Sergiu Gatlan
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Sergiu is a news reporter who has covered the latest cybersecurity and technology developments for over a decade. Email or Twitter DMs for tips.
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Moldovan charged for operating botnet used to push ransomware
The U.S. Justice Department charged Moldovan national Alexander Lefterov, the owner and operator of a large-scale botnet that infected thousands of computers across the United States.
- April 17, 2024
- 02:53 PM
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Cisco discloses root escalation flaw with public exploit code
Cisco has released patches for a high-severity Integrated Management Controller (IMC) vulnerability with public exploit code that can let local attackers escalate privileges to root.
- April 17, 2024
- 01:25 PM
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Microsoft: Copilot ‘app’ on Windows Server mistakenly added by Edge
Microsoft says the new Copilot app, mistakenly added to the list of installed Windows apps by recent Edge updates, doesn't collect or relay data to its servers.
- April 17, 2024
- 08:16 AM
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T-Mobile, Verizon workers get texts offering $300 for SIM swaps
Criminals are now texting T-Mobile and Verizon employees on their personal and work phones, trying to tempt them with cash to perform SIM swaps.
- April 16, 2024
- 07:01 PM
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Ivanti warns of critical flaws in its Avalanche MDM solution
Ivanti has released security updates to fix 27 vulnerabilities in its Avalanche mobile device management (MDM) solution, two of them critical heap overflows that can be exploited for remote command execution.
- April 16, 2024
- 03:52 PM
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Exploit released for Palo Alto PAN-OS bug used in attacks, patch now
Exploit code is now available for a maximum severity and actively exploited vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall software.
- April 16, 2024
- 02:36 PM
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UnitedHealth: Change Healthcare cyberattack caused $872 million loss
UnitedHealth Group reported an $872 million impact on its Q1 earnings due to the ransomware attack disrupting the U.S. healthcare system since February.
- April 16, 2024
- 10:24 AM
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Microsoft will limit Exchange Online bulk emails to fight spam
Microsoft has announced plans to fight spam by imposing a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit of 2,000 external recipients starting January 2025.
- April 15, 2024
- 03:11 PM
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Daixin ransomware gang claims attack on Omni Hotels
The Daixin Team ransomware gang claimed a recent cyberattack on Omni Hotels & Resorts and is now threatening to publish customers' sensitive information if a ransom is not paid.
- April 15, 2024
- 11:01 AM
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Palo Alto Networks fixes zero-day exploited to backdoor firewalls
Palo Alto Networks has started releasing hotfixes for a zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited since March 26th to backdoor PAN-OS firewalls.
- April 15, 2024
- 08:59 AM
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Microsoft lifts Windows 11 block on some Intel systems after 2 years
Microsoft has finally lifted a compatibility hold blocking Windows 11 upgrades on systems with Intel 11th Gen Core processors and Intel Smart Sound Technology (SST) audio drivers.
- April 15, 2024
- 07:42 AM
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Microsoft now testing app ads in Windows 11's Start menu
Microsoft has started testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu, a new experiment the company says will help users find new "great" apps in the Microsoft Store.
- April 12, 2024
- 04:13 PM
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FBI warns of massive wave of road toll SMS phishing attacks
On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a massive ongoing wave of SMS phishing attacks targeting Americans with lures regarding unpaid road toll fees.
- April 12, 2024
- 02:56 PM
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Ex-Amazon engineer gets 3 years for hacking crypto exchanges
Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022 and stealing over $12 million.
- April 12, 2024
- 01:54 PM
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Roku warns 576,000 accounts hacked in new credential stuffing attacks
Roku warns that 576,000 accounts were hacked in new credential stuffing attacks after disclosing another incident that compromised 15,000 accounts in early March.
- April 12, 2024
- 11:05 AM
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