Category: Bleeping Computer

Water
27
Feb
2025

Southern Water says Black Basta ransomware attack cost £4.5M in expenses

United Kingdom water supplier Southern Water has disclosed that it incurred costs of £4.5 million ($5.7M) due to a cyberattack it…

Windows 11
27
Feb
2025

Windows 11 24H2 upgrades now blocked for some AutoCAD users

Microsoft has introduced a new Windows 11 24H2 upgrade block for systems with AutoCAD 2022, addressing compatibility issues that prevent…

Windows 11
26
Feb
2025

Windows 11 KB5052093 update released with 33 changes and fixes

Microsoft has released the February 2025 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, with 33 improvements and fixes for multiple…

VSCode
26
Feb
2025

VSCode extensions with 9 million installs pulled over security risks

Microsoft has removed two popular VSCode extensions, ‘Material Theme – Free’ and  ‘Material Theme Icons – Free,’ from the Visual…

ChatGPT
26
Feb
2025

OpenAI’s GPT 4.5 spotted in Android beta, launch imminent

OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-4.5, is coming sooner than we expected. A new reference has been spotted on ChatGPT’s Android app…

Specops logo with a Active Directory symbol
26
Feb
2025

Five best practices for securing Active Directory service accounts

Windows Active Directory (AD) service accounts are prime cyber-attack targets due to their elevated privileges and automated/continuous access to important…

Hackers
26
Feb
2025

Lazarus hacked Bybit via breached Safe{Wallet} developer machine

​Forensic investigators have found that North Korean Lazarus hackers stole $1.5 billion from Bybit after hacking a developer’s device at…

Piracy
26
Feb
2025

PyPi package with 100K installs pirated music from Deezer for years

A malicious PyPi package named ‘automslc’  has been downloaded over 100,000 times from the Python Package Index since 2019, abusing…

Pump.fun
26
Feb
2025

Pump.fun X account hacked to promote scam governance token

The immensely popular memecoin generator Pump.fun had its X account hacked to promote a fake “PUMP” token cryptocurrency scam. Pump.fun…

Ransomware
26
Feb
2025

EncryptHub breaches 618 orgs to deploy infostealers, ransomware

A threat actor tracked as ‘EncryptHub,’ aka Larva-208,  has been targeting organizations worldwide with spear-phishing and social engineering attacks to gain access…

Genea
26
Feb
2025

Australian IVF giant Genea breached by Termite ransomware gang

​The Termite ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for breaching and stealing sensitive healthcare data belonging to Genea patients, one of…

Hacker
26
Feb
2025

Have I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malware

​The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service has added over 284 million accounts stolen by information stealer malware…