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A threat actor targeting Microsoft 365 and Azure production environments is stealing data in attacks that abuse legitimate applications and administration features. Microsoft tracks the actor as Storm-2949 and says that the purpose of the attacks is “to exfiltrate as much sensitive data from a target organizationâs high-value assets as possible.” Storm-2949 used social engineering […]
Microsoft plans to raise the quality bar of Windows 11 drivers, as drivers “sit at the heart of every Windows experience” and connect the OS to the “silicon, components, and peripherals.” Before Microsoft shipped Windows 11, it frequently hosted WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference), where Microsoft’s developers and OEM partners met to work on quality. […]
Microsoft has confirmed user reports that the Teams team collaboration app is displaying non-dismissible location prompts on some macOS systems. According to affected Teams users, these non-dismissible prompts have been appearing on Mac devices running macOS versions 14 (Sonoma), 15 (Sequoia), and 26 (Tahoe) over the past week, asking for permission to use their location “for things […]
Threat actors earlier today published more than 600 malicious packages to the Node Package Manager (npm) index as part of a new Shai-Hulud supply-chain campaign. Most of the affected packages are in the @antv ecosystem, which includes libraries for charting, graph visualization, building flowcharts, and mapping. However, popular packages outside this namespace have also been […]
Convenience store chain giant 7-Eleven confirmed that its systems were breached in a cyberattack claimed by the ShinyHunters extortion group last month. Founded in 1927, 7-Eleven now operates, franchises, and licenses over 86,000 stores globally, including 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, while its 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards loyalty programs have more than 100 […]
Microsoft says customers in restricted network environments may encounter Windows Update failures after installing the January 2026 optional non-security preview updates. In Windows network-restricted environments, ranging from fully isolated, air-gapped systems to strictly firewalled networks, affected systems will display error code 0x80010002 when updating through Windows Update. “Affected devices might be able to download the […]
More than 200 individuals were arrested for cybercrime activities during INTERPOL’s Operation Ramz, which focused on the Middle East and North Africa. Law enforcement also identified another 382 suspects across 13 countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia, and the UAE). In addition to the arrests, authorities seized 53 […]
A new variant of the âSHubâ macOS infostealer uses AppleScript to show a fake security update message and installs a backdoor. Dubbed Reaper, the new version steals sensitive browser data, collects documents and files that may contain financial details, and hijacks crypto wallet apps. Unlike earlier SHub campaigns that relied on âClickFixâ tactics, tricking users […]
The Shai-Hulud malware leaked last week is now used in new attacks on the Node Package Manager (npm) index, as infected packages emerged over the weekend. A threat actor using the account deadcode09284814 published four malicious packages on npm and embedded one of them with a non-obfuscated version of Shai-Hulud that targeted developer credentials, secrets, cryptocurrency wallet data, and […]
Grafana Labs disclosed that hackers have downloaded its source code after breaching its GitHub environment using a stolen access token. A relatively new extortion gang known as CoinbaseCartel has claimed the attack by adding Grafana to their data leak site (DLS), although no data has been leaked yet. Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana, the […]
