The Information Highway

The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), in June 2021 to boost his company's business. 

The Lumma information-stealing malware is now using an interesting tactic to evade detection by security software - the measuring of mouse movements using trigonometry to determine if the malware is running on a real machine or an antivirus sandbox. 

A team of academic researchers from universities in California and Massachusetts demonstrated that it's possible under certain conditions for passive network attackers to retrieve secret RSA keys from naturally occurring errors leading to failed SSH (secure shell) connection attempts. 

Microsoft announced a new policy that allows admins to control how optional updates are deployed on Windows 10 enterprise endpoints on their networks. 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud. 

Google has officially announced plans to gradually eliminate third-party cookies, a key aspect of its Privacy Sandbox initiative. 

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has added to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) three security issues that affect Microsoft devices, a Sophos product, and an enterprise solution from Oracle. 

Microsoft will roll out the Copilot AI-powered assistant to Windows 10 systems enrolled in the Insider Program over the coming months. 

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation has taken extortion to a new level by filing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission complaint against one of their alleged victims for not complying with the four-day rule to disclose a cyberattack. 

Today is Microsoft's November 2023 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for a total of 58 flaws and five zero-day vulnerabilities. 

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. 

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

OpenAI has been addressing "periodic outages" due to DDoS attacks targeting its API and ChatGPT services within the last 24 hours. 

Windows 11 will no longer add SMB1 Windows Defender Firewall rules when creating new SMB shares starting with today's Canary Channel Insider Preview Build 25992 build. 

"Between 5:42AM - 7:16AM PT we saw errors impacting all services. We identified the problem and implemented a fix. We are now seeing normal responses from our services," the company said. 

WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp servers. 

Microsoft has introduced a new protective feature in the Authenticator app to block notifications that appear suspicious based on specific checks performed during the account login stage. 

Cloudflare says the number of hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks recorded in the third quarter of 2023 surpasses every previous year, indicating that the threat landscape has entered a new chapter. 

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams and cryptocurrency fraud. 

Twitter, now renamed X, is testing new $1 annual subscriptions to provide unverified accounts access to core features like tweeting and retweeting.