Category: Bleeping Computer

Insight Partners
08
May
2025

VC giant Insight Partners confirms investor data stolen in breach

Venture capital firm Insight Partners has confirmed that sensitive data for employees and limited partners was stolen in a January…

Russian hacker
08
May
2025

Google links new LostKeys data theft malware to Russian cyberspies

Since the start of the year, the Russian state-backed ColdRiver hacking group has been using new LostKeys malware to steal…

SonicWall
08
May
2025

SonicWall urges admins to patch VPN flaw exploited in attacks

SonicWall has urged its customers to patch three security vulnerabilities affecting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances, one of them tagged…

LockBit
08
May
2025

LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposed

The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with…

WordPress
07
May
2025

Hackers exploit OttoKit WordPress plugin flaw to add admin accounts

Hackers are exploiting a critical unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability in the OttoKit WordPress plugin to create rogue admin accounts on…

Phishing
07
May
2025

CoGUI phishing platform sent 580 million emails to steal credentials

A new phishing kit named ‘CoGUI’ sent over 580 million emails to targets between January and April 2025, aiming to…

School hacker
07
May
2025

PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts

PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to release the previously stolen student…

Oil pump
07
May
2025

CISA warns of hackers targeting critical oil infrastructure

CISA warned critical infrastructure organizations of “unsophisticated” threat actors actively targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas sectors. While these attacks use very basic…

Security key
07
May
2025

How Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) boosts online security

Passwords have long been the bedrock of online security, but the vulnerabilities are obvious, ranging from human error to phishing…

07
May
2025

How Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) boosts online security

Passwords have long been the bedrock of online security, but the vulnerabilities are obvious, ranging from human error to phishing…

Hacker
07
May
2025

Play ransomware exploited Windows logging flaw in zero-day attacks

The Play ransomware gang has exploited a high-severity Windows Common Log File System flaw in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges…

WhatsApp logo
07
May
2025

NSO Group fined $167M for spyware attacks on 1,400 WhatsApp users

A U.S. federal jury has ordered Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group to pay WhatsApp $167,254,000 in punitive damages and $444,719…