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Crowdstrike
Some good may come out of the CrowdStrike outage

Estimated financial losses due to the recent massive IT outage triggered by the faulty CrowdStrike update are counted in billions, but the unfortunate incident is having …

Acronis
Critical Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-45249)

CVE-2023-45249, a critical vulnerability affecting older versions of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure, is being exploited by attackers. About Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Acronis …

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 users targeted by phishers abusing Microsoft Forms

There has been an uptick in phishing campaigns leveraging Microsoft Forms this month, aiming to trick targets into sharing their Microsoft 365 login credentials. A malicious …

Progress
Progress fixes critical RCE flaw in Telerik Report Server, upgrade ASAP! (CVE-2024-6327)

Progress Software has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-6327) in its Telerik Report Server solution and is urging users to upgrade as soon as possible. About …

Docker fixes critical auth bypass flaw, again (CVE-2024-41110)

A critical-severity Docker Engine vulnerability (CVE-2024-41110) may be exploited by attackers to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) via specially crafted API request, …

GitHub
Network of ghost GitHub accounts successfully distributes malware

Check Point researchers have unearthed an extensive network of GitHub accounts that they believe provides malware and phishing link Distribution-as-a-Service. Set up and …

Crowdstrike
CrowdStrike blames buggy testing software for disastrous update

A bug in the Content Validator – a software element CrowdStrike relies on for testing and validating Rapid Response Content updates for its Falcon Sensors – is …

cybersecurity threats
The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months

When it comes to the cyber threat landscape, change is the only constant: the inevitable interplay between cybercriminals and law enforcement agencies makes it inevitable. …

Microsoft Crowdstrike
Microsoft releases tool to speed up recovery of systems borked by CrowdStrike update

By now, most people are aware of – or have been personally affected by – the largest IT outage the world have ever witnessed, courtesy of a defective update for …

Crowdstrike
Update: Worldwide IT outage due to buggy Crowdstrike sensor configuration update

The world is 16+ hours into what looks like the biggest IT outage in history, triggered by a defective update for Crowdstrike endpoint security software for Windows machines. …

Crowdstrike
Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide

A more recent update on the situation (July 19, 2024, 12:42 ET) Hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of Windows computers and servers worldwide have been made …

Critical Splunk flaw can be exploited to grab passwords (CVE-2024-36991)

A recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2024-36991) affecting Splunk Enterprise on Windows “is more severe than it initially appeared,” according to SonicWall’s …

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