Yearly Archives: 2024
Default NTLM relay attack protections introduced by Microsoft
SecurityWeek reports that Microsoft has moved to better combat NTLM relay attacks by standardizing the implementation of Extended Prote...
Funding round raises $45M for Astrix Security
Astrix Security, an Israeli access management startup focused on nonhuman identity security, has obtained $45 million from a Series B f...
Mozilla retires ‘Do Not Track’ option from Firefox browser
Mozilla will remove the “Do Not Track” privacy option from the Firefox browser, with the change already effective in development versio...
Intrusions leveraging widespread Cleo zero-day underway
BleepingComputer reports that attacks leveraging an improperly addressed Cleo management file transfer software vulnerability, tracked ...
Chinese hacker compromised 81K devices via zero-day in Sophos software
The U.S. Department of Justice is looking to bring in a Chinese hacker accused of hacking Sophos Firewall devices.The U.S. District Cou...
Critical ‘AuthQuake’ bug let attackers bypass Microsoft MFA
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) — dubbed "AuthQuake" — could let attackers bypass MFA and gai...
Ashley Jess: Cybersecurity trailblazer (video)
Ashley Jess has cracked cybercriminal networks for the FBI and built intelligence strategies that outsmart hackers at Intel 471. Her ab...
VSCode Remote Tunnels exploited in suspected Chinese cyberespionage campaign
Major South European business-to-business IT service providers have been targeted by a suspected Chinese cyberespionage operation as pa...
This week’s top stories from across the pond
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Here’s a look at the five biggest stories over the last week from our sister publication, Broadband Communities
A partnership betw...
Indonesian mobile market shrinks as XL Axiata combines with Smartfren
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The deal comes with a price tag of $6.5 billion
Having been in discussions since May this year, Indonesia’s third- and fourth-larg...