A global outage affecting Microsoft products, including Outlook and Minecraft, was resolved after nearly 10 hours. The outage, allegedly caused by a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack and a failure in defense implementation, led to thousands of user reports, writes the BBC*. It comes less than two weeks after a major global outage left around 8.5 … More Microsoft says cyber-attack triggered latest outage
Ever attuned to the latest trends, cybercriminals distribute malicious tools that pose as ChatGPT, Midjourney and other generative AI assistants. Generative AI (GenAI) is making waves across the world. Its popularity and widespread use has also attracted the attention of cybercriminals, leading to various cyberthreats. Yet much discussion around threats associated with tools like ChatGPT has … More Beware of fake AI tools masking very real malware threats
ESET researchers discovered a zero-day exploit, which targets the Telegram app for Android, that appeared for sale for an unspecified price in an underground forum post from June 2024. ESET Research found an advertisement for a zero-day exploit that targets the Telegram for Android app, posted in an underground forum. ESET named the vulnerability targeted … More ESET Research discovers EvilVideo: Telegram app for Android targeted by zero-day exploit sending malicious videos
Organizations, including those that weren’t struck by the CrowdStrike incident, should resist the temptation to attribute the IT meltdown to exceptional circumstances. As the dust settles on the cyber-incident caused by CrowdStrike releasing a corrupted update, many businesses will, or should, conduct a thorough post-mortem on how the incident affected their business and what could be … More Building cyber-resilience: Lessons learned from the CrowdStrike incident
ESET researchers have discovered threats abusing the success of the Hamster Kombat clicker game. The Hamster Kombat game’s success has attracted malicious actors trying to abuse public interest in the game for monetary gain. ESET researchers discovered Android spyware named Ratel pretending to be Hamster Kombat, distributed via an unofficial Telegram channel. Android users are … More ESET Research: Hamster Kombat game misused by cybercriminals as spyware and infostealer
