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Thunderbird adds native support for Microsoft Exchange accounts
Thunderbird 145 has been released with full native support for Microsoft Exchange email via the Exchange Web Services (EWS) protocol. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/thunderbird-adds-native-support-for-microsoft-exchange-accounts/
Windows 11 gets new Cloud Rebuild, Point-in-Time Restore tools
Microsoft announced two new Windows 11 recovery features today at the Ignite developer conference, called Cloud Rebuild and Point-in-Time Restore (PITR), that aim to reduce downtime and make it easier to recover from system failures or faulty updates. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-gets-new-cloud-rebuild-point-in-time-restore-tools/
Microsoft to integrate Sysmon directly into Windows 11, Server 2025
Microsoft announced today that it will integrate Sysmon natively into Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 next year, making it unnecessary to deploy the standalone Sysinternals tools. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-integrate-sysmon-directly-into-windows-11-server-2025/
French agency Pajemploi reports data breach affecting 1.2M people
Pajemploi, the French social security service for parents and home-based childcare providers, has suffered a data breach that may have exposed personal information of 1.2 million individuals. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-agency-pajemploi-reports-data-breach-affecting-12m-people/
Cloudflare hit by outage affecting global network services
Cloudflare is investigating an outage affecting its global network services, with users encountering "internal server error" messages when attempting to access affected websites and online platforms. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/cloudflare-hit-by-outage-affecting-global-network-services/
Microsoft: Windows 10 KB5072653 OOB update fixes ESU install errors
Microsoft has released an emergency Windows 10 KB5072653 out-of-band update to resolve ongoing issues with installing the November extended security updates. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-10-kb5072653-oob-update-fixes-esu-install-errors/
xAI's Grok 4.1 rolls out with improved quality and speed for free
Elon Musk-owned xAI has started rolling out Grok 4.1, which is an upgrade to the existing Grok 4 model, and it delivers some incremental improvements. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/xais-grok-41-rolls-out-with-improved-quality-and-speed-for-free/
Google Gemini 3 spotted on AI Studio ahead of imminent release
Gemini 3, which could be Google's best large language model, could begin rolling out in the next few days or hours, as the model has been spotted on AI Studio. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-gemini-3-spotted-on-ai-studio-ahead-of-imminent-release/
Princeton University discloses data breach affecting donors, alumni
A Princeton University database was compromised in a cyberattack on November 10, exposing the personal information of alumni, donors, faculty members, and students. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/princeton-university-discloses-data-breach-affecting-donors-alumni/
Microsoft: Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500,000 IP addresses
Microsoft said today that the Aisuru botnet hit its Azure network with a 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, launched from over 500,000 IP addresses. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-aisuru-botnet-used-500-000-ips-in-15-tbps-azure-ddos-attack/
Pennsylvania AG confirms data breach after INC Ransom attack
The office of Pennsylvania's attorney general has confirmed that the ransomware gang behind an August 2025 cyberattack stole files containing personal and medical information. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pennsylvania-ag-confirms-data-breach-after-inc-ransom-attack/
Google to flag Android apps with excessive battery use on the Play Store
Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-to-flag-android-apps-with-excessive-battery-use-on-the-play-store/
Decades-old ‘Finger’ protocol abused in ClickFix malware attacks
The decades-old "finger" command is making a comeback,, with threat actors using the protocol to retrieve remote commands to execute on Windows devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/decades-old-finger-protocol-abused-in-clickfix-malware-attacks/
Logitech confirms data breach after Clop extortion attack
Hardware accessory giant Logitech has confirmed it suffered a data breach in a cyberattack claimed by the Clop extortion gang, which conducted Oracle E-Business Suite data theft attacks in July. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/logitech-confirms-data-breach-after-clop-extortion-attack/
Anthropic claims of Claude AI-automated cyberattacks met with doubt
Anthropic reports that a Chinese state-sponsored threat group, tracked as GTG-1002, carried out a cyber-espionage operation that was largely automated through the abuse of the company's Claude Code AI model. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anthropic-claims-of-claude-ai-automated-cyberattacks-met-with-doubt/
New ShadowRay attacks convert Ray clusters into crypto miners
