Eduard Kovacs

Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is a contributing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher for two years before starting a career in journalism as Softpedia’s security news reporter. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.

Windows 7 Extended Security Updates, Windows 8.1 Reach End of Support

Today, on January 10, 2023, Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) and Windows 8.1 have reached their end of support dates.

January 10, 2023

CISA Notifies Hitachi Energy Customers of High-Severity Vulnerabilities

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published advisories last week to inform organizations using Hitachi Energy products about several recently addressed critical...

January 9, 2023

Many of 13 New Mac Malware Families Discovered in 2022 Linked to China

More than a dozen new Mac malware families were discovered in 2022, including information stealers, cryptocurrency miners, loaders, and backdoors, and many of them...

January 6, 2023

Qualcomm UEFI Flaws Expose Microsoft, Lenovo, Samsung Devices to Attacks

Many devices made by Microsoft, Lenovo, Samsung and likely others are affected by potentially serious UEFI firmware vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Snapdragon chips.

January 6, 2023

Rackspace Completes Investigation Into Ransomware Attack

Cloud company Rackspace has completed its investigation into the recent ransomware attack and found that the hackers did access some customer resources.

January 6, 2023

Burger Chain Five Guys Discloses Data Breach Impacting Job Applicants

US burger chain Five Guys has disclosed a data breach impacting job applicants, and the company may be facing a lawsuit over the cybersecurity...

January 5, 2023

Slack Says Hackers Stole Private Source Code Repositories

Enterprise communication and collaboration platform Slack has informed customers that hackers have stolen some of its private source code repositories, but claims impact is...

January 5, 2023

Play Ransomware Group Used New Exploitation Method in Rackspace Attack

The recent ransomware attack targeting Rackspace was conducted by a cybercrime group named Play using a new exploitation method, the cloud company revealed this...

January 5, 2023

NIST Finalizes Cybersecurity Guidance for Ground Segment of Space Operations

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of its guidance on applying the Cybersecurity Framework to the ground...

January 4, 2023

Hacker Selling Data Allegedly Stolen From Volvo Cars Following Ransomware Attack

A hacker is offering to sell data allegedly stolen from Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo Cars following a ransomware attack carried out in late December.

January 4, 2023

Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Synology Routers

Taiwan-based networking and storage solutions provider Synology has informed customers about the availability of patches for several critical vulnerabilities, including flaws likely exploited recently...

January 3, 2023