Chemical distributor Brenntag paid a $4.4M ransom in bitcoin to the DarkSide ransomware gang, who claimed to have stolen more than 150 GB of sensitive data Techmeme · 16 hours ago
Microsoft says Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now blocks cryptojacking malware using Intel's silicon-based Threat Detection Technology Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
WordPress announces that it will treat Google's FLoC as a "security concern", and will automatically disable the technology in its upcoming July release Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
In its April batch of patches, Microsoft fixes 108 flaws, including 19 "critical" flaws, five 0-days, and four NSA-discovered critical Exchange flaws Techmeme · 1 month ago
Researchers: 538K Huawei Android devices have Joker malware, via ten apps in Huawei's AppGallery, after Play Store's similar issues with Joker-infected apps Techmeme · 1 month ago
The official PHP Git repository was hacked, adding a backdoor RCE to the PHP source code; PHP maintainer says the changes were reverted within a few hours Techmeme · 2 months ago
Microsoft releases one-click Exchange On-Premises Mitigation Tool to help businesses, who don't have expertise, easily patch recently disclosed vulnerabilities Techmeme · 2 months ago
Data center operator OVH says a fire destroyed some of its sites in France, affecting cyber threat intelligence company Bad Packets, game maker Rust, and others Techmeme · 2 months ago
A researcher was able to breach 35+ companies, including Microsoft and Apple, in a new software supply chain attack that leveraged an open source ecosystem flaw Techmeme · 3 months ago
Researchers detail seven flaws in Dnsmasq, a popular open-source DNS forwarding and management suite; 1M+ networking devices are exposed online, patch available Techmeme · 4 months ago
Facebook says it has filed a suit against the makers of four malicious Chrome extensions used for scraping user data and other info from Facebook's website Techmeme · 4 months ago
Microsoft's patch for a zero-day privilege escalation Windows bug in June did not fix the vulnerability, which could still be exploited with some adjustments Techmeme · 5 months ago
Personal info including emails, home addresses, and phone numbers of 272K+ users of hardware cryptocurrency wallet Ledger are freely available on hacker forums Techmeme · 5 months ago