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Microsoft has announced a new way to spot potentially hacked machines in your organization.  Analysts may now easily identify, examine, and search for suspicious interactive processes running on “hidden desktops” using Defender for Endpoint’s “DesktopName” field.   These days, remote desktop …

Hackers use social engineering as it focuses on the psychological rather than technological aspects of security flaws, consequently easily tricking users into surrendering their username and password, or executing tasks that are malicious for an organization. By using social engineering …

A recently identified ransomware variant dubbed OPIX encrypts user files using a random character string and adds the “.OPIX” extension to them.  The ransomware will drop a notice on victims’ screens telling them to get in touch with the attackers …

Two men have been charged in federal court in Chicago with operating “Empire Market,” a dark web marketplace that enabled users to anonymously buy and sell more than $430 million in illegal goods and services around the world. THOMAS PAVEY, …

Hackers often focus on F5 Load Balancers for several reasons, as these are many enterprise networks’ vital parts that balance loads and manage traffic. If these load balancers are put at risk, they can expose confidential information, disable functions, or …

The SOC analysts identified a drive-by download attack leveraging SolarMarker malware, where the attack targeted users searching for team-building activities on Bing.  Attackers tricked the victim into downloading a seemingly harmless document by redirecting the user to a malicious website, …

A ransomware cyber attack targeted Synnovis, a pathology laboratory that processes blood tests for several NHS organizations, primarily in southeast London. The attack has significantly reduced the number of tests that can be processed and reported to clinical teams, causing …

Arid Viper APT Group has targeted Android users in the Middle East with five campaigns since 2022. These campaigns used trojanized apps impersonating legitimate ones, such as messaging apps and a civil registry app, which were downloaded from fake websites …