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U.S. DoJ Indicts North Korean Hacker for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday unsealed an indictment against a North Korean military intelligence operative for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks against healthcare facilities in the country and funneling the payments to orchestrate additional intrusions into defense, technology, and government entities across the world.
“Rim Jong Hyok and his co-conspirators deployed

PKfail Vulnerability Allows Secure Boot Bypass on Hundreds of Computer Models

A vulnerability dubbed PKfail can allow attackers to run malicious code during the boot process, which can be used to deliver UEFI bootkits.

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97% of Devices Disrupted by CrowdStrike Restored as Insurer Estimates Billions in Losses

CrowdStrike says 97% of Windows systems impacted by its bad update are back online, just as an insurer predicts billions in losses for major companies.

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Ongoing Cyberattack Targets Exposed Selenium Grid Services for Crypto Mining

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm over an ongoing campaign that’s leveraging internet-exposed Selenium Grid services for illicit cryptocurrency mining.
Cloud security Wiz is tracking the activity under the name SeleniumGreed. The campaign, which is targeting older versions of Selenium (3.141.59 and prior), is believed to be underway since at least April 2023.
“Unbeknownst to most

CrowdStrike Warns of New Phishing Scam Targeting German Customers

CrowdStrike is alerting about an unfamiliar threat actor attempting to capitalize on the Falcon Sensor update fiasco to distribute dubious installers targeting German customers as part of a highly targeted campaign.
The cybersecurity company said it identified what it described as an unattributed spear-phishing attempt on July 24, 2024, distributing an inauthentic CrowdStrike Crash Reporter

Critical Flaw in Telerik Report Server Poses Remote Code Execution Risk

Progress Software is urging users to update their Telerik Report Server instances following the discovery of a critical security flaw that could result in remote code execution.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6327 (CVSS score: 9.9), impacts Report Server version 2024 Q2 (10.1.24.514) and earlier.
“In Progress Telerik Report Server versions prior to 2024 Q2 (10.1.24.709), a remote code

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U.S. DoJ Indicts North Korean Hacker for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals

PKfail Vulnerability Allows Secure Boot Bypass on Hundreds of Computer Models

97% of Devices Disrupted by CrowdStrike Restored as Insurer Estimates Billions in Losses

Ongoing Cyberattack Targets Exposed Selenium Grid Services for Crypto Mining

CrowdStrike Warns of New Phishing Scam Targeting German Customers

Critical Flaw in Telerik Report Server Poses Remote Code Execution Risk

PKfail Secure Boot bypass lets attackers install UEFI malware

Critical ServiceNow RCE flaws actively exploited to steal credentials

North Korean Charged in Ransomware Attacks on American Hospitals

Windows 11 KB5040527 update fixes Windows Backup failures