curl 8.4.0 has been released to patch and release details on a hyped up high-severity security vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545), easing week-long concerns regarding the flaw's severity. [...]

Today is Microsoft's October 2023 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 104 flaws, including three actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. [...]

A threat actor has leaked the complete source code for the first version of the HelloKitty ransomware on a Russian-speaking hacking forum, claiming to be developing a new, more powerful encryptor. [...]

Amazon mistakenly sent out purchase confirmation emails for Hotels.com, Google Play, and Mastercard gift cards to customers, making many worried their accounts were compromised. [...]

The LostTrust ransomware operation is believed to be a rebrand of MetaEncryptor, utilizing almost identical data leak sites and encryptors. [...]

This week has been a busy ransomware week, with ransomware attacks having a massive impact on organizations and the fallout of the MOVEit breaches to be disclosed. [...]

Johnson Controls International has suffered what is described as a massive ransomware attack that encrypted many of the company devices, including VMware ESXi servers, impacting the company's and its subsidiaries' operations. [...]

TikTok is flooded with videos promoting fake nude celebrity photo leaks used to push referral rewards for the Temu online megastore. [...]

T-Mobile has denied suffering another data breach following Thursday night reports that a threat actor leaked a large database allegedly containing T-Mobile employees' data. [...]

Scammers are impersonating the bankruptcy claim agent for crypto lender Celsius in phishing attacks that attempt to steal funds from cryptocurrency wallets. [...]

TikTok is flooded by a surge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways posted to the video-sharing platform, with almost all of the videos pretending to be themes based on Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX. [...]

This week's big news is the extortion attacks on the Caesars and MGM Las Vegas casino chains, with one having already paid the ransom and the other still facing operational disruptions. [...]

Trucking and fleet management solutions provider ORBCOMM has confirmed that a ransomware attack is causing recent service outages that prevent trucking companies from managing their fleets. [...]

Today is Microsoft's September 2023 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 59 flaws, including two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. [...]

The Associated Press is warning of a data breach impacting AP Stylebook customers where the attackers used the stolen data to conduct targeted phishing attacks. [...]

Google has started to roll out its new interest-based advertising platform called the Privacy Sandbox, shifting the tracking of user's interests from third-party cookies to the Chrome browser. [...]

It started as a slow ransomware news week but slowly picked up pace with the Department of Justice announcing indictments on TrickBot and Conti operations members. [...]

The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for an attack on Israel's Mayanei Hayeshua hospital, threatening to leak 1 TB of data allegedly stolen during the cyberattack. [...]

The USA and the United Kingdom have sanctioned eleven Russian nationals associated with the TrickBot and Conti ransomware cybercrime operations. [...]

The Coffee Meets Bagel dating platform confirms last week's outage was caused by hackers breaching the company's systems and deleting company data. [...]

A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning that a sexually explicit video of you was uploaded to the site and suggesting you pay to have it taken down. [...]

The FBI announced today the disruption of the Qakbot botnet in an international law enforcement operation that not only seized infrastructure but also uninstalled the malware from infected devices. [...]

The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack on Prospect Medical Holdings, claiming to have stolen 500,000 social security numbers, corporate documents, and patient records. [...]

Kali Linux 2023.3, the third version of 2023, is now available for download, with nine new tools and internal optimizations. [...]

The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information. [...]