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New VMScape attack breaks guest-host isolation on AMD, Intel CPUs

A new Spectre-like attack dubbed VMScape allows a malicious virtual machine (VM) to leak cryptographic keys from an unmodified QEMU hypervisor process running on modern AMD or Intel CPUs. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-vmscape-attack-breaks-guest-host-isolation-on-amd-intel-cpus/
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Apple warns customers targeted in recent spyware attacks

Apple warned customers last week that their devices were targeted in a new series of spyware attacks, according to the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-warns-customers-targeted-in-recent-spyware-attacks/
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U.S. Senator accuses Microsoft of “gross cybersecurity negligence”

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-senator-accuses-microsoft-of-gross-cybersecurity-negligence/
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Man gets over 4 years in prison for selling unreleased movies

A Tennessee court has sentenced a Memphis man who worked for a DVD and Blu-ray manufacturing and distribution company to 57 months in prison for stealing and selling digital copies of unreleased movies. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-gets-over-4-years-in-prison-for-selling-unreleased-movies/
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The first three things you’ll want during a cyberattack

When cyberattacks hit, every second counts. Survival depends on three essentials: clarity to see what's happening, control to contain it, and a lifeline to recover fast. Learn from Acronis TRU how MSPs and IT teams can prepare now for the difference between recovery and catastrophe. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-first-three-things-youll-want-during-a-cyberattack/
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CISA warns of actively exploited Dassault RCE vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers exploiting a critical remote code execution flaw in DELMIA Apriso, a  manufacturing operations management (MOM) and execution (MES) solution from French company Dassault Systèmes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-actively-exploited-dassault-rce-vulnerability/
New HybridPetya ransomware can bypass UEFI Secure Boot

A recently discovered ransomware strain called HybridPetya can bypass the UEFI Secure Boot feature to install a malicious application on the EFI System Partition. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hybridpetya-ransomware-can-bypass-uefi-secure-boot/
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'WhiteCobra' floods VSCode market with crypto-stealing extensions

A threat actor named WhiteCobra has targeting VSCode, Cursor, and Windsurf users by planting 24 malicious extensions in the Visual Studio marketplace and the Open VSX registry. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whitecobra-floods-vscode-market-with-crypto-stealing-extensions/
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New VoidProxy phishing service targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts

A newly discovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, named VoidProxy, targets Microsoft 365 and Google accounts, including those protected by third-party single sign-on (SSO) providers such as Okta. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-voidproxy-phishing-service-targets-microsoft-365-google-accounts/
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FBI warns of UNC6040, UNC6395 hackers stealing Salesforce data

The FBI has issued a FLASH alert warning that two threat clusters, tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395, are compromising organizations' Salesforce environments to steal data and extort victims. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-unc6040-unc6395-hackers-stealing-salesforce-data/
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Microsoft fixes Windows 11 audio issues confirmed in December

Microsoft has removed a safeguard hold that prevented some users from upgrading their systems to Windows 11 24H2 due to compatibility issues that were causing Bluetooth headsets and speakers to malfunction. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-windows-11-audio-issues-confirmed-in-december/
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Stop waiting on NVD — get real-time vulnerability alerts now

Vulnerabilities are discovered daily—but not every alert matters. SecAlerts pulls from 100+ sources for faster, real-time vuln alerts, filtering the noise so teams can patch quicker and stay secure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stop-waiting-on-nvd-get-real-time-vulnerability-alerts-now/
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