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NSA: Top 5 vulnerabilities actively abused by Russian govt hackers

A joint advisory from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warn that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is exploiting five vulnerabilities in attacks against U.S. organizations and interests. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nsa-top-5-vulnerabilities-actively-abused-by-russian-govt-hackers/
Amazon drops Firefox support on Fire TV in favor of Silk browser

This month, Amazon has announced plans to phase out support for the Mozilla Firefox web browser app on its Fire TV product line. The company has decided to no longer support the Mozilla Firefox browser in a bid to promote its Amazon Silk web browser app to customers, effective at the end of this month. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-drops-firefox-support-on-fire-tv-in-favor-of-silk-browser/
Popular Codecov code coverage tool hacked to steal dev credentials

Codecov online platform for hosted code testing reports and statistics announced on Thursday that a threat actor had modified its Bash Uploader script, exposing sensitive information in customers' continuous integration (CI) environment. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-codecov-code-coverage-tool-hacked-to-steal-dev-credentials/
Instagram Android app is crashing for some, here's what to do

Instagram app has been crashing for some Android users this week, and it isn't clear why. This issue started happening around April 13th, 2021, when the Instagram app on Android devices received its latest update. Here's what to do if you can't access the Instagram app on your Android. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/instagram-android-app-is-crashing-for-some-heres-what-to-do/
The Week in Ransomware - April 16th 2021 - The Houston Rockets

It has been a pretty quiet week with only a few large attacks disclosed and only a few new ransomware variants released. The highest-profile attack this week is the NBA's Houston Rockets who were transparent about their ransomware attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-april-16th-2021-the-houston-rockets/
Major BGP leak disrupts thousands of networks globally

A large BGP routing leak that occurred last night disrupted the connectivity for thousands of major networks and websites around the world. Although the BGP routing leak occurred in Vodafone's autonomous network (AS55410) based in India, it has impacted U.S. companies, including Google, according to sources. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-bgp-leak-disrupts-thousands-of-networks-globally/