The DanaBot botnet ensnared over 300,000 devices and caused more than $50 million in damages before being disrupted.
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Windows 11 Notepad gets AI-powered text writing capabilities
Microsoft is testing a new AI-powered text generation feature in Notepad that can let Windows Insiders create content based on custom prompts. […]
Chinese Spies Exploit Ivanti Vulnerabilities Against Critical Sectors
A Chinese espionage group has been chaining two recent Ivanti EPMM vulnerabilities in attacks against organizations in multiple critical sectors.
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U.S. Dismantles DanaBot Malware Network, Charges 16 in $50M Global Cybercrime Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the disruption of the online infrastructure associated with DanaBot (aka DanaTools) and unsealed charges against 16 individuals for their alleged involvement in the development and deployment of the malware, which it said was controlled by a Russia-based cybercrime organization.
The malware, the DoJ said, infected more than 300,000
The malware, the DoJ said, infected more than 300,000
Police takes down 300 servers in ransomware supply-chain crackdown
In the latest phase of Operation Endgame, an international law enforcement operation, national authorities from seven countries seized 300 servers and 650 domains used to launch ransomware attacks. […]
CISA Warns of Suspected Broader SaaS Attacks Exploiting App Secrets and Cloud Misconfigs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday revealed that Commvault is monitoring cyber threat activity targeting applications hosted in their Microsoft Azure cloud environment.
“Threat actors may have accessed client secrets for Commvault’s (Metallic) Microsoft 365 (M365) backup software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, hosted in Azure,” the agency said.
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“Threat actors may have accessed client secrets for Commvault’s (Metallic) Microsoft 365 (M365) backup software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, hosted in Azure,” the agency said.
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GitLab Duo Vulnerability Enabled Attackers to Hijack AI Responses with Hidden Prompts
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an indirect prompt injection flaw in GitLab’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Duo that could have allowed attackers to steal source code and inject untrusted HTML into its responses, which could then be used to direct victims to malicious websites.
GitLab Duo is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant that enables users to write,
GitLab Duo is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant that enables users to write,
Claude 4 benchmarks show improvements, but context is still 200K
Today, OpenAI rival Anthropic announced Claude 4 models, which are significantly better than Claude 3 in benchmarks, but we’re left disappointed with the same 200,000 context window limit. […]
US indicts leader of Qakbot botnet linked to ransomware attacks
The U.S. government has indicted Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot botnet malware operation that compromised over 700,000 computers and enabled ransomware attacks. […]
Akamai, Microsoft Disagree on Severity of Unpatched ‘BadSuccessor’ Flaw
Akamai documents a privilege escalation flaw in Windows Server 2025 after Redmond declines to ship an immediate patch.
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