Facebook on Friday said it’s extending end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for voice and video calls in Messenger, along with testing a new opt-in setting that will turn on end-to-end encryption for …
Hackers Actively Searching for Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
Threat actors are actively carrying out opportunistic scanning and exploitation of Exchange servers using a new exploit chain leveraging a trio of flaws affecting on-premises installations, making them the latest set of bugs after …
Why Is There A Surge In Ransomware Attacks?
The U.S. is presently combating two pandemics–coronavirus and ransomware attacks. Both have partially shut down parts of the economy. However, in the case of cybersecurity, lax security measures allow hackers …
Ransomware Gangs Exploiting Windows Print Spooler Vulnerabilities
Ransomware operators such as Magniber and Vice Society are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler to compromise victims and spread laterally across a victim’s network to deploy file-encrypting payloads …
Experts Shed Light On New Russian Malware-as-a-Service Written in Rust
A nascent information-stealing malware sold and distributed on underground Russian underground forums has been written in Rust, signalling a new trend where threat actors are increasingly adopting exotic programming languages to bypass …
How Companies Can Protect Themselves from Password Spraying Attacks
Attackers are using many types of attacks to compromise business-critical data. These can include zero-day attacks, supply chain attacks, and others. However, one of the most common ways that hackers …
IT Giant Accenture Hit by LockBit Ransomware; Hackers Threaten to Leak Data
Global IT consultancy giant Accenture has become the latest company to be hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, according to a post made by the operators on their dark web …
Microsoft Security Bulletin Warns of New Windows Print Spooler RCE Vulnerability
A day after releasing Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft acknowledged yet another remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler component, adding that it’s working to remediate the issue in an …
Bugs in Managed DNS Services Cloud Let Attackers Spy On DNS Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new class of vulnerabilities impacting major DNS-as-a-Service (DNSaaS) providers that could allow attackers to exfiltrate sensitive information from corporate networks. “We found a simple loophole …
MSPs and MSSPs Can Increase Profit Margins With Cynet 360 Platform
As cyber threats keep on increasing in volume and sophistication, more and more organizations acknowledge that outsourcing their security operations to a 3rd-party service provider is a practice that makes …