Category: Bleeping Computer

Abacus dark web drug market goes offline in suspected exit scam
16
Jul
2025

Abacus dark web drug market goes offline in suspected exit scam

Abacus Market, the largest Western darknet marketplace supporting Bitcoin payments, has shut down its public infrastructure in a move suspected…

ChatGPT
15
Jul
2025

OpenAI’s image model gets built-in style feature on ChatGPT

OpenAI’s image gen model, which is available via ChatGPT for free, now lets you easily create AI images even if…

Windows Server
15
Jul
2025

Windows KB5064489 emergency update fixes Azure VM launch issues

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix a bug that prevents Azure virtual machines from launching when the Trusted…

Dozens of malicious packages on NPM collect host and network data
15
Jul
2025

North Korean XORIndex malware hidden in 67 malicious npm packages

North Korean threat actors planted 67 malicious packages in the Node Package Manager (npm) online repository to deliver a new malware…

Arrest
15
Jul
2025

Police disrupt “Diskstation” ransomware gang attacking NAS devices

An international law enforcement action dismantled a Romanian ransomware gang known as ‘Diskstation,’ which encrypted the systems of several companies…

Android malware Konfety uses malformed APKs to evade detection
15
Jul
2025

Android malware Konfety uses malformed APKs to evade detection

A new variant of the Konfety Android malware emerged with a malformed ZIP structure along with other obfuscation methods that…

ChatGPT
15
Jul
2025

OpenAI’s ChatGPT-powered browser is codenamed ‘Aura’

OpenAI is following Perplexity and is working on its own AI-powered browser codenamed “Aura.” X user Tibor found references to…

UK launches vulnerability research program for external experts
14
Jul
2025

UK launches vulnerability research program for external experts

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced a new Vulnerability Research Initiative (VRI) that aims to strengthen relations with…

Ransomware
14
Jul
2025

Interlock ransomware adopts FileFix method to deliver malware

Hackers have adopted the new technique called ‘FileFix’ in Interlock ransomware attacks to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on targeted…

Cursor
14
Jul
2025

Malicious VSCode extension in Cursor IDE led to $500K crypto theft

A fake extension for the Cursor AI IDE code editor infected devices with remote access tools and infostealers, which, in…

Gigabyte motherboards vulnerable to UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot
14
Jul
2025

Gigabyte motherboards vulnerable to UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot

Dozens of Gigabyte motherboard models run on UEFI firmware vulnerable to security issues that allow planting bootkit malware that is…

Windows 10
13
Jul
2025

Windows 10 KB5062554 update breaks emoji panel search feature

The search feature for the Windows 10 emoji panel is broken after installing the KB5062554 cumulative update released Tuesday, making it…