Jun 12, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Endpoint Security Threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware may have exploited a recently disclosed privilege escalation flaw in the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service as zero-day, according to new…
It happens every year. Apple announces a new version of iOS with a bunch of really big new features, and then September rolls around, you install the new version, and it’s not the big things…
Last month I stepped into the breach to bravely defend a trillion-dollar corporation from social-media criticism: I felt that viewers of Apple’s new “Crush” iPad ad were being hypersensitive and overly literal in ascribing to…
Apple, as a company, has always extolled the value of putting the “personal” in “personal computer.” From its earliest days pushing back at the monolith of IBM and beige boxes that all looked like one…
Following the huge wave of ransomware last year, there’s now increasing reports of completely new tricks used by hackers and cybercriminals to gain access to computer systems, devices, and networks. Many of these tricks exploit…
Let me guess, your USB-C device won’t charge? I’m shocked, shocked I say! Although USB-C has made it easy to plug your cable into your laptop or phone, it hasn’t made it easy to understand…
Jun 12, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing phishing campaign that leverages recruiting- and job-themed lures to deliver a Windows-based backdoor named WARMCOOKIE. “WARMCOOKIE appears to be an initial…
Jun 12, 2024Newsroom State-sponsored threat actors backed by China gained access to 20,000 Fortinet FortiGate systems worldwide by exploiting a known critical security flaw between 2022 and 2023, indicating that the operation had a broader…
Jun 12, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Vulnerability Microsoft has released security updates to address 51 flaws as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for June 2024. Of the 51 vulnerabilities, one is rated Critical and 50…
Hackers working for the Chinese government gained access to more than 20,000 VPN appliances sold by Fortinet using a critical vulnerability that the company failed to disclose for two weeks after fixing it, Netherlands government…