]