Category: Bleeping Computer

Frontier
19
Apr
2024

Frontier Communications shuts down systems after cyberattack

​American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a…

Whale cryptocurrency in water
18
Apr
2024

Google ad impersonates Whales Market to push wallet drainer malware

A legitimate-looking Google Search advertisement for the crypto trading platform ‘Whales Market’ redirects visitors to a wallet-draining phishing site that…

Crypto
18
Apr
2024

Akira ransomware raked in $42 million from 250+ victims

According to a joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security…

Simone Veil Hospital
18
Apr
2024

840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack

The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) has announced that it was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday morning, severely…

Office
18
Apr
2024

Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 preview available for Windows, Mac

A preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024, a volume-licensed and perpetual version of Office for commercial customers, is now available…

Cybercriminals pose as LastPass staff to hack password vaults
18
Apr
2024

Cybercriminals pose as LastPass staff to hack password vaults

LastPass is warning of a malicious campaign targeting its users with the CryptoChameleon phishing kit that is associated with cryptocurrency…

Hacker arrest
18
Apr
2024

LabHost phishing service with 40,000 domains disrupted, 37 arrested

The LabHost phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform has been disrupted in a year-long global law enforcement operation that compromised the infrastructure and…

Android
18
Apr
2024

SoumniBot malware exploits Android bugs to evade detection

A new Android banking malware named ‘SoumniBot’ is using a less common obfuscation approach by exploiting weaknesses in the Android manifest extraction…

Kubernetes
18
Apr
2024

Hackers hijack OpenMetadata apps in Kubernetes cryptomining attacks

In an ongoing Kubernetes cryptomining campaign, attackers target OpenMetadata workloads using critical remote code execution and authentication vulnerabilities. OpenMetadata is…

Car factory
17
Apr
2024

FIN7 targets American automaker’s IT staff in phishing attacks

The financially motivated threat actor FIN7 targeted a large U.S. car maker with spear-phishing emails for employees in the IT…

Botnet Kill Switch
17
Apr
2024

Moldovan charged for operating botnet used to push ransomware

The U.S. Justice Department charged Moldovan national Alexander Lefterov, the owner and operator of a large-scale botnet that infected thousands of…

Russian Sandworm hackers pose as hacktivists in water utility breaches
17
Apr
2024

Russian Sandworm hackers pose as hacktivists in water utility breaches

The Sandworm hacking group associated with Russian military intelligence has been hiding attacks and operations behind multiple online personas posing…