U.K. police arrested a 17-year-old teenager allegedly linked to the cyberattack on London’s public transportation agency, Transport for London. U.K.’s National Crime Agency announced the arrest of a 17-year-old teenager from Walsall who is allegedly linked to the cyberattack that recently hit Transport for London. “The 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse […]
Highline Public Schools, a school district in Washington state, remains closed following a cyberattack that occurred two days ago. Two days ago Highline Public Schools (HPS), a school district in Washington state, suffered a cyber attack that caused a significant disruption of its activities. Highline Public Schools (HPS) is a public school district in King County, headquartered in Burien, Washington, […]
Ivanti fixed a maximum severity flaw in its Endpoint Management software (EPM) that can let attackers achieve remote code execution on the core server Ivanti Endpoint Management (EPM) software is a comprehensive solution designed to help organizations manage and secure their endpoint devices across various platforms, including Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, and IoT systems. The […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2024 addressed 79 flaws, including four actively exploited zero-day flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2024 addressed 79 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Azure; Dynamics Business Central; SQL Server; Windows Hyper-V; Mark of the Web (MOTW); and the Remote Desktop Licensing […]
Poland ‘s security officials announced that they successfully thwarted cyberattacks that were carried out by Russia and Belarus. Poland security services announced they have thwarted a cyber operation orchestrated by Russia and Belarus, aimed at destabilizing the country, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for digital affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski. “The Belarusian and Russian foreign […]
Users are exploiting a privacy flaw in WhatsApp to bypass the app’s “View once” feature, allowing them to re-view messages. The ‘View Once‘ feature in WhatsApp allows users to send photos, videos, and voice messages that can only be viewed once by the recipient. Recipients cannot forward, share, or copy the “View Once” media, and […]
A previously undocumented threat actor tracked TIDRONE targets organizations in military and satellite industries in Taiwan. Trend Micro spotted an allegedly China-linked threat actor, tracked TIDRONE, targeting drone manufacturers in Taiwan. The group, which was previously undocumented, uses enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and remote desktops to deploy advanced malware, including CXCLNT and CLNTEND. CXCLNT […]
Car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach that impacted one of its business applications in August compromising customers’ personal information. Car rental company Avis notified customers impacted in an Augus data breach. Threat actors breached one of its business applications and gained access to some of the customers’ personal information. “We discovered on August […]
Recently fixed access control SonicOS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-40766, is potentially exploited in attacks in the wild, SonicWall warns. SonicWall warns that a recently fixed access control flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-40766 (CVSS v3 score: 9.3), in SonicOS is now potentially exploited in attacks. “An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management […]
The United States and its allies state that Russia-linked threat actors operating under the GRU are behind global critical infrastructure attacks. The FBI, CISA, and NSA linked threat actors from Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 to global cyber operations since at least 2020. These operations include espionage, sabotage, and reputational damage. The United States and its […]