QNAP storage devices hijacked by UnityMiner cryptocurrency malware

Microsoft today shared mitigation for a remote code execution vulnerability in Windows that is being exploited in targeted attacks against Office 365 and Office 2019 on Windows 10. The flaw is in MSHTML, the browser rendering engine that is also used by Microsoft Office documents. Ongoing attacks against Office 365 Identified as CVE-2021-40444, the security issue…

Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities, Patch Now | IT Security News Threat Watch – Binary Defense 14. April 2021 Microsoft has released a security update for the Exchange Server that addresses four vulnerabilities with severity scores ranging from high to critical. All the security flaws lead to remote code execution on a vulnerable machine and were…

CopperStealer Malware Attacks Facebook and Instagram Business Accounts | IT Security News 23. March 2021 The cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint have recently issued all the details regarding a new undocumented malware, which is dubbed as “CopperStealer.” According to the report, the threat actors are spreading this undocumented malware via fake software that continuously destroying the…

Joseph O’Connor, a 22-year-old citizen of the United Kingdom, has been arrested in connection with the 2020 Twitter hack that impacted multiple high-profile accounts like Apple. As reported by The Verge, the United States Department of Justice issued a press release announcing O’Connor’s arrest. The hacker was apparently apprehended in Estepona, Spain, by Spanish National…

Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB vulnerability, reported yesterday, may leave users vulnerable to a misconfiguration that allows hackers to download or edit data and the architecture of the database service, according to a report by cybersecurity company Wiz. The Microsoft Security Response Center published an article on the vulnerability on Friday, saying that Microsoft was contacted…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Malware as-a-Service Mayor Says 2018 Atlanta Ransom Attack Served Notice ‘That We Needed to Up Our Game’ Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • May 24, 2021     G.T. Bynum, mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pictured at a 2019 event (Photo: Naval Surface Warriors via Flickr/CC) “Ransomware attackers…