Category: Kamban

Microsoft has shared a new method to fix a bug preventing app uninstalls or updates on Windows 10 for those unwilling to deploy this month’s preview update. As the company first acknowledged on Thursday, some users have been unable to update or uninstall packaged applications like Microsoft Teams and other third-party apps after receiving the…

Supply chain management firm Blue Yonder is warning that a ransomware attack caused significant disruption to its services, with the outages impacting grocery store chains in the UK. Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software) operates as a Panasonic subsidiary with an annual revenue of over a billion USD and 6,000 employees. The company offers AI-driver supply chain…

A Kansas City man has been indicted for allegedly hacking into computer networks and using this access to promote his cybersecurity services. According to the Department of Justice, Nicholas Michael Kloster, 31, of Kansas City, Missouri, breached two computer networks, a health club business and a nonprofit organization. According to the indictment unsealed on Friday, Kloster had…

​Microsoft now blocks the Windows 11 24H2 update on computers with USB scanners that support the eSCL protocol, a driverless scanning protocol that works over Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and USB connections. The list of impacted devices includes standalone scanners and other devices with scan functionality, such as multi-function printers, fax machines, modems, and other network devices…

The Thailand police located a van and arrested its driver for using an SMS blaster device to spam over 100,000 SMS phishing texts an hour to people living in Bangkok. The device, which reportedly had a range of approximately three kilometers (10,000 feet), could send out messages at a rate of 100,000 every hour. Over three…

Meta announced that it has taken down 2 million accounts across its platforms since the beginning of the year that are linked to pig butchering and other scams. Most of these accounts originate from Myanmar, Laos, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, and Cambodia, which is known for hosting “scam slave” operations. “These criminal scam…

Information-stealing malware, or “infostealers,” have become a significant threat, evolving from targeting pirated software to mimicking popular applications like generative AI tools. These threats affect multiple platforms, including Windows and Android. Data from August 2022 to August 2024 shows a persistent presence of infostealers, with a slight decrease in activity around the holiday season, possibly…

The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Salt Typhoon has been observed utilizing a new “GhostSpider” backdoor in attacks against telecommunication service providers. The backdoor was discovered by Trend Micro, which has been monitoring Salt Typhoon’s attacks against critical infrastructure and government organizations worldwide. Along with GhostSpider, Trend Micro discovered that the threat group also uses a…

Microsoft is working on fixing an ongoing and widespread Microsoft 365 outage that is impacting multiple services and features, including Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint Online. Since this outage started roughly six hours ago, Downdetector has received thousands of reports, with affected users saying they’re also experiencing problems connecting with other services, such as…

  A new malicious campaign is using a legitimate but old and vulnerable Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection and take control of the target system by disabling security components. The malware that drops the driver is a variant of an AV Killer of no particular family. It comes with a hardcoded list of 142 names for…