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Kaspersky's stolen Amazon SES token used in Office 365 phishing

Kaspersky said today that a legitimate Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) token issued to a third-party contractor was recently used by threat actors behind a spear-phishing campaign targeting Office 365 users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kasperskys-stolen-amazon-ses-token-used-in-office-365-phishing/
Microsoft Defender for Windows is getting a massive overhaul

Microsoft Defender for Windows is getting a massive overhaul allowing home network admins to deploy Android, iOS, and Mac clients to monitor antivirus, phishing, compromised passwords, and identity theft alerts from a single security dashboard. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-for-windows-is-getting-a-massive-overhaul/
'Trojan Source' attack method can hide bugs into open-source code

Academic researchers have released details about a new attack method they call "Trojan Source" that allows injecting vulnerabilities into the source code of a software project in a way that human reviewers can't detect. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trojan-source-attack-method-can-hide-bugs-into-open-source-code/
FBI: Ransomware targets companies during mergers and acquisitions

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that ransomware gangs are targeting companies involved in "time-sensitive financial events" such as corporate mergers and acquisitions to make it easier to extort their victims. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-ransomware-targets-companies-during-mergers-and-acquisitions/
Sonos, HP, and Canon devices hacked at Pwn2Own Austin 2021

During the first day of Pwn2Own Austin 2021, contestants won $362,500 after exploiting previously unknown security flaws to hack printers, routers, NAS devices, and speakers from Canon, HP, Western Digital, Cisco, Sonos, TP-Link, and NETGEAR. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sonos-hp-and-canon-devices-hacked-at-pwn2own-austin-2021/