The Information Highway

The Information Highway

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VMware discloses critical VCD Appliance auth bypass with no patch

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VMware disclosed a critical and unpatched authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Cloud Director appliance deployments. 

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Microsoft extends Windows Server 2012 ESUs to October 2026

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Microsoft provides three more years of Windows Server 2012 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) until October 2026, giving administrators more time to upgrade or migrate to Azure. 

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Cloudflare website downed by DDoS attack claimed by Anonymous Sudan

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Cloudflare confirmed that the outage resulted from a DDoS attack that only affected the www.cloudflare.com website without impacting other products or services. The company didn't attribute the attack to a specific threat actor. 

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World’s largest commercial bank ICBC confirms ransomware attack

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"On November 8, 2023, U.S. Eastern Time (November 9, 2023, Beijing Time), ICBC Financial Services (FS) experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in disruption to certain FS systems. Immediately upon discovering the incident, ICBC FS disconnected and isolated impacted systems to contain the incident," said the bank. 

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Microsoft shares temp fix for broken Windows Server 2022 VMs

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Microsoft publicly acknowledged a known issue causing Windows Server 2022 virtual machine (VM) blue screens and boot failures on VMware ESXi hosts. 

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Top Breaches Of 2023

Customers Affected In T-Mobile Breach
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