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After decades of service, Microsoft is deprecating VBScript -- or Visual Basic Scripting Edition. The deprecation process will first see VBScript being changed into an optional, on-demand feature with the release of Windows 11 24H2, although it will be enabled by default.

Ukraine is getting too boring. A group of Russian state hackers has taken time out of its busy schedule hitting Ukrainian entities and has been using...

LittleDrifter has infected organisations worldwide

Discover LitterDrifter, a Russian malware spreading globally from USB devices, posing a new threat in cybersecurity.

LitterDrifter's means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely?

Microsoft has named the threat actors as Nobelium, continuing its tradition of naming notable nation-state hacking groups after chemical elements, such as Russias Strontium, Chinas Barium, Irans Phosphorus, and North Koreas Thallium.   Until now, Microsoft and security vendor FireEye had identified Sunburst (which Microsoft called Solorigate) and Teardrop malware. In January, security firm CrowdStrike found Sunspot, a piece of software dedicated to monitoring the build server for build comm...

Arrest Made On Wednesday, the Justice Department announced the indictment of Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, a Canadian national who is suspected of working as a NetWalker affiliate and helping to conduct a ransomware attack against a victim in Florida. Vachon-Desjardins is alleged to have made $27.6 million from infecting victims with the NetWalker ransomware. Vachon-Desjardins has been charged with intentional damage to a protected computer, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federa...