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Hackers are now spreading malware using Microsoft OneNote attachments in phishing emails, infecting victims using remote access malware that can be used to install additional malware, steal passwords, or even cryptocurrency wallets.For years, attackers have distributed malware in emails via malicious Word and Excel attachments that launch macros to download and install malware, reports Bleeping Computer.However, in July last year, Microsoft disabled macros by default in Office documents, rendering this method…

Hackers have increased their abuse of the Google Ads platform to target users searching for popular software products.Among the software products being impersonated include Grammarly, Slack, Dashlane, Audacity, ITorrent, AnyDesk, Libre Office, Teamviewer, Thunderbird, and more, reports Bleeping Computer."The threat actors clone the official websites of the above projects and distribute trojanised versions of the software when users click the download button," the report mentioned.The Google Ads platform helps advertisers…

Ransomware group Hive could be behind the attack, after the group published the Lake Charles Memorial Health System’s name to its website.Image: Thaiview (Shutterstock)The only thing scarier than America’s privatized healthcare system is America’s privatized healthcare system getting hacked. Well, I have bad news—Lake Charles Memorial Health System in Louisiana has been the subject of a ransomware attack, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of patients.Lake Charles Memorial Health System is a hospital network…

US-based Cloud communications company Twilio has admitted data breach as hackers entered its internal systems after stealing employee credentials in an SMS phishing attack.Twilio said it identified 125 customers who had their data accessed during a security breach."We have identified approximately 125 Twilio customers whose data was accessed by malicious actors for a limited period of time, and we have notified all of them," Twilio said in a statement.Twilio, which owns popular two-factor authentication (2FA) Authy, said…

Zero-day vulnerabilities are security flaws that can be quite harmful for your devices and hackers can gain access to your personal data. One such flaw has been found in Microsoft Windows, according to security researchers. As per a report by Bleeping Computer, the vulnerability is called Follina and Microsoft acknowledged the flaw. Microsoft has also released a fix via an update and has urged users to upgrade immediately.In a blog post, Microsoft explained that “a remote code execution vulnerability exists when MSDT is…