Microsoft extends updates for old Exchange and Skype servers • The Register
Microsoft has extended its security update programs for Exchange Server 2016 and 2019, and Skype for Business 2015 and 2019. The software behemoth announced the extension on Wednesday in twin posts that note the aforementioned products are “going out of support...
Co-op confirms data of 6.5 million members stolen in cyberattack
UK retailer Co-op has confirmed that personal data of 6.5 million members was stolen in the massive cyberattack in April that shut down systems and caused food shortages in its grocery stores. Co-op (short for the Co-operative Group) is one of the United...
U.S. Army soldier pleads guilty to extorting 10 tech, telecom firms
A 21-year old former U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty to charges of hacking and extorting at least ten telecommunications and technology companies in the country. Cameron John Wagenius was arrested in Texas on December 20, 2024 and indicted in the Western...
Ukrainian hackers claim IT attack on Russian drone maker • The Register
Ukrainian hackers claim to have taken out the IT infrastructure at Russia's Gaskar Integration plant, one of the largest suppliers of drones for its army, and also destroyed massive amounts of technical data related to drone production. Or, as described by the...
Cops bust Russian hacktivist crime org, shut down servers • The Register
International cops shut down more than 100 servers belonging to the pro-Russian NoName057(16) network this week as part of the Europol-led Operation Eastwood. The joint law enforcement effort involved 19 countries across Europe and North America, and resulted...
SonicWall SMA devices hacked with OVERSTEP rootkit tied to ransomware
A threat actor has been deploying a previously unseen malware called OVERSTEP that modifies the boot process of fully-patched but no longer supported SonicWall Secure Mobile Access appliances. The backdoor is a user-mode rootkit that allows hackers to hide...
Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs • The Register
Updated Unknown miscreants are exploiting fully patched, end-of-life SonicWall VPNs to deploy a previously unknown backdoor and rootkit, likely for data theft and extortion, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group. In research published on Wednesday,...
Attackers snatched all 6.5M member records • The Register
Co-op Group's chief executive officer has confirmed that all 6.5 million of the organization's members had their data stolen during its April cyberattack - Scattered Spider is believed to be behind the digital heist. Shirine Khoury-Haq confirmed the scale of...
OpenAI’s image model gets built-in style feature on ChatGPT
OpenAI's image gen model, which is available via ChatGPT for free, now lets you easily create AI images even if you're not familiar with trends or prompt engineering. Right now, if you want to create outstanding anime art, you need to come up with a very...
Android malware Konfety uses malformed APKs to evade detection
A new variant of the Konfety Android malware emerged with a malformed ZIP structure along with other obfuscation methods that allow it to evade analysis and detection. Konfety poses as a legitimate app, mimicking innocuous products available on Google Play, but...