26 Jul

North Korean chap charged for attacks on US hospitals, miiltary, NASA – and even China

The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of ransomware attacks on stateside hospitals and healthcare providers, US

Author rabih
26 Jul

North Korean chap charged for attacks on US hospitals, NASA – and even China

The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of ransomware attacks on stateside hospitals and healthcare providers, US

Author rabih
26 Jul

Malware crew Stargazers Goblin used 3,000 GitHub accounts to make bank

Infosec researchers have discovered a network of over three thousand malicious GitHub accounts used to spread malware, targeting groups including gamers, malware researchers, and even

Author rabih
26 Jul

CrowdStrike update blunder may cost world billions – and insurance ain’t covering it all

The cost of CrowdStrike’s apocalyptic Falcon update that brought down millions of Windows computers last week may be in the billions of dollars, and insurance

Author rabih
25 Jul

Beware of fake CrowdStrike domains pumping out Lumma infostealing malware

CrowdStrike is the latest lure being used to trick Windows users into downloading and running the notorious Lumma infostealing malware, according to the security shop’s

Author rabih
25 Jul

FYI: Data from deleted GitHub repos may not actually be deleted

Researchers at Truffle Security have found, or arguably rediscovered, that data from deleted GitHub repositories (public or private) and from deleted copies (forks) of repositories

Author rabih
25 Jul

Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China

The US is looking to prosecute a Chinese immigrant over claims he has been drip-feeding information of interest to Beijing since at least 2012. Ping

Author rabih
25 Jul

You should probably fix this 5-year-old critical Docker vuln fairly sharpish

Docker is warning users to rev their Docker Engine into patch mode after it realized a near-maximum severity vulnerability had been sticking around for five

Author rabih
25 Jul

Kaspersky says Uncle Sam snubbed proposal to open up its code for third-party review

Exclusive Despite the Feds’ determination to ban Kaspersky’s security software in the US, the Russian business is moving forward with another proposal to open up

Author rabih
25 Jul

Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job

Comment Patching: The bane of every IT professional’s existence. It’s a thankless, laborious job that no one wants to do, goes unappreciated when it interrupts

Author rabih
25 Jul

How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike’d Windows PCs in a flash

Not long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems engineer

Author rabih
25 Jul

The months and days before and after CrowdStrike’s fatal Friday

Analysis The great irony of the CrowdStrike fiasco is that a cybersecurity company caused the exact sort of massive global outage it was supposed to

Author rabih
25 Jul

Fatal timeline of CrowdStrike’s week from hell – Feb to now

Analysis The great irony of the CrowdStrike fiasco is that a cybersecurity company caused the exact sort of massive global outage it was supposed to

Author rabih
24 Jul

How did a CrowdStrike file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look at the code

Analysis Last week, at 0409 UTC on July 19, 2024, antivirus maker CrowdStrike released an update to its widely used Falcon platform that caused Microsoft

Author rabih
24 Jul

Oops. Apple relied on bad code while flaming Google Chrome’s Topics ad tech

Apple last week celebrated a slew of privacy changes coming to its Safari browser and took the time to bash rival Google for its Topics

Author rabih
24 Jul

Uncle Sam opens probe into CrowdStrike turbulence at Delta Air Lines

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) is investigating Delta Air Lines over its handling of the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike’s content update. Delta

Author rabih
24 Jul

Windows Patch Tuesday update might send a user to the BitLocker recovery screen

Some Windows devices are presenting users with a BitLocker recovery screen upon reboot following the installation of July’s Patch Tuesday update. Microsoft confirmed the issue

Author rabih
24 Jul

Data pilfered from Pentagon IT supplier Leidos

Internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings, an IT services provider contracted with the Department of Defense and other US government agencies, have been leaked. The

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