For years, companies drilled one thing into employees’ heads: don’t trust weird emails. Problem is, attackers adapted. Instead of fighting against people’s skepticism around email, they moved to platforms employees already trust without thinking twice about it. One of the biggest targets right now is Microsoft Teams
A threat group called KongTuke has been using Teams chats to get inside corporate networks, and honestly, it’s working disturbingly well. Instead of blasting out phishing emails, they pose as internal IT staff and message employees directly through Teams. Sometimes they’re operating from already-compromised Microsoft 365 accounts. Other times they create fake accounts designed to look close enough to pass a quick glance. Either way, the attack can go from first contact to compromised system in just a few minutes. [Read more…]
A new attack called Pixnapping can steal sensitive data from Android devices, without needing a single permission. The exploit targets visual data on-screen, including two-factor authentication codes, private messages, and location histories. It works by quietly measuring how long it takes to render specific pixels. If that sounds like science fiction, it’s not. Researchers have already tested it on Pixel and Samsung devices with unsettling results. 
After nearly a decade, Microsoft is finally closing the book on Windows 10. As of today, free support and regular security patches have officially ended. But despite the headlines, your computer is not about to implode. If you plan wisely, or even just use decent security software, you can keep running Windows 10 safely for a quite a bit longer. 
A sinister campaign known as ShadowCaptcha is using over 100 compromised WordPress sites as unwitting hosts, redirecting visitors to fake CAPTCHA pages. These deceptive pages trigger malware delivery ranging from credential stealers to ransomware and cryptocurrency miners.
Cyberattacks on U.S. federal courts are no longer just IT problems. They now pose a national security threat.