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Tag: Security
After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
Talos said Chaos is likely either a rebranding of the BlackSuit ransomware or is operated by some of the former […]
North Korean hackers ran US-based “laptop farm” from Arizona woman’s home
As the number of computers mounted, Chapman began stacking them on shelves around her residence, labeling them with sticky notes […]
Supply-chain attacks on open source software are getting out of hand
sudo rm -rf –no-preserve-root / The –no-preserve-root flag is specifically designed to override safety protections that would normally prevent deletion […]
Hackers—hope to defect to Russia? Don’t Google “defecting to Russia.”
The next day, December 7, he… bought himself a new laptop, installed a VPN, and hopped right back online. Wagenius […]
What to know about ToolShell, the SharePoint threat under mass exploitation
Microsoft fixed the vulnerability pair—CVE-2025-49706 and CVE-2025-49704—two weeks ago as part of the company’s monthly update release. As the world […]
After $380M hack, Clorox sues its “service desk” vendor for simply giving out passwords
Hacking is hard. Well, sometimes. Other times, you just call up a company’s IT service desk and pretend to be […]
A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal.
In May 2020, Sacramento, California, resident Alfonso Nguyen was alarmed to find two Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies at his door, […]
SharePoint vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating under exploit across globe
Skip to content Ongoing attacks are allowing hackers to steal credentials giving privileged access. Authorities and researchers are sounding the […]
Microsoft releases emergency fixes for actively exploited SharePoint security flaws
Microsoft has released emergency patches for two remote code execution vulnerabilities in SharePoint. The CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771 security flaws are […]