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Threat hunters have shed light on a new campaign targeting the foreign ministry of an unnamed South American nation with bespoke malware capable of granting remote access to infected hosts. The activity, detected in November 2024, has been attributed by Elastic Security Labs to a threat cluster it tracks as REF7707. Some of the other targets include a telecommunications entity and a university,

**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 133.0.3065.69 2/14/2025 133.0.6943.98/.99

Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.

February Microsoft Patch Tuesday. 89 CVEs, 33 added since January. Two with signs of exploitation in the wild: 🔻 EoP – Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (CVE-2025-21418)🔻 EoP – Windows Storage (CVE-2025-21391) There are no vulnerabilities with public exploits, but there are 7 with private ones: 🔸 RCE – Microsoft Edge (CVE-2025-21279, CVE-2025-21283)🔸 Auth. […]

The open technology, which tackles disinformation, has gained steam in the past year, surpassing 500 corporate members and continuing to evolve.

A subgroup within the infamous Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Sandworm has been attributed to a multi-year initial access operation dubbed BadPilot that stretched across the globe. "This subgroup has conducted globally diverse compromises of Internet-facing infrastructure to enable Seashell Blizzard to persist on high-value targets and support tailored network operations," the

Sandworm (aka Seashell Blizzard) has an initial access wing called "BadPilot" that uses standard intrusion tactics to spread Russia's tendrils around the world.

A team Microsoft calls BadPilot is acting as Sandworm's “initial access operation,” the company says. And over the last year it's trained its sights on the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia.

Microsoft’s February Patch Tuesday addresses 63 security vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days. Update your systems now to…

Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 63 security flaws impacting its software products, including two vulnerabilities that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 63 vulnerabilities, three are rated Critical, 57 are rated Important, one is rated Moderate, and two are rated Low in severity. This is aside from the 23 flaws Microsoft addressed in its Chromium-based Edge