A global campaign dubbed ShadowRay 2.0 hijacks exposed Ray Clusters by exploiting an old code execution flaw to turn them into a self-propagating cryptomining botnet. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-shadowray-attacks-convert-ray-clusters-into-crypto-miners/
Fortinet warns of new FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Today, Fortinet released security updates to patch a new FortiWeb zero-day vulnerability that threat actors are actively exploiting in attacks. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-warns-of-new-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
Microsoft Teams to let users report messages wrongly flagged as threats
Microsoft says that Teams users will be able to report false-positive threat alerts triggered by messages incorrectly flagged as malicious. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-to-let-users-report-messages-wrongly-flagged-as-threats/
Tycoon 2FA and the Collapse of Legacy MFA
Tycoon 2FA enables turnkey real-time MFA relays behind 64,000+ attacks this year, proving legacy MFA collapses the moment a phishing kit targets it. Learn from Token Ring how biometric, phishing-proof FIDO2 hardware blocks these relay attacks before they succeed. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tycoon-2fa-and-the-collapse-of-legacy-mfa/
Google fixes new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
Google has released an emergency security update to fix the seventh Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks this year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fixes-new-chrome-zero-day-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
Malicious NPM packages abuse Adspect redirects to evade security
Seven packages published on the Node Package Manager (npm) registry use the Adspect cloud-based service to separate researchers from potential victims and lead them to malicious locations. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-npm-packages-abuse-adspect-redirects-to-evade-security/
RondoDox botnet malware now hacks servers using XWiki flaw
The RondoDox botnet malware is now exploiting a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in XWiki Platform tracked as CVE-2025-24893. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rondodox-botnet-malware-now-hacks-servers-using-xwiki-flaw/
Eurofiber France warns of breach after hacker tries to sell customer data
Eurofiber France disclosed a data breach it discovered late last week when hackers gained access to its ticket management system by exploiting a vulnerability and exfiltrated information. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eurofiber-france-warns-of-breach-after-hacker-tries-to-sell-customer-data/
Dutch police seizes 250 servers used by “bulletproof hosting” service
The police in the Netherlands have seized around 250 physical servers powering a bulletproof hosting service in the country used exclusively by cybercriminals for providing complete anonymity. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dutch-police-seizes-250-servers-used-by-bulletproof-hosting-service/
DoorDash email spoofing vulnerability sparks messy disclosure dispute
A vulnerability in DoorDash's systems could allow anyone to send "official" DoorDash-themed emails right from company's authorized servers, paving a near-perfect phishing channel. DoorDash has now patched the issue, but a contentious disclosure dispute has erupted, with both sides accusing each other of acting in bad faith. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/doordash-email-spoofing-vulnerability-sparks-messy-disclosure-dispute/
Microsoft: Windows bug blocks Microsoft 365 desktop app installs
Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue preventing users from installing the Microsoft 365 desktop apps on Windows devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-bug-blocks-microsoft-365-desktop-app-installs/
Microsoft: Windows 10 KB5068781 ESU update may fail with 0x800f0922 errors
Microsoft has confirmed it is investigating a bug causing the Windows 10 KB5068781 extended security update to fail to install with 0x800f0922 errors on devices with corporate licensing. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-10-kb5068781-esu-update-may-fail-with-0x800f0922-errors/
Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack cost the company over $220 million
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) published its financial results for July 1 to September 30, warning that the cost of a recent cyberattack totaled £196 million ($220 million) in the quarter. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jaguar-land-rover-cyberattack-cost-the-company-over-220-million/
Five plead guilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate US firms
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that five individuals pleaded guilty to aiding North Korea's illicit revenue generation schemes, including remote IT worker fraud and cryptocurrency theft. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/five-plead-guilty-to-helping-north-koreans-infiltrate-us-firms/
Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now being widely exploited. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-silent-patch-for-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/