Category: Bleeping Computer

Defender
11
Apr
2025

Microsoft Defender will isolate undiscovered endpoints to block attacks

Microsoft is testing a new Defender for Endpoint capability that will block traffic to and from undiscovered endpoints to thwart…

Fortinet
11
Apr
2025

Hackers retain access to patched FortiGate VPNs using symlinks

Fortinet warns that threat actors use a post-exploitation technique that helps them maintain read-only access to previously compromised FortiGate VPN…

Windows Recall
11
Apr
2025

Microsoft starts final Windows Recall testing before rollout

​Microsoft is gradually rolling out the AI-powered Windows Recall feature to Insiders in the Release Preview channel before making it…

WSU
11
Apr
2025

Western Sydney University discloses security breaches, data leak

Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two security incidents that exposed personal information belonging to members of its community. WSU is…

Fortinet
11
Apr
2025

Symlink trick gives access to patched FortiGate VPN devices

Fortinet warns that threat actors use a post-exploitation technique that helps them maintain read-only access to previously compromised FortiGate VPN…

Google
11
Apr
2025

Google’s AI video generator Veo 2 is rolling out on AI Studio

Google’s AI video generator tool Veo 2, which is the company’s take on OpenAI’s Sora, is now rolling out to…

Windows
11
Apr
2025

Windows ‘inetpub’ folder created by security fix, don’t delete

Microsoft has now confirmed that an April 2025 Windows security update is creating a new empty “inetpub” folder and warned…

Microsoft Edge
11
Apr
2025

Microsoft says Edge browser is now 9% faster after optimizations

The Chromium-based Microsoft Edge has seen up to 9% performance improvements following the release of version 134. In a blog…

US lab testing provider exposed health data of 1.6 million people
11
Apr
2025

US lab testing provider exposed health data of 1.6 million people

Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) has released a statement informing it suffered a data breach where hackers stole sensitive information of roughly…

Ransomware attack cost IKEA operator in Eastern Europe  $23 million
11
Apr
2025

Ransomware attack cost IKEA operator in Eastern Europe $23 million

Fourlis Group, the operator of IKEA stores in Greece, Cyprus, Romania, and Bulgaria, has informed that the ransomware attack it…

Hackers exploit WordPress plugin auth bypass hours after disclosure
10
Apr
2025

Hackers exploit WordPress plugin auth bypass hours after disclosure

Hackers started exploiting a high-severity flaw that allows bypassing authentication in the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) plugin for WordPress just hours after…

Microsoft Office
10
Apr
2025

Microsoft releases emergency update to fix Office 2016 crashes

​​Microsoft has released an out-of-band Office update to fix a known issue that caused Word, Excel, and Outlook to crash…