China claims it cracked Apple's AirDrop to find numbers, email addresses

A Chinese state-backed research institute claims to have discovered how to decrypt device logs for Apple's AirDrop feature, allowing the government to identify phone numbers or email addresses of those who shared content. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Ransomware victims targeted by fake hack-back offers

Some organizations victimized by the Royal and Akira ransomware gangs have been targeted by a threat actor posing as a security researcher who promised to hack back the original attacker and delete stolen victim data. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling Americans' raw location data that could be used for tracking purposes. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Windows 10 KB5034122 update released with fix for shut down bug

Microsoft has released the KB5034122 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, which includes only a small number of fixes due to the holiday season. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

CISA warns agencies of fourth flaw used in Triangulation spyware attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added to its to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog six vulnerabilities that impact products from Adobe, Apache, D-Link, and Joomla. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Microsoft January 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 49 flaws, 12 RCE bugs

Today is Microsoft's January 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for a total of 49 flaws and 12 remote code execution vulnerabilities. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Windows 11 KB5034123 update released with security and Wi-Fi fixes

Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5034123 cumulative update for versions 23H2 and 22H2 to fix a variety of issues, including a potential Wi-Fi bug that was fixed in a KIR last month. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Hackers target Microsoft SQL servers in Mimic ransomware attacks

A group of financially motivated Turkish hackers targets Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) servers worldwide to encrypt the victims' files with Mimic (N3ww4v3) ransomware. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Decryptor for Babuk ransomware variant released after hacker arrested

Researchers from Cisco Talos working with the Dutch police obtained a decryption tool for the Tortilla variant of Babuk ransomware and shared intelligence that led to the arrest of the ransomware's operator. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Paraguay warns of Black Hunt ransomware attacks after Tigo Business breach

The Paraguay military is warning of Black Hunt ransomware attacks after Tigo Business suffered a cyberattack last week impacting cloud and hosting services in the company's business division. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Criminal IP and Tenable Partner for Swift Vulnerability Detection

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine Criminal IP has established a technical partnership with Tenable. Learn more from Criminal IP about how this partnership can assist in real-time vulnerability and maliciousness scans. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Google Search bug shows blank page in Firefox for Android

Users of the Firefox browser for Android have been reporting that they are seeing a blank page when trying to load the main Google Search site. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

The best Windows 11 features added in 2023

The year 2023 marks a significant milestone for Windows 11 with the introduction of several new features and improvements. This includes drag and drop for the taskbar, AI, and more. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Toronto Zoo: Ransomware attack had no impact on animal wellbeing

Toronto Zoo, the largest zoo in Canada, says that a ransomware attack that hit its systems on early Friday had no impact on the animals, its website, or its day-to-day operations. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Netgear, Hyundai latest X accounts hacked to push crypto drainers

The official Netgear and Hyundai MEA Twitter/X accounts (together with over 160,000 followers) are the latest hijacked to push scams designed to infect potential victims with cryptocurrency wallet drainer malware. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Turkish hackers Sea Turtle expand attacks to Dutch ISPs, telcos

The Turkish state-backed cyber espionage group tracked as Sea Turtle has been carrying out multiple spying campaigns in the Netherlands, focusing on telcos, media, internet service providers (ISPs), and Kurdish websites. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Twilio will ditch its Authy desktop 2FA app in August, goes mobile only

The Authy desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux will be discontinued in August 2024, with the company recommending users switch to a mobile version of the two-factor authentication (2FA) app. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

US mortgage lender loanDepot confirms ransomware attack

​Leading U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot confirmed today that a cyber incident disclosed over the weekend was a ransomware attack that led to data encryption. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Capital Health attack claimed by LockBit ransomware, risk of data leak

The Lockbit ransomware operation has claimed responsibility for a November 2023 cyberattack on the Capital Health hospital network and threatens to leak stolen data and negotiation chats by tomorrow. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Securing helpdesks from hackers: What we can learn from the MGM breach

In the wake of the MGM Resorts service desk hack, it's clear that organizations need to rethink their approach to securing their help desks. Learn more from Specops Software on how to prevent such incidents. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Mortgage firm loanDepot cyberattack impacts IT systems, payment portal

U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot has suffered a cyberattack that caused the company to take IT systems offline, preventing online payments against loans. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Stealthy AsyncRAT malware attacks targets US infrastructure for 11 months

A campaign delivering the AsyncRAT malware to select targets has been active for at least the past 11 months, using hundreds of unique loader samples and more than 100 domains. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

KyberSlash attacks put quantum encryption projects at risk

Multiple implementations of the Kyber key encapsulation mechanism for quantum-safe encryption, are vulnerable to a set of flaws collectively referred to as KyberSlash, which could allow the recovery of secret keys. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Google: Malware abusing API is standard token theft, not an API issue

Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen ones have expired. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

X users fed up with constant stream of malicious crypto ads

Cybercriminals are abusing X advertisements to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and other scams. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

The Week in Ransomware - January 5th 2024 - Secret decryptors

With it being the first week of the New Year and some still away on vacation, it has been slow with ransomware news, attacks, and new information. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

US charged 19 suspects linked to xDedic cybercrime marketplace

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the end of a transnational investigation into the dark web xDedic cybercrime marketplace, charging 19 suspects for their involvement in running and using the market's services. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

BreachForums admin jailed again for using a VPN, unmonitored PC

The administrator behind the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has been arrested again for breaking pretrial release conditions, including using an unmonitored computer and a VPN. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Hackers target Apache RocketMQ servers vulnerable to RCE attacks

Security researchers are detecting hundreds of IP addresses on a daily basis that scan or attempt to exploit Apache RocketMQ services vulnerable to a remote command execution flaw identified as CVE-2023-33246 and CVE-2023-37582. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Web3 security firm CertiK's X account hacked to push crypto drainer

The Twitter/X account of blockchain security firm CertiK was hijacked today to redirect the company's more than 343,000 followers to a malicious website pushing a cryptocurrency wallet drainer. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Memorial University recovers from cyberattack, delays semester start

The Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) continues to deal with the effects of a cyberattack that occurred in late December and postponed the start of classes in one campus. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Update your white hat hacking skills with $70 off this training bundle

Aggressively pursuing flaws and problems is the most effective way to ensure networks and data are secure. This 10-course ethical hacking bundle shows you how for $39.99, $70 off the $110 MSRP. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Crypto wallet founder loses $125,000 to fake airdrop website

A crypto wallet service co-founder shares with the world his agony after losing $125,000 to a crypto scam. The startup CEO, who at the time believed he was on a legitimate cryptocurrency airdrop website, realized after his loss that the domain he'd went on was setup for the purpo … | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Ivanti warns critical EPM bug lets hackers hijack enrolled devices

Ivanti fixed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its Endpoint Management software (EPM) that can let unauthenticated attackers hijack enrolled devices or the core server. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Russian hackers wiped thousands of systems in KyivStar attack

The Russian hackers behind a December breach of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telecommunications service provider, have wiped almost all systems on the telecom operator's network. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Hackers hijack govt and business accounts on X for crypto scams

Hackers are increasingly targeting verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) belonging to government and business profiles and marked with 'gold' and 'grey' checkmarks to promote cryptocurrency scams. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Zeppelin ransomware source code sold for $500 on hacking forum

A threat actor announced on a cybercrime forum that they sold the source code and a cracked version of the Zeppelin ransomware builder for just $500. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

FTC offers $25,000 prize for detecting AI-enabled voice cloning

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started accepting submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge, a public competition with a $25,000 top prize for ideas that protect consumers from the danger of AI-enabled voice cloning for fraudulent activity. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

'everything' blocks devs from removing their own npm packages

Over the holidays, the npm package registry was flooded with more than 3,000 packages, including one called "everything," and others named a variation of the word. These 3,000+ packages make it impossible for all npm authors to unpublish their packages from the registry. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Mandiant's Twitter account hacked to push cryptocurrency scam

The Twitter account of American cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant was hijacked earlier today to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and share a cryptocurrency scam. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Hacker hijacks Orange Spain RIPE account to cause BGP havoc

Orange Spain suffered an internet outage today after a hacker breached the company's RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing and an RPKI configuration. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Nigerian hacker arrested for stealing $7.5M from charities

A Nigerian national was arrested in Ghana and is facing charges related to business email compromise (BEC) attacks that caused a charitable organization in the United States to lose more than $7.5 million. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

LastPass now requires 12-character master passwords for better security

LastPass notified customers today that they are now required to use complex master passwords with a minimum of 12 characters to increase their accounts' security. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Data breach at healthcare tech firm impacts 4.5 million patients

HealthEC LLC, a provider of health management solutions, suffered a data breach that impacts close to 4.5 million individuals who received care through one of the company's customers. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Nearly 11 million SSH servers vulnerable to new Terrapin attacks

Almost 11 million internet-exposed SSH servers are vulnerable to the Terrapin attack that threatens the integrity of some SSH connections. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

CISA warns of actively exploited bugs in Chrome and Excel parsing library

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added two vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, a recently patched flaw in Google Chrome and a bug affecting an open-source Perl library for reading information in an Excel file called Spreads … | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Steam drops support for Windows 7 and 8.1 to boost security

Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company recommending users upgrade to a newer operating system. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago

Orbit Chain loses $86 million in the last fintech hack of 2023

Orbit Chain has experienced a security breach that has resulted in a loss of $86 million in cryptocurrency, particularly Ether, Dai, Tether, and USD Coin. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 10 months ago