New Dell BIOS updates cause laptops and desktops not to boot
Recently released Dell BIOS updates are reportedly causing serious boot problems on multiple laptops and desktop models. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
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800K WordPress sites still impacted by critical SEO plugin flaw
Two critical and high severity security vulnerabilities in the highly popular “All in One” SEO WordPress plugin exposed over 3 million websites to takeover attacks. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingUS returns $154 Million in bitcoins stolen by Sony employee
The United States has taken legal action to seize and return over $154 million purportedly stolen from Sony Life Insurance Company Ltd, a SONY subsidiary, by an employee in a textbook business email compromise (BEC) attack. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingWindows 10 21H2 adds ransomware protection to security baseline
Microsoft has released the final version of security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10, version 21H2, available today from the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingMicrosoft warns of easy Windows domain takeover via Active Directory bugs
Microsoft warned customers today to patch two Active Directory domain service privilege escalation security flaws that, when combined, allow attackers to easily takeover Windows domains. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingMeta sues people behind Facebook and Instagram phishing
Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has filed a federal lawsuit in California court to disrupt phishing attacks targeting Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingFBI: State hackers exploiting new Zoho zero-day since October
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says a zero-day vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine Desktop Central has been under active exploitation by state-backed hacking groups (also known as APTs or advanced persistent threats) since at least October. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingT-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam calls this year
T-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam, spam, and unwanted robocalls this year through its free Scam Shield robocall and scam protection service, amounting to an average of 1.8 billion scam calls identified or blocked every month. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingWestern Digital warns customers to update their My Cloud devices
Western Digital is urging customers to update their WD My Cloud devices to the latest available firmware to keep receiving security updates on My Cloud OS firmware reaching the end of support. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingTellYouThePass ransomware revived in Linux, Windows Log4j attacks
Threat actors have revived an old and relatively inactive ransomware family known as TellYouThePass, deploying it in attacks against Windows and Linux devices targeting a critical remote code execution bug in the Apache Log4j library. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
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