Tag: security
This malware pretends to be a real VPN service to lure in victims
Hackers have been found impersonating legitimate, enterprise-grade VPN tools in an attempt to compromise large organizations, deploy additional malware, and possibly exfiltrate sensitive information. A new report from cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro spotted a fake Palo Alto GlobalProtect program being distributed online. Palo Alto GlobalProtect is a security solution…
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Hackers have exploited a WPS Office zero-day to deploy dangerous malware
The popular WPS Office workplace productivity software suite carried a vulnerability which allowed some threat actors to deploy backdoors to their target’s endpoints, experts have claimed. Cybersecurity researchers at ESET found WPS Office was vulnerable to an improper path validation flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-7262. It carries a severity score of…
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Update Windows now, there are some worrying security hacks on the way
If you haven’t installed the security patches for Windows in the latest Patch Tuesday cumulative update, you should probably hurry, as experts have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a critical severity flaw allowing crooks to mount remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vulnerability in question, which was addressed in the…
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Dick’s Sporting Goods reveals cyberattack, shuts down employee emails
Dick’s Sporting Goods appears to have been caught with its pants down after suffering a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of sensitive company data. The sporting goods store filed an 8-K form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), notifying the regulator of a cybersecurity incident. “On August…
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What promises to be the “world’s most private VPN” is out – and looking for testers
Although it’s too early to tell if it’ll eventually win the title of best VPN app, the service that promises to be the “world’s most private VPN” has just launched its public beta testing. First introduced during last year’s Web Summit conference in Lisbon, NymVPN was developed as a solution…
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One of Microsoft’s most niche software tools hit by major phishing scam
Cybercriminals are using Microsoft Sway to host landing pages used in phishing campaigns, experts have claimed. The attack was spotted by cybersecurity researchers from Netskope Threat Labs, who observed a 2,000-fold increase in exploits in July 2024. You can be excused for not knowing what Sway is. It is a…
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