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Microsoft announced today that the SolarWinds hackers could gain access to source code for a limited amount of components used by Azure, Intune, and Exchange.
Microsoft force installs Windows 10 update to remove Flash Player By Microsoft is force installing a Windows 10 update that removes the embedded 32-bit version of Adobe Flash Player from the operating system. In October, we reported that Microsoft had released the KB4577586 optional update to remove the embedded 32-bit Flash Player from Windows and prevent it from being installed again. 32-bit Flash shown in Windows 10 Control Panel This update was only available from the Microsoft Catalog, and once installed, could no longer be removed. This update marks an end to embedded Flash in the W...
US shares info on North Korean malware used to steal cryptocurrency By 10:25 AM The FBI, CISA, and US Department of Treasury shared detailed info on malicious and fake crypto-trading applications used by North Korean-backed state hackers to steal cryptocurrency from individuals and companies worldwide in a joint advisory published on Wednesday. These cryptocurrency trading apps were developed and injected with AppleJeus malware by a DPRK state-sponsored threat actor known as Lazarus Group (tracked by the U.S. as HIDDEN COBRA). "These cyber actors have targeted organizations for cryptocurr...
US indicts North Korean hackers for stealing $1.3 billion By The U.S. Department of Justice has charged three North Koreans for stealing $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency in attacks on banks, the entertainment industry, cryptocurrency companies, and more. The defendants are state-sponsored North Korean hackers and members of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) units, a North Korean military intelligence agency that has engaged in criminal hacking operations. "These North Korean military hacking units are known by multiple names in the cybersecurity community, including Lazarus Group a...
Pro-India hackers use Android spyware to spy on Pakistani military By 12:12 PM This week a report has revealed details on two Android spyware strains leveraged by state-sponsored threat actors during the India-Pakistan conflict. The malware strains named SunBird have been delivered as fake Android apps (APKs) by the Confucius advanced persistent threat group (APT), a pro-India state-sponsored operation known to spy on Pakistani and South Asian targets, since at least 2013. Although Confucius has created Windows malware in the past, the group has extended its capabilities to mobile malwar...