Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Google is notifying Gmail users that the webmail’s Basic HTML view will be deprecated in January 2024, and users will...
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Xenomorph Android malware now targets U.S. banks and crypto wallets – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Security researchers discovered a new campaign that distributes a new version of the Xenomorph malware to Android users in the...
Mixin Network suspends operations following $200 million hack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Mixin Network, an open-source, peer-to-peer transactional network for digital assets, has announced today on Twitter that deposits and withdrawals are...
New stealthy and modular Deadglyph malware used in govt attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas A novel and sophisticated backdoor malware named ‘Deadglyph’ was seen used in a cyberespionage attack against a government agency in...
Evasive Gelsemium hackers spotted in attack against Asian govt – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas A stealthy advanced persistent threat (APT) tracked as Gelsemium was observed in attacks targeting a Southeast Asian government that spanned...
Nigerian man pleads guilty to attempted $6 million BEC email heist – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, a 29-year-old Nigerian national extradited from Canada to the United States last April, pleaded guilty to wire...
Crypto firm Nansen asks users to reset passwords after vendor breach – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Ethereum blockchain analytics firm Nansen asks a subset of its users to reset passwords following a recent data breach at...
‘Sandman’ hackers backdoor telcos with new LuaDream malware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas A previously unknown threat actor dubbed ‘Sandman’ targets telecommunication service providers in the Middle East, Western Europe, and South Asia,...
Pizza Hut Australia warns 193,000 customers of a data breach – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Pizza Hut Australia is sending data breach notifications to customers, warning that a cyberattack allowed hackers to access their personal...
P2PInfect botnet activity surges 600x with stealthier malware variants – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The P2PInfect botnet worm is going through a period of highly elevated activity volumes starting in late August and then...
Free Download Manager releases script to check for Linux malware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The developers of Free Download Manager (FDM) have published a script to check if a Linux device was infected through...
Fake WinRAR proof-of-concept exploit drops VenomRAT malware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas A hacker is spreading a fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently fixed WinRAR vulnerability on GitHub, attempting to infect...
Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its E2EE messaging protocol – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Signal has announced that it upgraded its end-to-end communication protocol to use quantum-resistant encryption keys to protect users from future...
Trend Micro fixes endpoint protection zero-day used in attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Trend Micro fixed a remote code execution zero-day vulnerability in the Trend Micro’s Apex One endpoint protection solution that was actively exploited...
GitLab urges users to install security updates for critical pipeline flaw – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas GitLab has released security updates to address a critical severity vulnerability that allows attackers to run pipelines as other users...
Hackers backdoor telecom providers with new HTTPSnoop malware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas New malware named HTTPSnoop and PipeSnoop are used in cyberattacks on telecommunication service providers in the Middle East, allowing threat...
APT36 state hackers infect Android devices using YouTube app clones – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The APT36 hacking group, aka ‘Transparent Tribe,’ has been observed using at least three Android apps that mimic YouTube to infect...
Thousands of Juniper devices vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE flaw – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas An estimated 12,000 Juniper SRX firewalls and EX switches are vulnerable to a fileless remote code execution flaw that attackers...
Bumblebee malware returns in new attacks abusing WebDAV folders – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The malware loader ‘Bumblebee’ has broken its two-month vacation with a new campaign that employs new distribution techniques that abuse...
New SprySOCKS Linux malware used in cyber espionage attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas A Chinese espionage-focused hacker tracked as ‘Earth Lusca’ was observed targeting government agencies in multiple countries, using a new Linux...
Google extends security update support for Chromebooks to 10 years – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Google has announced the Auto Update Expiration (AUE) date will be extended from 5 years to 10 for all Chromebooks, guaranteeing...
Auckland transport authority hit by suspected ransomware attack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The Auckland Transport (AT) transportation authority in New Zealand is dealing with a widespread outage caused by a cyber incident,...
Windows 11 ‘ThemeBleed’ RCE bug gets proof-of-concept exploit – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a Windows Themes vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38146 that allows remote attackers to execute code....
Manchester Police officers’ data exposed in ransomware attack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas United Kingdom’s Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said earlier today that some of its employees’ personal information was impacted by a...
Fake Cisco Webex Google Ads abuse tracking templates to push malware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Threat actors use Google Ads tracking templates as a loophole to create convincing Webex software search ads that redirect users...
France demands Apple pull iPhone 12 due to high RF radiation levels – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) has asked Apple to withdraw iPhone 12 smartphones from the French market because the...
Hackers steal $53 million worth of cryptocurrency from CoinEx – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEX announced that someone hacked its hot wallets and stole large amounts of digital assets that were used...
New ‘MetaStealer’ malware targets Intel-based macOS systems – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas A new information stealer malware named ‘MetaStealer’ has appeared in the wild, stealing a wide variety of sensitive information from...
CISA offers free security scans for public water utilities – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced it is offering free security scans for critical infrastructure facilities,...
Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas A reported Free Download Manager supply chain attack redirected Linux users to a malicious Debian package repository that installed information-stealing...