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Chinese Weaver Ant hackers spied on telco network for 4 years

A China-linked advanced threat group named Weaver Ant spent more than four years in the network of a telecommunications services provider, hiding traffic and infrastructure with the help of compromised Zyxel CPE routers.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-weaver-ant-hackers-spied-on-telco-network-for-4-years/
Cyberattack takes down Ukrainian state railway’s online services

Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's national railway operator, has been hit by a massive cyberattack that disrupted online services for buying tickets both through mobile apps and the website. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyberattack-takes-down-ukrainian-state-railways-online-services/
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New Windows zero-day leaks NTLM hashes, gets unofficial patch

Free unofficial patches are available for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability that can let remote attackers steal NTLM credentials by tricking targets into viewing malicious files in Windows Explorer. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-windows-zero-day-leaks-ntlm-hashes-gets-unofficial-patch/
Cloudflare R2 service outage caused by password rotation error

Cloudflare has announced that its R2 object storage and dependent services experienced an outage lasting 1 hour and 7 minutes, causing 100% write and 35% read failures globally. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-r2-service-outage-caused-by-password-rotation-error/
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New npm attack poisons local packages with backdoors

Two malicious packages were discovered on npm (Node package manager) that covertly patch legitimate, locally installed packages to inject a persistent reverse shell backdoor. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-npm-attack-poisons-local-packages-with-backdoors/
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The 7 technology trends that could replace passwords

230M stolen passwords met complexity requirements—and were still compromised. Passwords aren't going away for now, but there are new technologies that may increasingly replace them. Learn more from Specops Software about how to protect your passwords. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-7-technology-trends-that-could-replace-passwords/