The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...
People

Paris Jackson Claims Michael Jackson Estate Executors Used Court Filing to ‘Mock and Belittle’ Her amid Ongoing Legal Battle

Paris's attorneys claim the executors "have used her father's money to attack her" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her ...
heise online

Unpatched Windows zero-days RedSun, UnDefend, and BlueHammer are being attacked

IT security researchers are reporting internet attacks on the partly unpatched security vulnerabilities BlueHammer, RedSun, and UnDefend. These affect Windows Defender and allow, for example, the ...
BBC

Executor of will jailed for inheritance money fraud

A fraudster who tried to con a grieving family out of their inheritance money has been jailed for three years and four months. Peter Littler, 61, formerly of Stretton, Cheshire, was appointed executor ...
Bleeping Computer

Disgruntled researcher leaks “BlueHammer” Windows zero-day exploit

Exploit code has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw reported privately to Microsoft, allowing attackers to gain SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions. Dubbed ...
PC World

Adobe patches critical Acrobat Reader zero-day flaw. Update ASAP

PCWorld reports that Adobe released an emergency patch for a critical Acrobat Reader zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited since December. The flaw allows hackers to steal data and ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers exploiting Acrobat Reader zero-day flaw since December

Attackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader using maliciously crafted PDF documents since at least December. The attacks have been discovered by security researcher Haifei ...
Forbes

Adobe Attacks Underway—Windows And Mac Users Given 72 Hours To Update

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
TechRepublic

‘BlueHammer’ Exploit Targets Windows, Potentially Impacting 1 Billion+ Devices

A researcher released a working ‘BlueHammer’ Windows zero-day exploit that could impact over 1 billion devices, granting SYSTEM-level access and leaving no patch yet. A disgruntled security researcher ...
Hosted on MSN

Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations

Hackers have broken into at least one organization using Windows vulnerabilities published online by a disgruntled security researcher over the last two weeks, according to a cybersecurity firm. On ...
Toronto Star

All four Rogers children have now filed objections to ‘excessive’ executor fees for mother’s $250M estate

All four Rogers children have now filed objections in court to the “excessive” $11 million claimed as compensation by trustees of their mother’s multimillion dollar estate — the latest public conflict ...