A seven-year-old vulnerability affecting end-of-life Cisco network devices is being exploited by a Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group. Cisco Talos stated that the group, known as Static Tundra, has been observed compromising Cisco devices for several years. The Russia-aligned hacking group has been exploiting apreviously disclosed vulnerabilityin the Smart Install feature of Cisco IOS software … Ler mais
Microsoft is seeking further information from customers who reported failure and data corruption issues affecting their solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) after installing the August 2025 security update. Microsoft told BleepingComputer on Wednesday that it is aware of reports that installing the KB5063878 security update is causing SSD and HDD data corruption … Ler mais
Colt Technology Services has confirmed that cybercriminals could leak customer data. This is despite previously claiming the recent cyber incident targeted an internal system separate from its customers’ infrastructure. On August 14, the British telecommunications giant said it had taken some systems offline in response to a “cyber incident” that targeted an “internal system” that … Ler mais
A 22-year-old Oregon man has been charged with administering the Rapper Bot DDoS-for-hire botnet, which was allegedly used to launch multi-terabit attacks across 80+ countries. Rapper Bot is alleged to administer large-scale DDoS-for-hire attacks averaging two to three terabits (Tb) in size and targeting victims in over 80 countries, according to a 19 August update … Ler mais
By Brenda Emerson, VMUG President IT isn’t getting any simpler. For many, the cloud’s gone hybrid, AI’s moved in permanently, and security threats seem to evolve faster than the tech built to stop them. But what’s at the forefront of all of this? People. The IT teams configuring, troubleshooting, deploying, and defending. And the IT … Ler mais
A Microsoft anunciou em 20 de agosto de 2025, um aprimoramento significativo de seus recursos administrativos da Microsoft 365 com a introdução de novos controles em nível de inquilino para gerenciar links de compartilhamento em toda a organização para agentes de copilot construídos pelo usuário. Esse recurso, programado para a disponibilidade geral em meados de … Ler mais
A Mozilla lançou o Firefox 142 para lidar com várias vulnerabilidades críticas de segurança que poderiam permitir que atacantes remotos executem código arbitrário em sistemas afetados. O Conselho de Segurança da Mozilla Foundation 2025-64, anunciado Em 19 de agosto de 2025, detalha nove vulnerabilidades distintas que variam de falhas de execução de código remoto de … Ler mais
A Kali Linux anunciou uma grande revisão de seu sistema de distribuição de máquinas virtuais, fazendo a transição do Packer da Hashicorp para o sistema de construção de Debos para criar VMs acessíveis à linha de comando pré-configuradas. Essa mudança estratégica unifica a infraestrutura de construção da VM da Kali ao introduzir novos requisitos de … Ler mais
A young Florida-based man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges linked to cybercrime, including conspiracy and wire fraud. Noah Michael Urban, 20, was arrested in January 2024 and charged by a Florida court with five counts of aggravated identity theft for running a SIM swapping scheme and … Ler mais
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that hackers linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) are targeting critical infrastructure organizations in attacks exploiting a 7-year-old vulnerability in Cisco devices. The FBI’s public service announcement states that the state-backed hacking group, linked to the FSB’s Center 16 unit and tracked as Berserk Bear (also … Ler mais
