Picus Launches Exposure Validation to Safely Deprioritize CVEs

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed four different vulnerabilities in a core component of the Windows task scheduling service that could be exploited by local attackers to achieve privilege escalation and erase logs to cover up evidence of malicious activities. The issues have been uncovered in a binary named “schtasks.exe,” which enables an administrator to create, delete,…

The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday announced that four people have been arrested in connection with cyber attacks targeting major retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The arrested individuals include two men aged 19, a third aged 17, and a 20-year-old woman. They were apprehended in the West Midlands and London on…

The changes will go into effect over the next several days to reflect which CVEs are being prioritized in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD).

In a recent poll, readers shared how they’re using vibe coding in AppDev (if they are at all). While some found success, others found the risks too great.

Multiple European law enforcement agencies recently disrupted Cryptomixer, a service allegedly used by cybercriminals to launder ill-gotten gains from ransomware and other cyber activities.

The malware, operated by China-backed cyberattackers, has been significantly fortified with new evasive and post-infection capabilities.