What is NFV

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses proactively seek innovative ways to optimize their networks, enhance operational efficiency, and reduce costs. Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) emerges as a transformative technology that leads the charge. NFV revolutionizes traditional, hardware-based network functions by converting them into flexible, software-based solutions. Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) can be deployed on commodity […]

Microsoft Warns of New Russian State-Sponsored Hacker Group with Destructive Intent

Microsoft on Wednesday took the lid off a “novel and distinct Russian threat actor,” which it said is linked to the General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and has a “relatively low success rate.” The tech giant’s Threat Intelligence team, which was previously tracking the group under its emerging moniker DEV-0586, has graduated it to a […]

LockBit Ransomware Extorts $91 Million from U.S. Companies

The threat actors behind the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have extorted $91 million following hundreds of attacks against numerous U.S. organizations since 2020. That’s according to a joint bulletin published by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC

Microsoft fixes six critical vulnerabilities in June Patch Tuesday

It’s that time of the month again: We’re looking at June’s Patch Tuesday roundup. Microsoft has released its monthly update, and compared to previous months, it’s actually not so bad. No actively exploited zero-days and only six critical vulnerabilities. So, we’ll have the luxury of going over those in some more detail. The Common Vulnerabilities and […]

Update Chrome now! Google fixes critical vulnerability in Autofill payments

Google has released a Chrome update which includes five security fixes. One of these security fixes is for a critical vulnerability in Autofill payments. Google labels vulnerabilities as critical if they allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on the underlying platform with the user’s privileges in the normal course of browsing. How to protect yourself […]

Windows Users Alert: Skuld Malware Steals Discord and Browser Data

By Deeba Ahmed Skuld malware, named after the Norse goddess associated with the future and fate employs sophisticated techniques to infiltrate… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Windows Users Alert: Skuld Malware Steals Discord and Browser Data

Chinese Hackers Exploit VMware Zero-Day to Backdoor Windows and Linux Systems

The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 (CVSS score: 3.9), “enabled the execution of privileged commands across Windows, Linux, and PhotonOS (vCenter) guest VMs without authentication of guest credentials

Temporary Phone Number: An Essential Tool for Privacy Protection

By Owais Sultan In an era where our lives are increasingly interconnected with the digital world, safeguarding our privacy has become… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Temporary Phone Number: An Essential Tool for Privacy Protection