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A malicious campaign focused on the industrial sector in the Middle East has been expanded to also target Mac computers, security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered.

Top US officials met at the White House on stopping ransomware Wednesday, as pressure mounted on President Joe Biden to take action against Russia over cyberattacks.

Google on Wednesday announced the availability of the July 2021 security updates for the Android operating system, which include patches for over 40 vulnerabilities.

IT management software maker Kaseya is still working on patching the vulnerabilities exploited in the recent ransomware attack, but some cybercriminals are sending out emails offering the patches in an effort to distribute their malware.

With no bad behavior, the mobile apps are difficult to detect by automated security scans

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday published an advisory to inform organizations about a total of 15 vulnerabilities affecting Philips Vue healthcare products.

The Republican National Committee says none of its data was compromised in a cyberattack that involved B2B IT services provider Synnex.

British anti-malware powerhouse Sophos has acquired Capsule8 to beef up the Linux protection capabilities to its endpoint detection and response product stack.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

A vulnerability in the Kaspersky Password Manager resulted in the created passwords being weak enough to allow an attacker to brute-force them in seconds, a security researcher claims.

A utility that provides power in rural southeastern Alabama was hit by a ransomware attack that meant customers temporarily can’t access their account information, but an executive said Tuesday that systems were beginning to be brought back online.

Pro-Trump social media platform GETTR was targeted by hackers shortly after launch — accounts were apparently compromised and tens of thousands of users had their data scraped and leaked online.

Kaseya CEO Downplays Impact of CyberattackResearchers have successfully reproduced the exploit used in the recent cyberattack targeting IT management software maker Kaseya and its customers.

Authorities have arrested a Moroccan citizen believed to have orchestrated cyberattacks against over one hundred websites, in addition to engaging in various other nefarious activities.

Microsoft late Tuesday pushed out an emergency patch to cover the Windows ‘PrintNightmare’ security flaw.

The Pentagon said Tuesday it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon.

British Airways has settled a class action brought by individuals impacted by the data breach suffered by the company in 2018, but terms of the settlement have been kept private.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cloud data management and protection provider Zerto. The price tag: $374 million in cash.

Most of one of Sweden's leading supermarket chains' 800 shops remained closed on Monday, three days after they were indirectly affected by the cyberattack targeting US company Kaseya.

A researcher at Positive Technologies has described the potential impact of a recently addressed command injection vulnerability affecting SonicWall’s Network Security Manager (NSM) product.