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Microsoft will block Excel XLL

Microsoft Will Block Excel XLL Files Downloaded from the Internet

Microsoft developers are going to block some Excel add-in (.XLL) files for Microsoft 365. The new measures will include automatic…

Ransomware Revenues Dropped by 40% because Victims Refuse to pay

Ransomware revenue (from ransomware attacks) has fallen from $765.6 million in 2021 to $456.8 million in 2022, according to Chainalysis…

Cybersecurity Specialists Advise Players Not to Enter Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Online due to a Dangerous Bug

Players of the PC version of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Online are alarming as a vulnerability has been discovered in…

Attackers Can Use GitHub Codespaces to Host and Deliver Malware

Trend Micro reports that the GitHub Codespaces cloud development environment, available to the public use since November 2022, can be…

Google Search Malvertising: Fake Ads of Free Programs in Google Ads

Google Search malvertising is an unpleasant phenomenon of malicious advertisements in search engine results. Ads up there are called to…

Access to cameras on Mac and iPhone

Vulnerabilities allowed access to cameras on Mac, iPhone and iPad

Apple paid $75,000 to the IS researcher Ryan Pickren in…

Increased number of "coronavirus" cyberattacks

The number of “coronavirus” cyberattacks increased to 5,000 per day

Check Point experts estimated that the number of “coronavirus” cyberattacks…

PoC exploits for SMBGhost vulnerability

Specialists published PoC exploits for SMBGhost vulnerability

The March “Tuesday of updates” did not include a patch…

Tesla vulnerable to DoS attacks

IS researcher found that the Tesla Model 3 interface is vulnerable to DoS attacks

Researcher Jacob Archuleta, known on the network under the pseudonym…

RDP and VPN usage grew

Due to pandemic, RDP and VPN usage grew by 41% and 33%

Amid of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of remote access…

Dharma ransomware source code

Dharma ransomware source code put for sale

ZDNet reports that the source code for one of the…

Rare attack via BadUSB

Attackers exposed the American company to a rare attack via BadUSB

Trustwave experts published a report, in which they said that…

Vulnerabilities in popular password managers

Experts have discovered vulnerabilities in popular password managers

Experts from York University explained how they managed to detect…

Hackers spoof DNS settings

Hackers spoof DNS settings to distribute fake coronavirus applications

Journalists from Bleeping Computer investigated that hackers are replacing DNS…

exploit for Kr00k Wi-Fi vulnerability

Published exploit for Kr00k Wi-Fi vulnerability

In February 2020, information security specialists spoke at the RSA…

Cybercriminals fake letters from WHO

Cybercriminals fake letters from WHO to distribute HawkEye and trick money into fight with COVID-19

Specialists from IBM X-Force discovered a new malicious campaign, in…

Firefox Refuses to Support FTP

Firefox Refuses to Support FTP Protocol

ZDNet reports that Mozilla developers consider FTP to be an…

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