Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has confirmed that her personal phone and an old email account were recently compromised in a sophisticated cyberattack. Speaking at her daily press conference, Sheinbaum assured the public that the compromised phone is no longer used for personal communication, serving instead as a channel for connecting with supporters. She also emphasized […]
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The Google Play Store, the primary hub for Android app downloads, has once again become a playground for cybercriminals. Despite Google’s ongoing security efforts, malicious apps continue to infiltrate the platform by evolving their tactics to bypass detection. A recent report from Bitdefender, shared with Hackread.com, has identified a large-scale fraud campaign involving at least […]
A newly revealed Windows vulnerability has been exploited by at least 11 state-sponsored hacking groups from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China since 2017, according to security researchers at Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). Despite the widespread exploitation, Microsoft decided in late September that the flaw “does not meet the bar for servicing,” choosing […]
Issues Persist Into Monday, Causing Frustration for Users Microsoft has attributed this past weekend’s widespread Outlook outage to a “problematic code change,” leaving thousands of users unable to access their email accounts. The disruption began around 2100 UTC on Saturday, with more than 30,000 users reporting issues via DownDetector. While Microsoft claims services have since […]
Hackers Leverage Privilege Escalation Flaw in Paragon Partition Manager A zero-day vulnerability in a Microsoft-signed driver from Paragon Software is being actively exploited in ransomware attacks, according to a recent security advisory from CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC). Researchers discovered five vulnerabilities in the BioNTdrv.sys driver used by Paragon Partition Manager, a tool designed to optimize […]
Attackers Use Typosquatting to Target Developers, Particularly in Finance Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an ongoing supply chain attack targeting the Go ecosystem, where typosquatted modules are being used to distribute loader malware on Linux and macOS systems. According to Kirill Boychenko, a researcher at Socket, at least seven malicious Go packages have been identified, with […]