​Microsoft has released the November 2024 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, with 14 improvements and fixes for multiple issues, including some affecting File Explorer, the Clipboard history, and secondary displays. The KB5046740 update is part of Microsoft’s optional non-security preview updates schedule, pushed out on the fourth week of every month to help Windows…

A new Linux backdoor called ‘WolfsBane’ has been discovered, believed to be a port of Windows malware used by the Chinese ‘Gelsemium’ hacking group. ESET security researchers who analyzed WolfsBane report that WolfsBane is a complete malware tool featuring a dropper, launcher, and backdoor, while it also uses a modified open-source rootkit to evade detection. The…

Hackers have already compromised thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls in attacks exploiting two recently patched zero-day vulnerabilities. The two security flaws are an authentication bypass (CVE-2024-0012) in the PAN-OS management web interface that remote attackers can exploit to gain administrator privileges and a PAN-OS privilege escalation (CVE-2024-9474) that helps them run commands on the…

Microsoft has confirmed that, since November 12, some Windows 10 users have been unable to update or uninstall packaged applications like Microsoft Teams. This known issue is caused by the WinAppSDK 1.6.2 package, which was automatically delivered to affected users’ systems after installing an app developed using Win App SDK. On impacted Windows 10 22H2…

The BianLian ransomware operation has shifted its tactics, becoming primarily a data theft extortion group, according to an updated advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI, and the Australian Cyber Security Centre. This new information comes in an update to a joint advisory released in May by the same agencies, which…