Tag: security
Microsoft says millions more devices could have been hit by CrowdStrike outage
Microsoft has acknowledged its initial estimate of 8.5 million devices affected by the recent CrowdStrike software update was likely too low. In response to emerging details surrounding the dodgy update that caused a widespread outage, resulting in grounded flights and disruptions to other major industries, Microsoft is pledging to reduce…
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Ransomware and email attacks are hitting businesses more than ever before
Ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) attacks are hitting businesses more than ever before, a new report by Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) has claimed. The report states ransomware and BEC accounted for almost two-thirds (60%) of engagements, combined. There had been fewer BEC engagements this quarter, compared to…
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Southwest Airlines avoided CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage because it’s still running Windows 3.1 — fourth-largest US airline remained free of BSoD errors because its OS hasn’t been updated in decades
A recent global IT outage saw a problematic CrowdStrike update cause millions of Windows computers to fall foul of Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) errors worldwide, affecting airlines, hospitals, banks, and businesses. While thousands of flights by United, Delta, and American Airlines into and out of the US were canceled…
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YouTube is getting throttled in Russia – here’s how to unblock it
If you’re in Russia and experiencing issues loading YouTube videos, it isn’t your internet connection’s fault or a technical bug. Recent reports revealed Russia’s supposed plans to slow down the video-sharing platform by up to 70% by the end of next week. Plans to “permanently block” YouTube in September seem…
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Another major spyware firm has been breached — thousands of devices have private details exposed
A US spyware maker called Spytech has been breached, leading to sensitive data it held on thousands of its victims being leaked online A report from TechCrunch, which has seen the stolen data and confirmed its authenticity, notes an unidentified person “with knowledge of the breach” reached out to the…
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Secure Boot has a major security issue — hundreds of devices from Dell, Supermicro and more all affected, here’s what we know
A supply chain vulnerability, present in hundreds of devices from numerous vendors, has been discovered after hiding in plain sight for 12 years. The PKfail vulnerability revolves around a test Secure Boot “master key” which if abused, can grant threat actors the ability to completely take over the vulnerable endpoints,…
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