Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Attacks on hospitals continued this week, with ransomware operations disrupting patient care as they force organization to respond to cyberattacks....
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AnyDesk says hackers breached its production servers, reset passwords – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams AnyDesk confirmed today that it suffered a recent cyberattack that allowed hackers to gain access to the company’s production systems....
Europcar denies data breach of 50 million users, says data is fake – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Car rental company Europcar says it has not suffered a data breach and that shared customer data is fake after...
Energy giant Schneider Electric hit by Cactus ransomware attack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Energy management and automation giant Schneider Electric suffered a Cactus ransomware attack leading to the theft of corporate data, according...
The Week in Ransomware – January 26th 2024 – Govts strike back – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to...
HPE: Russian hackers breached its security team’s email accounts – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) disclosed today that suspected Russian hackers known as Midnight Blizzard gained access to the company’s Microsoft...
Trello API abused to link email addresses to 15 million accounts – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams An exposed Trello API allows linking private email addresses with Trello accounts, enabling the creation of millions of data profiles...
SEC confirms X account was hacked in SIM swapping attack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed today that its X account was hacked through a SIM-swapping attack on the...
Tietoevry ransomware attack causes outages for Swedish firms, cities – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting provider Tietoevry has suffered a ransomware attack impacting cloud hosting customers in one...
Watch out for “I can’t believe he is gone” Facebook phishing posts – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams A widespread Facebook phishing campaign stating, “I can’t believe he is gone. I’m gonna miss him so much,” leads unsuspecting...
Russian hackers stole Microsoft corporate emails in month-long breach – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft warned Friday night that some of its corporate email accounts were breached and data stolen by a Russian state-sponsored...
BreachForums hacking forum admin sentenced to 20 years supervised release – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia for operating...
Have I Been Pwned adds 71 million emails from Naz.API stolen account list – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Have I Been Pwned has added almost 71 million email addresses associated with stolen accounts in the Naz.API dataset to...
Save up to $315 on data privacy tools with AdGuard VPN – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams A virtual private network (VPN) is a foundational data privacy tool for both professional life and your day-to-day browsing. AdGuard...
The Week in Ransomware – January 12th 2024 – Targeting homeowners’ data – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Mortgage lenders and related companies are becoming popular targets of ransomware gangs, with four companies in this sector recently attacked....
Halara probes breach after hacker leaks data for 950,000 people – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Popular athleisure clothing brand Halara is investigating a data breach after the alleged data of almost 950,000 customers was leaked...
Windows 10 KB5034441 security update fails with 0x80070643 errors – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Windows 10 users worldwide report problems installing Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday updates, getting 0x80070643 errors when attempting to install the...
US SEC’s X account hacked to announce fake Bitcoin ETF approval – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Addition SEC statement added below. The X account for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked today to issue...
China claims it cracked Apple’s AirDrop to find numbers, email addresses – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams A Chinese state-backed research institute claims to have discovered how to decrypt device logs for Apple’s AirDrop feature, allowing the...
Windows 10 KB5034122 update released with fix for shut down bug – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft has released the KB5034122 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, which includes only a small...
Microsoft January 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 49 flaws, 12 RCE bugs – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Today is Microsoft’s January 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for a total of 49 flaws and 12 remote...
Mortgage firm loanDepot cyberattack impacts IT systems, payment portal – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot has suffered a cyberattack that caused the company to take IT systems offline, preventing online payments...
Google: Malware abusing API is standard token theft, not an API issue – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen...
X users fed up with constant stream of malicious crypto ads – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Cybercriminals are abusing X advertisements to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and other scams. Like all...
The Week in Ransomware – January 5th 2024 – Secret decryptors – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams With it being the first week of the New Year and some still away on vacation, it has been slow...
BreachForums admin jailed again for using a VPN, unmonitored PC – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The administrator behind the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has been arrested again for breaking pretrial release conditions, including using an...
Update your white hat hacking skills with $70 off this training bundle – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Ethical hacking is a useful skill set not just for cybersecurity experts, but for every IT worker. The Ultimate 2020...
Hacker hijacks Orange Spain RIPE account to cause BGP havoc – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Orange Spain suffered an internet outage today after a hacker breached the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing and...
PornHub blocks North Carolina, Montana over new age verification laws – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Adult media giant Aylo has blocked access to many of its websites, including PornHub, to visitors from Montana and North...
Steam drops support for Windows 7 and 8.1 to boost security – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company...