Category: Kamban

Microsoft is warning of Windows crashing with the blue screen of death on some ASUS laptop models when trying to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system, Windows 11 version 24H2. Microsoft acknowledged the problem in a bulletin late last week, noting that it impacts ASUS X415KA and X515KA laptop models. The technology giant explained that…

The Bumblebee malware loader has been spotted in new attacks recently, more than four months after Europol disrupted it during ‘Operation Endgame’ in May. Believed to be the creation of TrickBot developers, the malware emerged in 2022 as a replacement for the BazarLoader backdoor to provide ransomware threat actors access to victim networks. Bumblebee typically achieves…

In the ever-changing world of cyber threats, organizations need robust tools to protect their digital assets. One such tool that has gained significant attention in recent years is EDR. But what is EDR in cyber security, and why is it becoming an indispensable part of modern security strategies?   What is EDR in Cyber Security?…

Several end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage platforms are vulnerable to a set of security issues that could expose user data to malicious actors. Cryptographic analysis from ETH Zurich researchers Jonas Hofmann and Kien Tuong Turong revealed issue with Sync, pCloud, Icedrive, Seafile, and Tresorit services, collectively used by more than 22 million people. The analysis…

The Internet Archive was breached again, this time on their Zendesk email support platform after repeated warnings that threat actors stole exposed GitLab authentication tokens. Since last night, BleepingComputer has received numerous messages from people who received replies to their old Internet Archive removal requests, warning that the organization has been breached as they did…

Microsoft is using deceptive tactics against phishing actors by spawning realistic-looking honeypot tenants with access to Azure and lure cybercriminals in to collect intelligence about them. With the collected data, Microsoft can map malicious infrastructure, gain a deeper understanding of sophisticated phishing operations, disrupt campaigns at scale, identify cybercriminals, and significantly slow down their activity. The…

It’s true: Google Scholar profile of the renowned former physicist and polymath, Sir Isaac Newton bears a “verified email” note. According to Google Scholar, Isaac Newton is a “Professor of Physics, MIT” with a “Verified email at mit.edu.” The mystery of ‘verified’ scholar Isaac Newton Earlier this week, Jay Cummings, a math professor at California State University, Sacramento, and a…

Cisco confirmed today that it took its public DevHub portal offline after a threat actor leaked “non-public” data, but it continues to state that there is no evidence that its systems were breached. “We have determined that the data in question is on a public-facing DevHub environment—a Cisco resource center that enables us to support…

Hackers breached ESET’s exclusive partner in Israel to send phishing emails to Israeli businesses that pushed data wipers disguised as antivirus software for destructive attacks. A data wiper is malware that intentionally deletes all of the files on a computer and commonly removes or corrupts the partition table to make it harder to recover the data.…