Angela Amato reports: Leduc County said it was the target of a deliberate cybersecurity attack which disabled some of the county’s information technology (IT) systems. A news release issued Sunday afternoon said the county became aware of the incident, which has been identified as a ransomware attack, on Dec. 25. Other IT systems have been…
Microsoft has released security updates to address two Critical-rated flaws impacting Bing and Power Pages, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-21355 (CVSS score: 8.6) – Microsoft Bing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2025-24989 (CVSS score: 8.2) – Microsoft Power Pages Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability…
Eleanor M. Ross, Cassidy Kim, Olivia Bellini of Greenberg Traurig, LLP write: On April 11, 2025, the DOJ’s National Security Division (NSD) issued a Compliance Guide, Implementation and Enforcement Policy, and FAQs for its Data Security Program (DSP), finalized pursuant to Executive Order 14117 and the 28 C.F.R. Part 202. The DSP is primarily designed to prevent certain cross-border data flows…
Veeam has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23120, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10.0. It affects 12.3.0.310 and all earlier version 12 builds. “A vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) by…
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as UAC-0063 has been observed leveraging legitimate documents obtained by infiltrating one victim to attack another target with the goal of delivering a known malware dubbed HATVIBE. “This research focuses on completing the picture of UAC-0063’s operations, particularly documenting their expansion beyond their initial focus on Central Asia,
There’s an update on a previously reported case: Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Liridon Masurica (33, Gjilan, Kosovo), also known as “@blackdb,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Masurica faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been……
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh software supply chain attack targeting the npm registry that has affected more than 40 packages that belong to multiple maintainers. “The compromised versions include a function (NpmModule.updatePackage) that downloads a package tarball, modifies package.json, injects a local script (bundle.js), repacks the archive, and republishes it, enabling
