Microsoft today announced that advanced threat protection for Azure Storage now also allows customers to protect data stored in Azure Files file shares and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 API data stores. | Continue reading
Microsoft will provide Office 365 customers with support for using disposable emails to make it simpler to manage their inboxes and to keep track of email campaigns. | Continue reading
When Microsoft made the Feedback Hub universal app available to Windows 10 Insiders in March 2016 and generally available two months later, the plan was for the app to be the perfect tool for users to report issues and share suggestions on how to improve Windows experience for al … | Continue reading
Malware developers are now checking if their malware is running in the Any.Run malware analysis service to prevent their malware from being easily analyzed by researchers. | Continue reading
Windows has always allowed users to free up storage space by emptying temporary files, recycling bin, and the downloads folder's contents. With Windows 10, Microsoft has made things a little bit easier with a new automated feature called 'Storage Sense.' | Continue reading
The Zoom web conference Client contained a zero-day vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to execute commands on vulnerable systems remotely. | Continue reading
The notorious TrickBot malware mistakenly left a test module that is warning victims that they are infected and should contact their administrator. | Continue reading
Windows 10 builds contain many hidden features that are used by Microsoft to debug code or test applications that have not been officially released yet. A new tool has been released that enables you to find and enable these hidden features in Windows 10. | Continue reading
It has been a pretty quiet week with few alleged attacks against corporate victims and mostly new variants of existing ransomware released. | Continue reading
Apple warns customers to avoid closing their MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro devices if they use a camera cover thicker than 0.1mm to avoid display damage. | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced that it will not offer support in 'any capacity' for PHP for Windows 8.0 when it is released. | Continue reading
Verizon now makes it possible for customers to defend against SIM swapping attacks by enabling the free Number Lock protection feature through the My Verizon app or the My Verizon website. | Continue reading
The Uber Eats food delivery service is having an outage in multiple countries that is preventing orders from being placed in the app. | Continue reading
A threat actor is peddling 62,000 active eToro accounts on a known cybercrime forum. They are also likely collaborating with REvil ransomware on the corporate intrusion front. | Continue reading
The U.S. Secret Service announced the creation of the Cyber Fraud Task Force (CFTF) after the merger of its Financial Crimes Task Forces (FCTFs) and Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs) into a single unified network. | Continue reading
Mozilla has officially announced that starting September 1st, 2020, they will no longer consider any newly issued certificates with a lifespan greater than 398 days, or a little over one year, as valid. | Continue reading
A member of a hacker forum is looking to make over $30,000 from selling a huge collection of more than 1,300 phishing kits. | Continue reading
Google Chrome Password Manager lets you save usernames and passwords and automatically use them to log in to websites you visit. If you ever decide to switch from or to Google Chrome and want to take your saved passwords with you, this guide will help you. | Continue reading
The Conti Ransomware is an upcoming threat targeting corporate networks with new features that allow it to perform quicker and more targeted attacks. There are also indications that this ransomware shares the same malware code as Ryuk, who has slowly been fading away, while Conti … | Continue reading
Google will update its Google Ads Enabling Dishonest Behavior policy to globally ban advertising for spyware and surveillance technology known as stalkerware starting with August 11, 2020. | Continue reading
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 10 security feature dubbed Kernel Data Protection (KDP) and designed to block malicious actors from altering Windows drivers and systems' protected kernel memory as part of their attacks. | Continue reading
Microsoft Office 365 users are targeted by a new phishing campaign using fake Zoom notifications to warn those who work in corporate environments that their Zoom accounts have been suspended, with the end goal of stealing Office 365 logins. | Continue reading
Hackers in the Evilnum group have developed a toolset that combines custom malware, legitimate utilities, and tools bought from a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) provider that caters for big fintech threat actors. | Continue reading
The threat actor behind the Joker Android malware has once again succeeded to successfully slip spyware infected apps onto the Play Store, Google's official Android app store. | Continue reading
At least 15 billion credentials are currently circulating on various hacker forums, giving cybercriminals fodder for account takeover attacks and identity renting services. | Continue reading
Palo Alto Networks (PAN) today addressed another severe vulnerability found in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal and affecting unpatched PAN next-generation firewalls. | Continue reading
Microsoft warns that with the shift to remote working, customers are exposed to additional security threats such as consent phishing, besides conventional credential theft and email phishing attacks. | Continue reading
Microsoft Research has announced a cloud-based malware detection service called Project Freta to detect rootkits, cryptominers, and previously undetected malware strains lurking in your Linux cloud VM images. | Continue reading
NVIDIA has addressed a vulnerability in the Windows NVIDIA GeForce Experience (GFE) software that could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code, trigger a denial of service (DoS) state, or access privileged information on unpatched systems. | Continue reading
Microsoft released the July 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates with improvements and fixes for issues impacting Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Office 2016 and Office 2013 products. | Continue reading
Google's registration of the Blogspot domain expired recently, and the domain was immediately purchased by a domain service provider: | Continue reading
The US Department of Justice has indicted a hacker known as 'Fxmsp' for hacking into and selling access to over three hundred organizations worldwide. | Continue reading
Poor coding of the ThiefQuest ransomware in disguise that targets macOS users allows recovery of encrypted files, which would remain lost in lack of a backup. | Continue reading
F5 BIG-IP customers who only applied recommended mitigations and haven't yet patched their devices against the unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) CVE-2020-5902 vulnerability are now advised to update them against a recently found bypass. | Continue reading
If Microsoft Edge was installed in Windows 10 via Windows Update, you can not remove it via standard methods. That does not mean you cannot remove it, though, as a technique has been discovered to uninstall the program via the command prompt. | Continue reading
Microsoft took control of domains used by cybercriminals as part of the infrastructure needed to launch phishing attacks designed to exploit vulnerabilities and public fear resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. | Continue reading
Microsoft has started testing the removal of the venerable System control panel on Windows 10 and instead redirecting users to the modern About page. | Continue reading
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today has issued a security alert designed to share potential indicators of imposter scams and money mule schemes with US financial institutions. | Continue reading
The new Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Web Content Filtering feature will be provided for free to all enterprise customers without the need for an additional partner license. | Continue reading
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) confirmed a Ragnar Locker ransomware attack that affected its parent corporation's systems, the Portuguese multinational energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP). | Continue reading
Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology announced over the weekend a ransomware attack on systems from its Xchanging subsidiary. | Continue reading
In what is being called a productivity enhancement, Microsoft is testing a change to the Windows 10 Alt+Tab feature so that it also shows open Microsoft Edge browser tabs. | Continue reading
Some Windows 10 users are being blocked from applying the May 2020 Update when manually seeking to upgrade through Windows Update due to unsupported settings on Windows 10 2004. | Continue reading
Hackers from North Korea have been stealing payment card information from customers of large retailers in the U.S. and Europe for at least a year, reveals new research released today. | Continue reading
Two days after patches for critical F5 BIG-IP vulnerability were released, security researchers have started publicly posting proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits show how easy it is to exploit these devices. | Continue reading
Microsoft released security updates via the Microsoft Store last week, and it's confusing many users who want to make sure their devices are protected. | Continue reading
A vulnerability in the .NET Core library allows malicious programs to be launched while evading detection by security software. | Continue reading
A new browser extension called Behave! will warn you if a web site is using scripts to perform scans or attacks on local and private IP addresses on your network. | Continue reading