Update Your Windows Computers to Patch 6 New In-the-Wind Zero-Day Bugs

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

Microsoft on Tuesday released another round of security updates for Windows operating systems and other supported software, squashing 50 vulnerabilities, including 6 zero-days that are said to be under active attack. The …

Feds Secretly Ran a Fake Encrypted Chat App and Busted Over 800 Criminals

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

In an unprecedented sting operation, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat service called ANoM for nearly three years to intercept …

Top 10 Privacy and Security Features Apple Announced at WWDC 2021

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

Apple on Monday announced a number of privacy and security-centric features to its upcoming versions of iOS and macOS at its all-online Worldwide Developers Conference. Here is a quick look at some of the big-ticket changes …

Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised VPN Password

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

The ransomware cartel that masterminded the Colonial Pipeline attack early last month crippled the pipeline operator’s network using a compromised virtual private network (VPN) account password, the latest investigation into the incident …

Researchers Discover First Known Malware Targeting Windows Containers

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

Security researchers have discovered the first known malware, dubbed “Siloscope,” targeting Windows Server containers to infect Kubernetes clusters in cloud environments. “Siloscape is heavily obfuscated malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through …

Shifting the focus from reactive to proactive, with human-led secure coding

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

The same 10 software vulnerabilities have caused more security breaches in the last 20+ years than any others. And yet, many businesses still opt for post-breach, post-event remediation, muddling through …