Microsoft publishes a profile of Octo Tempest, a “dangerous” hacking group targeting organizations across tech, gaming, financial services, and other sectors (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:Microsoft publishes a profile of Octo Tempest, a “dangerous” hacking group targeting organizations across tech, gaming, financial services, and other sectors  —  Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities …

Pro-Russia hacking group Winter Vivern is targeting European governmental entities’ Roundcube Webmail servers, triggering an attack when an email is viewed (Matthieu Faou/WeLiveSecurity)

Matthieu Faou / WeLiveSecurity:Pro-Russia hacking group Winter Vivern is targeting European governmental entities’ Roundcube Webmail servers, triggering an attack when an email is viewed  —  ESET Research recommends updating Roundcube Webmail to the latest available version as soon as possible

Shuffling the deck

When Andy Bloch ’91, SM ’92, graduated from MIT, he fully intended to use his degrees in electrical engineering. He got a job with a New York City startup, working on 3D stereo displays and other projects, until one day he got in an argument with his boss and was […]