A 39-year old man from Somerset, Kentucky, was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for identity theft and faking his own death in government registry systems. [...]

​​Today, Google released a new Chrome emergency security update to patch a zero-day vulnerability, the ninth one exploited in attacks this year. [...]

Threat actors started to use progressive web applications to impersonate banking apps and steal credentials from Android and iOS users. [...]

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Phishers are using a novel technique to trick iOS and Android users into installing malicious apps that bypass safety guardrails built by both Apple and Google to prevent unauthorized apps. Both mobile operating systems employ mechanisms designed to help users steer clear of apps that …

Microsoft announced today that it will start rolling out its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to Insiders with Copilot+ PCs in October. [...]

​Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP has added a Security Center with ransomware protection capabilities to the latest version of its QTS operating system for network-attached storage (NAS) devices. [...]

A critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin can let attackers take over millions of websites after creating rogue admin accounts. [...]

Phrack #71 has been released online and is available to read for free. This issue is the first to be released since 2021, marking a new chapter in the influential online magazine's history. [...]

A critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of GitHub Enterprise Server could be exploited to bypass authentication and enable an attacker to gain administrator privileges on the machine. [...]

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users—many running packages released as early as this year—started reporting their devices were failing to boot. Instead, they received a cryptic error message that included the phrase: “Something has gone seriously wrong.” The cause: an update Microsoft issued …

The Cannon Corporation dba CannonDesign is sending notices of a data breach to more than 13,000 of its clients, informing that hackers breached and stole data from its network in an attack in early 2023. [...]

American chipmaker Microchip Technology Incorporated has disclosed that a cyberattack impacted its systems over the weekend, disrupting operations across multiple manufacturing facilities. [...]

Unknown attackers have deployed a newly discovered backdoor dubbed Msupedge on a university's Windows systems in Taiwan, likely by exploiting a recently patched PHP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-4577). [...]

Oregon Zoo is informing that visitors who purchased tickets online between December and June had their payment card information compromised. [...]

According to user reports following this month's Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows updates are breaking dual boot on some Linux systems with Secure Boot enabled. [...]

A hacker compromised Unicoin's Google Workspace (formerly G-Suite) account and changed the passwords for all company employees, locking them out of their corporate accounts for days. [...]

The U.S. government is warning of increased effort from Iran to influence upcoming elections through cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns and the American public. [...]

The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a zero-day flaw in the Windows AFD.sys driver to elevate privileges and install the FUDModule rootkit on targeted systems. [...]

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A Windows zero-day vulnerability recently patched by Microsoft was exploited by hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government so they could install custom malware that’s exceptionally stealthy and advanced, researchers reported Monday. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193, was one of six zero-days …

Toyota confirmed that its network was breached after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from the company's systems on a hacking forum. [...]

Toyota confirmed that customer data was exposed in a third-party data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of stolen data on a hacking forum. [...]

Ransomware victims have paid $459,800,000 to cybercriminals in the first half of 2024, setting the stage for a new record this year if ransom payments continue at this level. [...]

​CISA has added a critical Jenkins vulnerability that can be exploited to gain remote code execution to its catalog of security bugs, warning that it's actively exploited in attacks. [...]

Suspected hackers behind the heist of $14,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from blockchain tech firm Holograph were arrested in Italy after living a lavish lifestyle for weeks in the country. [...]

Flight tracking platform FlightAware is asking some users to reset their account login passwords due to a data security incident that may have exposed personal information. [...]