The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Sergiu Gatlan has covered cybersecurity, technology, and other news beats for more than a decade. Email or Twitter DMs for tips.

Microsoft has started testing Wi-Fi 7 support in Windows 11

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Microsoft has started testing support for Wi-Fi 7 in Windows 11, which offers multi-gigabit speeds and improved throughput, latency, and reliability compared to previous Wi-Fi generations.

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Microsoft now force installing Windows 11 23H2 on eligible PCs

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Microsoft has started force installing Windows 11 23H2 on eligible devices that have reached or are close to their end-of-servicing date.

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New ScreenConnect RCE flaw exploited in ransomware attacks

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The samples seen by Sophos in this week's attacks were a buhtiRansom LockBit variant dropped on 30 different customer networks and a second payload created using the leaked Lockbit builder (and dropped by a different threat actor).


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Microsoft expands free logging capabilities after May breach

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Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities for all Purview Audit standard customers, including U.S. federal agencies, six months after disclosing that Chinese hackers stole U.S. government emails undetected in an Exchange Online breach between May and June 2023.


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ALPHV ransomware claims loanDepot, Prudential Financial breaches

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The ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the recent network breaches of Fortune 500 company Prudential Financial and mortgage lender loanDepot.


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Top Breaches Of 2023

Customers Affected In T-Mobile Breach
Accounts Affected In MOVEit Breach
Customers Affected In MCNA Insurance Data Breach
Individuals Affected In PharMerica Data Breach
Users Affected In ChatGPT Major Data Breach
*Founder Shield End of Year 2023