Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Car mount and mobile accessory maker iOttie warns that its site was compromised for almost two months to steal online...
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APT37 hackers deploy new FadeStealer eavesdropping malware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The North Korean APT37 hacking group uses a new ‘FadeStealer’ information-stealing malware containing a ‘wiretapping’ feature, allowing the threat actor...
Hackers warn University of Manchester students’ of imminent data leak – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The ransomware operation behind a cyberattack on the University of Manchester has begun to email students, warning that their data...
Reddit hackers threaten to leak data stolen in February breach – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang is behind a February cyberattack on Reddit, where the threat actors claim to have stolen...
Microsoft confirms Azure, Outlook outages caused by DDoS attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft has confirmed that recent outages to Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive web portals resulted from Layer 7 DDoS attacks against...
US govt offers $10 million bounty for info on Clop ransomware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program announced up to a $10 million bounty yesterday for information linking the...
The Week in Ransomware – June 16th 2023 – Wave of Extortion – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The MOVEit Transfer extortion attacks continue to dominate the news cycle, with the Clop ransomware operation now extorting organizations breached...
Clop ransomware gang starts extorting MOVEit data-theft victims – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The Clop ransomware gang has started extorting companies impacted by the MOVEit data theft attacks, first listing the company’s names on...
Windows 11 KB5027231 cumulative update released with 34 changes – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft has released the Windows 11 22H2 KB5027231 cumulative update to fix security vulnerabilities and introduce 34 changes, improvements, and bug fixes....
Microsoft June 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 78 flaws, 38 RCE bugs – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Today is Microsoft’s June 2023 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 78 flaws, including 38 remote code execution vulnerabilities. While...
Fortinet fixes critical RCE flaw in Fortigate SSL-VPN devices, patch now – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Fortinet has released new Fortigate firmware updates that fix an undisclosed, critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in SSL VPN...
The Week in Ransomware – June 9th 2023 – It’s Clop… Again! – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The week was dominated by fallout over the MOVEit Transfer data-theft attacks, with the Clop ransomware gang confirming that they...
Microsoft’s Azure portal down following new claims of DDoS attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Update at 6/9/23 1:33 PM ET added below The Microsoft Azure Portal is down on the web as a threat...
Vivaldi is spoofing Edge Browser to bypass Bing Chat restrictions – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The Vivaldi Browser is now spoofing Microsoft Edge on Android devices starting today to bypass browser restrictions Microsoft placed in...
Over 60,000 Android apps secretly installed adware for past six months – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Over 60,000 Android apps disguised as legitimate applications have been quietly installing adware on mobile devices while remaining undetected for...
Clop ransomware claims responsibility for MOVEit extortion attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The Clop ransomware gang has told BleepingComputer they are behind the MOVEit Transfer data-theft attacks, where a zero-day vulnerability was...
GIGABYTE releases new firmware to fix recently disclosed security flaws – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Gigabyte B660M GAMING X DDR4 Source: GIGABYTE.com GIGABYTE has released firmware updates to fix security vulnerabilities in over 270 motherboards...
Microsoft links Clop ransomware gang to MOVEit data-theft attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft has linked the Clop ransomware gang to recent attacks exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer platform to...
Atomic Wallet hacks lead to over $35 million in crypto stolen – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The developers of Atomic Wallet are investigating reports of large-scale theft of cryptocurrency from users’ wallets, with over $35 million...
Online sellers targeted by new information-stealing malware campaign – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Online sellers are targeted in a new campaign to push the Vidar information-stealing malware, allowing threat actors to steal credentials...
The Week in Ransomware – June 2nd 2023 – Whodunit? – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams It has been a fairly quiet week regarding ransomware, with only a few reports released and no new significant attacks....
New MOVEit Transfer zero-day mass-exploited in data theft attacks – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer file transfer software to steal data from organizations. MOVEit...
Kali Linux 2023.2 released with 13 new tools, pre-built HyperV image – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Kali Linux 2023.2, the second version of 2023, is now available with a pre-built Hyper-V image and thirteen new tools,...
Clever ‘File Archiver In The Browser’ phishing trick uses ZIP domains – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams A new ‘File Archivers in the Browser’ phishing kit abuses ZIP domains by displaying fake WinRAR or Windows File Explorer...
QBot malware abuses Windows WordPad EXE to infect devices – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams The QBot malware operation has started to abuse a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad program to infect...
The Week in Ransomware – May 26th 2023 – Cities Under Attack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Ransomware gangs continue to hammer local governments in attacks, taking down IT systems and disrupting cities’ online services. Earlier this month, we...
Windows 11 Moment 3 released with KB5026446 update, how to enable – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft has released the Windows 11 22H2 KB5026446 update, aka ‘Moment 3,’ bringing quite a few new and long-awaited features...
Windows 10 KB5026435 update released with 2 new features, 18 fixes – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft has released the optional KB5026435 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 with two new features and 18 additional...
Windows 11 getting native support for 7-Zip, RAR, and GZ archives – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams Microsoft is adding native support for RAR, 7-Zip, and GZ archives to an upcoming version of Windows 11 expected this...
The Week in Ransomware – May 19th 2023 – A Shifting Landscape – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Lawrence Abrams In the ever-shifting ransomware landscape, we saw new ransomware gangs emerge, threat actors return from a long absence, operations shifting...