Recent Security News
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Rackspace racks up $12M bill in ransomware raid recovery
November 16, 2023 at 04:28PM Rackspace has revealed that its expenses from a ransomware attack last year have now reached $12 million. The attack, initially described as a security incident, disrupted email services for thousands of customers. Rackspace attributed the intrusion to the Play crew, who exploited a critical Exchange bug. The company incurred costs…
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‘CacheWarp’ AMD VM Bug Opens the Door to Privilege Escalation
November 16, 2023 at 04:02PM Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in AMD CPUs that can be exploited to undermine memory protections in cloud environments. Known as CacheWarp, this vulnerability impacts first- through third-generation EPYC processors. Attackers can use the vulnerability to gain unauthorized access and perform privilege escalation. AMD has released a microcode patch for…
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MySQL servers targeted by ‘Ddostf’ DDoS-as-a-Service botnet
November 16, 2023 at 03:16PM Researchers at AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) have discovered a new campaign targeting MySQL servers with the ‘Ddostf’ malware botnet. The attackers exploit vulnerabilities or weak credentials to gain access to the servers and use user-defined functions (UDFs) to execute commands. The primary payload is the Ddostf bot client,…
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Toyota confirms breach after Medusa ransomware threatens to leak data
November 16, 2023 at 02:04PM Toyota Financial Services (TFS) has experienced unauthorized access on some of its systems in Europe and Africa as a result of a ransomware attack by the Medusa gang. The hackers are demanding an $8 million ransom and have threatened to leak stolen data if it is not paid. TFS has…
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Microsoft confirms Copilot AI assistant coming to Windows 10
November 16, 2023 at 02:04PM Microsoft will be rolling out the Copilot AI-powered assistant to Windows 10 systems in the Insider Program. It was initially available on Windows 11 and is now being enabled on Windows 11 23H2 devices. Customers can enroll in the Windows Insider Program to test Copilot. The rollout will be gradual…