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Today is Microsoft's August 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including six actively exploited and three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft is still working on an update for a tenth publicly disclosed zero-day. [...]

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing some Windows devices to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing last month's Windows security updates. [...]

Microsoft has released the KB5041585 cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2, which includes many improvements and changes, including the ability to directly drag apps from the Pinned section of the Start menu and pin them to the taskbar. [...]

Microsoft has released the KB5041580 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which includes 14 changes and fixes, including BitLocker fixes and important security updates. [...]

​Today, Ivanti urged customers to patch a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) appliances that can let attackers create rogue administrator accounts. [...]

Kootenai Health has disclosed a data breach impacting over 464,000 patients after their personal information was stolen and leaked by the 3AM ransomware operation. [...]

Don't let AI CoPilots be the source of your first data breach. Learn more from Varonis about the challengers of securing your data in the era of gen AI. [...]

Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested in Spain and is now extradited to the USA to face charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation in 2021 and running a malvertising operation from 2013 to 2022. [...]

European privacy advocate NOYB (None of Your Business) has filed nine GDPR complaints about X using the personal data from over 60 million users in Europe to train "Grok," the social media company's large language model. [...]

The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation. [...]

South Korea's ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), has issued an announcement stating that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country's main battle tank, as well as its "Baekdu" and "Geumgang" spy planes. [...]

Microsoft announced that the Paint 3D graphics app will be discontinued later this year and removed from the Microsoft Store in November. [...]

Attackers impersonating the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have used malicious spam emails to target and compromise systems belonging to the country's government agencies. [...]

Evolution Mining has informed that it has been targeted by a ransomware attack on August 8, 2024, which impacted its IT systems. [...]

​​Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue preventing Microsoft 365 customers from signing in or adding Gmail accounts using classic Outlook. [...]

Google is notifying Russian YouTubers, bloggers, and publishers that their Adsense accounts are being deactivated and can no longer be used for advertising. [...]

AI SPERA announced today that its IP address intelligence engine, Criminal IP, can now be integrated with Maltego's unified user interface and is available on the Maltego's marketplace, [...]

A series of targeted cyberattacks that started at the end of July 2024, targeting dozens of systems used in Russian government organizations and IT companies, are linked to Chinese hackers of the APT31 and APT 27 groups. [...]

X has always had a bot problem, but now scammers are utilizing the Ukraine war and earthquake warnings in Japan to entice users into clicking on fake content warnings and videos that lead to scam adult sites, malicious browser extensions, and shady affiliate sites. [...]

Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases. [...]