Category: Viral
Flight cancellations continued through the weekend while the two vendors sought to help expedite the recovery process for the millions of affected Windows devices. Following the massive CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage early Friday morning, flight cancellations continued through the weekend while the two vendors sought to help expedite the recovery process for the millions of affected Windows…
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A pair of downgrades from Wall Street analysts and ongoing disruptions to flights weighed on the cybersecurity vendor’s stock price Monday. Following the CrowdStrike-caused Microsoft Windows outage Friday, a pair of downgrades from Wall Street analysts and ongoing flight disruptions sank the cybersecurity vendor’s stock price lower Monday. As of this writing Monday morning, CrowdStrike’s…
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The relationship between various TDSs and DNS associated with Vigorish Viper and the final landing experience for the user A Chinese organized crime syndicate with links to money laundering and human trafficking across Southeast Asia has been using an advanced “technology suite” that runs the whole cybercrime supply chain spectrum to spearhead its operations. Infoblox…
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‘As a follow-up to the CrowdStrike Falcon agent issue impacting Windows clients and servers, Microsoft has released an updated recovery tool with two repair options to help IT admins expedite the repair process,’ Microsoft says. Following the faulty CrowdStrike update that caused chaos for millions of Microsoft customers and businesses, the software giant has now…
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As a vCISO, you are responsible for your client’s cybersecurity strategy and risk governance. This incorporates multiple disciplines, from research to execution to reporting. Recently, we published a comprehensive playbook for vCISOs, “Your First 100 Days as a vCISO – 5 Steps to Success”, which covers all the phases entailed in launching a successful vCISO…
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Jul 22, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Malware The JavaScript downloader malware known as SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates) is being used to deliver a remote access trojan called AsyncRAT as well as a legitimate open-source project called BOINC. BOINC, short for Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client, is an open-source “volunteer computing” platform maintained by the University of California…
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Video A purported ad blocker marketed as a security solution hides kernel-level malware that inadvertently exposes victims to even more dangerous threats 21 Jul 2024 This week, ESET researchers have released their findings about HotPage, a browser injector that leverages a driver developed by a Chinese company and signed by Microsoft. The malware masquerades as…
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Major airlines reported progress on recovery from the outage Saturday. Microsoft disclosed Saturday that 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by CrowdStrike’s disastrous update, while major airlines reported progress on recovery from the massive outage. The CrowdStrike Falcon update led to the “blue screen of death” for Windows systems worldwide on Friday and hobbled much…
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Jul 20, 2024NewsroomMalware / IT Outage Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin America under the guise of a providing a…
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It remains unclear exactly why the hugely disruptive error occurred, the company says—especially given that such updates are very common. CrowdStrike said the unprecedented Microsoft outage felt worldwide stemmed from a programming error that was triggered as part of a common update process—prompting further questions about how the massively disruptive error could have occurred. The…
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