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โ€ŠUkraine arrests suspected admin of XSS Russian hacking forum

The suspected administrator of the Russian-speaking hacking forum XSS.is was arrested by the Ukrainian authorities yesterday at the request of the Paris public prosecutor's office. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-arrests-suspected-admin-of-xss-russian-hacking-forum/
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โ€ŠHow to harden your Active Directory against Kerberoasting

Kerberoasting gives attackers offline paths to crack service account password, without triggering alerts. Learn from Specops Software how to protect your Active Directory with stronger SPN password policies and reduced attack surfaces. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-harden-your-active-directory-against-kerberoasting/
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โ€ŠUS nuclear weapons agency reportedly hacked in SharePoint attacks

Unknown threat actors have reportedly breached the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) network in attacks exploiting a recently patched Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-nuclear-weapons-agency-reportedly-hacked-in-sharepoint-attacks/
โ€ŠHackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit

Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant for gross negligence, alleging it enabled a massive August 2023 cyberattack by resetting an employee's password for a hacker without first verifying their identity. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-fooled-cognizant-help-desk-says-clorox-in-380m-cyberattack-lawsuit/
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โ€ŠProton launches privacy-respecting encrypted AI assistant Lumo

Proton has launched a new tool called Lumo, offering a privacy-first AI assistant that does not log user conversations and doesn't use their prompts for training. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/proton-launches-privacy-respecting-encrypted-ai-assistant-lumo/
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โ€ŠBrave blocks Windows Recall from screenshotting your browsing activity

Brave Software says its privacy-focused browser will block Microsoft's Windows Recall from capturing screenshots of Brave windows by default to protect users' privacy. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brave-blocks-windows-recall-from-screenshotting-your-browsing-activity/
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โ€ŠMicrosoft: SharePoint servers also targeted in ransomware attacks

A Chinese hacking group is deploying Warlock ransomware on Microsoft SharePoint servers vulnerable to widespread attacks targeting the recently patched ToolShell zero-day exploit chain. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-sharepoint-servers-also-targeted-in-ransomware-attacks/
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โ€ŠHackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages

Hackers compromised Toptal's GitHub organization account and used their access to publish ten malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (NPM) index. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-breach-toptal-github-account-publish-malicious-npm-packages/
โ€ŠNew Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images

A new Linux malware named Koske may have been developed with artificial intelligence and is using seemingly benign JPEG images of panda bears to deploy malware directly into system memory. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-koske-linux-malware-hides-in-cute-panda-images/
โ€ŠMicrosoft lifts Windows 11 update block for Easy Anti-Cheat users

Microsoft has removed a compatibility hold that prevented some Easy Anti-Cheat users from installing the Windows 11 2024 Update because of a known issue that triggers restarts with blue screen of death (BSOD) errors. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-lifts-windows-11-update-block-for-easy-anti-cheat-users/
โ€ŠUS sanctions North Korean firm, nationals behind IT worker schemes

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three North Korean nationals and a company for supporting fraudulent IT worker schemes that generated illicit revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-north-korean-firm-nationals-behind-it-worker-schemes/