July 2024

Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware

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Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware 2024-07-20 at 20:31 By Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin […]

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FTC grabs controller as Microsoft jacks up Game Pass price by 81%

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FTC grabs controller as Microsoft jacks up Game Pass price by 81% 2024-07-20 at 19:46 By Matthew Connatser This is exactly what we said would happen post-Blizzard merger, laments watchdog, as its appeal continues Microsoft plans to raise the price of its Game Pass subscriptions significantly – and one US watchdog isn’t amused.… This article

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Threat Actors Exploit Recent CrowdStrike Outage to Ramp Up Suspicious Domain Creation

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Threat Actors Exploit Recent CrowdStrike Outage to Ramp Up Suspicious Domain Creation 2024-07-20 at 19:46 By dakshsharma16 On July 19th, 2024, CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity provider of advanced end-point security detection and protection solutions, released a sensor configuration update to Windows systems. This update contained a logic error that resulted in system crashes and Blue

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CrowdStrike Provides Remediation Guidance After Software Update Causes Worldwide IT Chaos

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CrowdStrike Provides Remediation Guidance After Software Update Causes Worldwide IT Chaos 2024-07-20 at 17:01 By Mike Lennon CrowdStrike on Saturday provided technical information and remediation guidance to help organizations impacted by the faulty software update that trigged massive IT outages across the globe on Friday.   The post CrowdStrike Provides Remediation Guidance After Software Update

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17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

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17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K. 2024-07-20 at 08:46 By Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made “in connection with a global cyber online crime group which

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CrowdStrike Says Logic Error Caused Windows BSOD Chaos

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CrowdStrike Says Logic Error Caused Windows BSOD Chaos 2024-07-20 at 08:16 By Ryan Naraine CrowdStrike says a routine sensor configuration update pushed to Windows OS triggered a logic error that blue-screened computers worldwide. The post CrowdStrike Says Logic Error Caused Windows BSOD Chaos appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM cyberattack probe

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UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM cyberattack probe 2024-07-20 at 01:01 By Jessica Lyons 17-year-old cuffed as FBI says it will ‘relentlessly pursue’ miscreants around the globe Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider crime gang, which is accused of crippling MGM Resorts in Las Vegas with

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Judge Dismisses Major SEC Charges Against SolarWinds and CISO 

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Judge Dismisses Major SEC Charges Against SolarWinds and CISO  2024-07-20 at 00:31 By Ryan Naraine Judge dismissed SEC lawsuit charging SolarWinds and CISO Timothy Brown with hiding security problems before and after the SUNBURST supply chain compromise. The post Judge Dismisses Major SEC Charges Against SolarWinds and CISO  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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How Cybercriminals Use Breaking News for Phishing Attacks

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How Cybercriminals Use Breaking News for Phishing Attacks 2024-07-19 at 23:16 By Trustwave SpiderLabs issued a warning that threat actors may attempt to take advantage of CrowdStrike’s software update that caused widespread outages by using the news as the center of a social engineering scheme to convince people to open malicious phishing emails or fall for other

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Trustwave Response: CrowdStrike Falcon Outage Update

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Trustwave Response: CrowdStrike Falcon Outage Update 2024-07-19 at 23:16 By Trustwave is proactively assessing and monitoring our clients who may have been impacted by CrowdStrike’s recently rolled-out update for its Windows users. The critical issue identified with CrowdStrike Falcon may result in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on Windows systems, affecting systems worldwide in

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Accelerating Value for Microsoft Defender XDR, Copilot for Security, and Sentinel

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Accelerating Value for Microsoft Defender XDR, Copilot for Security, and Sentinel 2024-07-19 at 23:16 By The unparalleled capabilities encapsulated within Microsoft Defender XDR, Copilot for Security, and Sentinel can be powerful when an organization knows how to expertly tap into these resources. The knowledge to gain full access can be a bit tricky to obtain,

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Trustwave Named in 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

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Trustwave Named in 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) 2024-07-19 at 23:16 By For the second consecutive year, Trustwave has been named a Representative Vendor in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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6 Steps on How to Respond to a Data Breach Before it Ruins Your Business

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6 Steps on How to Respond to a Data Breach Before it Ruins Your Business 2024-07-19 at 23:16 By Too many consumers have awoken one morning to find messages from a retailer or their bank detailing purchases made through their account of which they were unaware. While the realization that they have been hacked will

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WazirX Halts Withdrawals After Losing $230 Million in Hack

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WazirX Halts Withdrawals After Losing $230 Million in Hack 2024-07-19 at 21:10 Prominent Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX suspended withdrawals on Thursday following a security breach that resulted in the loss of $230 million, approximately half its reserves. The breach, which WazirX described as a “force majeure event,” involved the compromise of one of its multisig

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CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear

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CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear 2024-07-19 at 21:02 By Iain Thomson Our vultures gather to review this very freaky Friday Kettle  If you’re an IT administrator with Windows boxes on your network, Friday can’t have been a lot of fun. What’s likely millions of systems were or still are

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Gov Ban Forces Kaspersky to Shut Down US Operations

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Gov Ban Forces Kaspersky to Shut Down US Operations 2024-07-19 at 20:45 Kaspersky Lab, the Russian cybersecurity giant, is set to close its US division and lay off all US-based employees following a ban by the US Commerce Department. This decision, affecting fewer than 50 workers, comes after the Commerce Department cited national security concerns,

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How to Watch Lifetime Channel Without Cable & Free (2024)

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How to Watch Lifetime Channel Without Cable & Free (2024) 2024-07-19 at 20:29 If you love Lifetime channel movies and shows but don’t have a cable subscription, don’t worry — there are plenty of ways to watch it online. Several streaming platforms offer Lifetime as part of their channel lineup. This means you can stream

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Update: Worldwide IT outage due to buggy Crowdstrike update

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Update: Worldwide IT outage due to buggy Crowdstrike update 2024-07-19 at 19:46 By Zeljka Zorz The world is 16+ hours into what looks like the biggest IT outage in history, triggered by a defective update for Crowdstrike endpoint security software for Windows machines. The price of both Crowdstrike’s and Microsoft’s shares tumbled down as a

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Microsoft and Crowdstrike outage grounds planes and closes offices

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Microsoft and Crowdstrike outage grounds planes and closes offices 2024-07-19 at 19:16 By Thursday, July 18, users worldwide experienced a technology outage affecting flights, banks, hospitals and more. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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