Microsoft: August security updates break Windows recovery, reset
Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 Windows security updates are breaking reset and recovery operations on systems running Windows 10 and older versions of Windows 11. “After installing the August 2025 Windows security update [..] on any of the client versions mentioned below in the ‘Affected platforms’ section, attempts to reset or recover the […]
NY Business Council discloses data breach affecting 47,000 people
The Business Council of New York State (BCNYS) has revealed that attackers who breached its network in February stole the personal, financial, and health information of over 47,000 individuals. As the state’s largest statewide employer association, BCNYS represents over 3,000 member organizations, including chambers of commerce, professional and trade associations, and other local and regional […]
Massive Allianz Life data breach impacts 1.1 million people
Hackers have stolen the personal information of 1.1 million individuals in a Salesforce data theft attack, which impacted U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life in July. Allianz Life has nearly 2,000 employees in the United States and is a subsidiary of Allianz SE, which has over 128 million customers worldwide and ranks as the world’s 82nd […]
XenoRAT malware campaign hits multiple embassies in South Korea
A state-sponsored espionage campaign is targeting foreign embassies in South Korea to deploy XenoRAT malware from malicious GitHub repositories. According to Trellix researchers, the campaign has been running since March and is ongoing, having launched at least 19 spearphishing attacks against high-value targets. Although infrastructure and techniques match the pllaybook of North Korean actor Kimsuky (APT43), there are signs that better […]
Nebraska man gets 1 year in prison for $3.5M cryptojacking scheme
A Nebraska man was sentenced to one year in prison for defrauding cloud computing providers of over $3.5 million to mine cryptocurrency worth nearly $1 million. Charles O. Parks III (also known as “CP3O”) was arrested and charged in April with wire fraud, money laundering, and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions. He was facing up to 20 […]
ERMAC Android malware source code leak exposes banking trojan infrastructure
The source code for version 3 of the ERMAC Android banking trojan has been leaked online, exposing the internals of the malware-as-a-service platform and the operator’s infrastructure. The code base was discovered in an open directory by Hunt.io researchers while scanning for exposed resources in March 2024. They located an archive named Ermac 3.0.zip, which contained the malware’s code, including backend, […]
UK sentences “serial hacker” of 3,000 sites to 20 months in prison
A 26-year old in the UK who claimed to have hacked thousands of websites was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky of Rotherham, UK, was arrested in 2022 based on information received from U.S. law enforcement and charged for stealing log in details of millions of Facebook users, and […]
Over 800 N-able servers left unpatched against critical flaws
Over 800 N-able N-central servers remain unpatched against a pair of critical security vulnerabilities tagged as actively exploited last week. N-central is a popular platform used by many managed services providers (MSPs) and IT departments to monitor and manage networks and devices from a centralized web-based console. Tracked as CVE-2025-8875 and CVE-2025-8876, the two flaws can let authenticated […]
Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal
A recent ruling from Germany’s Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has revived a legal battle over whether browser-based ad blockers infringe copyright, raising fears about a potential ban of the tools in the country. The case stems from online media company Axel Springer’s lawsuit against Eyeo – the maker of the popular Adblock Plus browser extension. Axel Springer […]
Microsoft: Recent Windows updates may fail to install via WUSA
Microsoft has mitigated a known issue that caused Windows update failures when installing them from a network share using the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA). WUSA is a built-in command-line tool that helps IT admins install and uninstall Microsoft Standalone Update (.msu) files through the Windows Update Agent API to deploy and remove patches, hotfixes, […]