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Microsoft released a record-breaking 132 vulnerability fixes this month and detailed six zero-day bugs, including one being actively exploited in attacks against NATO member states. Of the volume of attacks, 9 CVEs were rated Critical, 37 were remote code execution…

July 12, 2023hacker newsVulnerability / Software Security Microsoft on Tuesday released updates that address a total of 132 new security flaws across its software. That includes six zero-day flaws that the company announced are actively being exploited in the wild.…

The European Commission has adopted a decision on the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Agreement, allowing organizations to freely circulate personal data between the two territories without additional safeguards. A July 10, 2023 announcement confirmed a preliminary agreement between…

A Microsoft Windows policy loophole has been observed to be exploited, primarily by native Chinese-speaking attackers, to forge kernel-mode driver signatures. In an in-depth two-part report shared with The Hacker News, Cisco Talos said, “Attackers are leveraging multiple open-source tools…

HCA Healthcare has revealed that it has suffered a massive data breach affecting approximately 11 million patients. The private health care operator said the information was posted to an online forum “by an unknown and unauthorized person” and discovered on…

MOVEit cyberattacks continue to grow, hitting more organizations every day. Emsisoft Threat Analyst Brett Callow said: counted The July 11, 2023 attacks affected 257 organizations and 17,750,524 individuals. Meanwhile, the Clop ransomware group blamed for the attack continues to add…

Most of the world’s e-commerce merchants will be hiring new fraud specialists this year after being plagued by fraud over the past 12 months, said Ravelin. An anti-fraud vendor surveyed 1,900 global fraud experts working for companies with over $50…

Discover all the ways MITER ATT&CK can help defend your organization. Make the most of this important framework to build your security strategy and policy. What is the MITER ATT&CK Framework? MITER ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) is…

A man has been charged with intentionally trying to sabotage the IT infrastructure that runs a water treatment plant in a California town. Rambler Gallo, 53, of Tracy, Calif., worked for a Massachusetts company that operates water stations in Discovery…

July 11, 2023THNMoreCryptocurrency / Cloud Security Cloud environments continue to be the target of an ongoing advanced attack campaign called SCARLETEEL, with threat actors now targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) Fargate. In a new report shared with The Hacker, Sysdig…