Windows 11 24H2 now also offered to all eligible Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft says Windows 11 24H2 has entered the broad deployment phase and is now available to all seekers via Windows Update. The…
Month: January 2025
UN Security Council launches 1st discussion tackling commercial spyware
The United Nations Security Council convened recently to discuss the implications of commercial spyware for international peace and security, marking…
Use this AI chatbot prompt to create a password-exclusion list
One of the most successful forms of password breaches occurs when hackers simply guess commonly used passwords. And while organizations…
IPany VPN breached in supply-chain attack to push custom malware
South Korean VPN provider IPany was breached in a supply chain attack by the “PlushDaemon” China-aligned hacking group, who compromised…
ValleyRAT malware spread via bogus software installers
Attackers have used a malicious Google ad with Homebrew’s proper “brew.sh” URL to redirect to the typosquatted “brewe[.]sh” site, which…
Hackers exploit 16 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025
On the first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025, security researchers exploited 16 unique zero-days and collected $382,750 in cash awards.…
Newly emergent Nnice ransomware examined
Initial compromise with Nnice ransomware enables not only the exfiltration of credentials, web session cookies, and emails and the identification…
Cloudflare mitigated a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date peaked at 5.6 terabits per second and came from a Mirai-based botnet with…
Fake Homebrew Google ads target Mac users with malware
Hackers are once again abusing Google ads to spread malware, using a fake Homebrew website to infect Macs and Linux…
Microsoft previews Game Assist in-game browser in Edge Stable
Microsoft has announced that Game Assist, its recently unveiled in-game browser, is now also available in preview for Microsoft Edge…