Category: Bleeping Computer

Windows Server
04
Nov
2024

Windows Server 2025 released—here are the new features

​Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2025, the latest version of its server operating system, is generally available starting Friday,…

Goat
04
Nov
2024

Custom “Pygmy Goat” malware used in Sophos Firewall hack on govt network

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published an analysis of a Linux malware named “Pigmy Goat” created to backdoor Sophos…

Password policies
04
Nov
2024

Solving the painful password problem with better policies

The password problem — weak, reused credentials that are easy to compromise yet hard to remember and manage — plagues…

Linux
04
Nov
2024

Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks

A new phishing campaign dubbed ‘CRON#TRAP’ infects Windows with a Linux virtual machine that contains a built-in backdoor to give…

City of Columbus
04
Nov
2024

Data of 500,000 stolen in July ransomware attack

​The City of Columbus, Ohio, notified 500,000 individuals that a ransomware gang stole their personal and financial information in a…

Windows Server
04
Nov
2024

Microsoft confirms Windows Server 2025 blue screen, install issues

​Microsoft has confirmed several bugs causing install and Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issues impacting Windows Server 2025 systems with…

Cisco
04
Nov
2024

Cisco says DevHub site leak won’t enable future breaches

​Cisco says that non-public files recently downloaded by a threat actor from a misconfigured public-facing DevHub portal don’t contain information…

Hacker
04
Nov
2024

Meet Interlock — The new ransomware targeting FreeBSD servers

Image: Midjourney A relatively new ransomware operation named Interlock attacks organizations worldwide, taking the unusual approach of creating an encryptor…

Robot
03
Nov
2024

ChatGPT-4o can be used for autonomous voice-based scams

Researchers have shown that it’s possible to abuse OpenAI’s real-time voice API for ChatGPT-4o, an advanced LLM chatbot, to conduct…

Outlook
03
Nov
2024

Microsoft Outlook workaround fixes freezes when copying text

​Microsoft is investigating a known issue that affects Microsoft 365 customers and causes classic Outlook to hang or freeze when…

SharePoint
03
Nov
2024

Microsoft SharePoint RCE bug exploited to breach corporate network

A recently disclosed Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-38094 is being exploited to gain initial access…

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA)
02
Nov
2024

LA housing authority confirms breach claimed by Cactus ransomware

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), one of the largest public housing authorities in the United…