Category: Bleeping Computer

Android leak
04
May
2024

Android bug can leak DNS traffic with VPN kill switch enabled

Image: Midjourney A Mullvad VPN user has discovered that Android devices leak DNS queries when switching VPN servers even though the…

North Korean hackers
03
May
2024

NSA warns of North Korean hackers exploiting weak DMARC email policies

The NSA and FBI warned that the APT43 North Korea-linked hacking group exploits weak email Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and…

Mozilla Firefox
03
May
2024

Google rolls back reCaptcha update to fix Firefox issues

Google has rolled back a recent release of its reCaptcha captcha script after a bug caused the service to no longer…

Microsoft
03
May
2024

Microsoft rolls out passkey auth for personal Microsoft accounts

Microsoft announced that Windows users can now log into their Microsoft consumer accounts using a passkey, allowing users to authenticate…

Russian hackers
03
May
2024

NATO and EU condemn Russia’s cyberattacks against Germany, Czechia

​NATO and the European Union, with international partners, formally condemned a long-term cyber espionage campaign against European countries conducted by…

Cisco
03
May
2024

CEO who sold fake Cisco devices to US military gets 6 years in prison

Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of companies controlling multiple online storefronts, was sentenced to six and a half…

Bitwarden
02
May
2024

Bitwarden launches new MFA Authenticator app for iOS, Android

Bitwarden has just launched a new multi-factor authenticator app called Bitwarden Authenticator, which is available for iOS and Android devices….

CISA
02
May
2024

CISA urges software devs to weed out path traversal vulnerabilities

​CISA and the FBI urged software companies today to review their products and eliminate path traversal security vulnerabilities before shipping….

Hacker with phones
02
May
2024

Police shuts down 12 fraud call centres, arrests 21 suspects

Law enforcement shut down 12 phone fraud call centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, behind thousands of…

Android
02
May
2024

Microsoft warns of “Dirty Stream” attack impacting Android apps

Microsoft has highlighted a novel attack dubbed “Dirty Stream,” which could allow malicious Android apps to overwrite files in another…

Person in handcuffs
02
May
2024

Cybersecurity consultant arrested after allegedly extorting IT firm

A former cybersecurity consultant was arrested for allegedly attempting to extort a publicly traded IT company by threatening to disclose confidential…

REvil
02
May
2024

REvil hacker behind Kaseya ransomware attack gets 13 years in prison

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $16 million…