CrowdStrike Confirms Faulty Update Tied to Massive Global IT Outage, Fix...
The update from CrowdStrike to Microsoft users has resulted in a misconfigured update that causes users globally to hit a "blue screen of death." A fix has been deployed.
View ArticleImmediate Remediation of Splunk Enterprise Bug Urged Amid Easy Exploitability
Users of Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions earlier than 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 should immediately apply fixes for this high-severity path traversal vulnerability.
View ArticleMassive CrowdStrike-Related Outage Disrupts Federal Agencies
A host of federal agencies have experienced operational disruptions due to the widespread IT outage stemming from a botched CrowdStrike update.
View ArticleMSSP Market News: Malicious Activity Spikes After CrowdStrike Outage
Today's market news also covers Blumira, Heeler Security, Infoblox and WiMi Hologram Cloud.
View ArticleFenix24 Script Said to Remotely Automate Some CrowdStrike Fixes
The automatic scripts have taken on 95% of the workload without hands on the keyboard going to each individual system, Fenix24 asserts.
View ArticleCrowdStrike: Big in the Enterprise, But a Newbie Among MSSPs, MSPs
CrowdStrike is number two in market share, but when it comes to the channel the cybersecurity vendor is a newbie.
View ArticleMalicious Payloads Distributed via Fraudulent CrowdStrike Fixes
Threat actors immediately launched attacks with malicious payloads to exploit the faulty CrowdStrike Falcon update that resulted in a massive global IT outage.
View ArticleVideo-Spoofing Malware Distributed via Telegram for Android Zero-Day
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View ArticleRansomware Crackdown Increases Cyber Threat Fragmentation
Recent crackdowns on ransomware gangs have splintered threat actors to form their own criminal ventures.
View ArticleMSSP Market News: SeedPod, Seceon Form MSP/MSSP Insurance Pact
Today's market news also covers Malwarebytes, Heimdal, Datto, Wiz, Google, Nozomi Networks, Bedrock Security, Protexxa, Commvault, Secure Code Warrior and Zero Networks.
View ArticleCyber Pros Spot Spike in Malicious Activity Over CrowdStrike Outage
Bolster's CheckPhish site detected more than 40 phishing and phony lookalike domains created in the first 24 hours following the CrowdStrike incident.
View ArticleGoogle Cloud Exploited in FLUXROOT, PINEAPPLE Attacks
Latin America-based threat operations FLUXROOT and PINEAPPLE have launched Intrusions exploiting Google Cloud infrastructure.
View ArticleNATO, Others Targeted by Novel Hacktivist Collective
Attacks against NATO, Europe, Israel, and Ukraine are aimed to be conducted by the new Holy League hacking coalition formed through the partnership of dozens of pro-Russian hacktivist gangs.
View ArticleUnprotected Cloud Database Exposes 769M ClickBalance Records
Major Mexican enterprise resource planning technology provider ClickBalance had 769 million records leaked as a result of an unprotected cloud database.
View ArticleMSSP Market News: Coalfire Delivers Security On-Demand Solution
Today's market news also covers Garrison Technology, Abstract Security, ZEST Security, SonicWall, Secureworks, Kaseya, Craxel, XM Cyber and iVerify.
View ArticleSonicWall Report Channels MSSP/MSP Threat Defense Strategy
The report will help MSSPs and MSPs offer more effective cybersecurity services to their clients, says Douglas McKee, SonicWall's executive director of Threat Research.
View ArticleCrowdStrike Insured Losses May Top $1.5B and MSP Insurance Expert Advises...
The outage represents a loss ratio impact of roughly 3-10% on global cyber premiums of $15 billion today, insurance analytics firm CyberCube reports, signaling a potential increase in cybersecurity...
View ArticleBlockchain Security: Vulnerabilities and Protective Measures
AT&T Cybersecurity explores the security aspects of blockchain, identifies common vulnerabilities, and outlines how to secure applications.
View ArticleMassive AT&T Outage Due to Network Misconfiguration, Lax Practices
AT&T Mobility's widespread network outage in February that disrupted 125 million devices stemmed from a network misconfiguration by an employee and also from inadequate best practices adherence,...
View ArticleCrowdStrike Outage Attributed to Update Checker Flaw
The faulty CrowdStrike Falcon update resulting in the widespread global IT outage that disrupted nearly 8.5 million Windows systems last week had been missed due to a vulnerability in the firm's...
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