Europol shuts down FluBot malware
FluBot's infrastructure was taken down by a joint operation of Europol and more than 10 police forces worldwide.
The operation, spearheaded by the Dutch police, freed 10,000 victims from FluBot's network. Since 2020, the malware has been distributed through text messages in several countries. By... Read more
Lookout acquires password manager SaferPass
Security provider Lookout is acquiring SaferPass. SaferPass develops a password manager that tracks and encrypts passwords. The technology will be integrated into Lookout's portfolio.
Lookout develops software for endpoint security, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust Network Access... Read more
Azure Active Directory gives way to Microsoft Entra
From here on out, Microsoft's identity and access management solutions are known as Microsoft Entra.
The tech giant is rebranding several products. In April, all data governance and compliance solutions were grouped under Microsoft Purview. Not long after, Microsoft renamed every managed securit... Read more
Okta brings identity security to SentinelOne XDR
SentinelOne launched an integration of SentinelOne XDR and access management platform Okta. SentinelOne XDR informs Okta of risky users, after which Okta removes the users from a system or network.
SentinelOne XDR is a security platform for entire infrastructures, including endpoints, servers an... Read more
New Microsoft Office zero-day used for PowerShell commands
Security experts recently found a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability allows malicious PowerShell commands to be executed by opening a Word document.
The vulnerability was named 'Follina' and registered as CVE-2022-30190. According to security experts, the vulnerabilit... Read more
Italy warns organizations to brace for possible DDoS attacks
On Monday, Italy's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) issued an urgent warning about the significant danger of cyberattacks against national entities.
DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) is the sort of cyberattack that the Italian firm refers to, which may not be utterly devastati... Read more
EnemyBot adds exploits for VMware and F5 vulnerabilities
EnemyBot is expanding rapidly. According to security researchers at AT&T Alien Labs, the botnet targets more and more platforms.
EnemyBot is rapidly expanding its ecosystem. The botnet was discovered in April and targets vulnerabilities in web servers, content management systems, IoT devices... Read more
Microsoft implements tighter security for Azure Active Directory
Microsoft is pushing more secure default settings to all Azure Active Directory (AD) users.
Azure AD's default settings feature a set of basic mechanisms for identity security. These mechanisms include factor authentication (MFA) and security protocols such as Conditional Access and Identity Pro... Read more
’57 percent of all cybercrimes are scams’
Organized cybercrime is growing. Group-IB identified 390 professional scam groups in the past year, up 350 percent from 2020.
Cybercriminals don't have to penetrate networks or endpoints to be successful. According to security research by Group-IB, scamming was the most common form of cybercrime... Read more
Easy Jet flights canceled following software failure
After a technical issue prompted the cancellation of 200 flights, EasyJet apologized to passengers. The airline first announced that flights departing between 13:00 and 15:00 BST on Thursday would be disrupted but added that the disruption might take longer to resolve.
Airports throughout the Un... Read more