An explosive spyware report shows limits of iOS, Android security
The shadowy world of private spyware has long caused alarm in cybersecurity circles, as authoritarian governments have repeatedly been caught targeting the smartphones of...
No cyberattack in sprawling internet outage, Akamai says
A global internet outage on Thursday downed tens of thousands of websites, including those of giant corporations like McDonald's and Delta Airlines, according to companies that track web...
Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Workaround Fix for 'SeriousSAM' Bug
A privilege escalation bug, affecting versions of Windows 10, received a workaround fix by Microsoft Wednesday to prevent attackers from accessing data and creating new accounts on...
Law Firm to the Fortune 500 Breached with Ransomware
Campbell Conroy & O'Neil, P.C. - U.S. law firm to a dazzling array of huge companies - told its star-studded clientele that an intruder may have groped their data. It was hit with ransomware...
16-Year-Old HP Printer-Driver Bug Impacts Millions of Windows Machines
Researchers have released technical details on a high-severity privilege-escalation flaw in HP printer drivers (also used by Samsung and Xerox), which impacts hundreds of...
US and allies officially accuse China of Microsoft Exchange attacks
US and allies, including the European Union, the United Kingdom, and NATO, are officially blaming China for this year's widespread Microsoft Exchange hacking campaign. These...
Microsoft: Israeli firm used Windows zero-days to deploy spyware
Microsoft and Citizen Lab have linked Israeli spyware company Candiru (also tracked as Sourgum) to new Windows spyware dubbed DevilsTongue deployed using now patched Windows...
iOS zero-day let SolarWinds hackers compromise fully updated iPhones
The Russian state hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack last year exploited an iOS zero-day as part of a separate malicious email campaign aimed at...
REvil ransomware gang sites go dark, for reasons that remain unclear
The ransomware gang behind a string of recent attacks that netted tens of millions of dollars may have been too successful for its own good. REvil, the Russian-speaking hacking...
Fashion retailer Guess discloses data breach after ransomware attack
American fashion brand and retailer Guess is notifying affected customers of a data breach following a February ransomware attack that led to data theft. "A cybersecurity...
