Zeljka Zorz
Shadow IT: Security policies may be a problem
3 out of 4 workers use personal (and often unmanaged) phones and laptops for work and nearly half of companies let unmanaged devices access protected resources, a recent …
Attackers hit software firm Retool to get to crypto companies and assets
Retool, the company behind the popular development platform for building internal business software, has suffered a breach that allowed attackers to access and take over …
Attackers use fallback ransomware if LockBit gets blocked
Your security solutions might stave off a LockBit infection, but you might still end up with encrypted files: according to Symantec’s threat researchers, some affiliates …
Microsoft Teams phishing: Enterprises targeted by ransomware access broker
A threat actor known for providing ransomware gangs with initial access to enterprise systems has been phishing employees via Microsoft Teams. “For this activity, …
How should SMBs navigate the phishing minefield?
In this Help Net Security interview, Pete Hoff, CISO at Wursta, offers advice to SMB security leaders and professionals on how to minimize the threat phishing presents to …
Microsoft, Adobe fix zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-26369, CVE-2023-36761, CVE-2023-36802)
September 2023 Patch Tuesday is here, with fixes for actively exploited vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader (CVE-2023-26369), Microsoft Word (CVE-2023-36761), and …
Requests via Facebook Messenger lead to hijacked business accounts
Hijackers of Facebook business accounts are relying on fake business inquiries and threats of page/account suspension to trick targets into downloading password-stealing …
Unpatched Cisco ASA flaw exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-20269)
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-20269) in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) firewalls is being exploited by attackers to gain access …
Apple patches two zero-days under attack (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061)
Apple has patched two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061) exploited to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. “The exploit chain was capable of …
How Chinese hackers got their hands on Microsoft’s token signing key
The mystery of how Chinese hackers managed to steal a crucial signing key that allowed them to breach Microsoft 365’s email service and access accounts of employees of 25 …
LibreOffice: Stability, security, and continued development
LibreOffice, the most widely used open-source office productivity suite, has plenty to recommend it: it’s feature-rich, user-friendly, well-documented, reliable, has an …
Old vulnerabilities are still a big problem
A recently flagged phishing campaign aimed at delivering the Agent Tesla RAT to unsuspecting users takes advantage of old vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that allow remote …