Category: Bleeping Computer

Ivanti
11
Mar
2025

CISA tags critical Ivanti EPM flaws as actively exploited in attacks

CISA warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their networks against attacks exploiting three critical vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM)…

X with a red background
10
Mar
2025

X hit by ‘massive cyberattack’ amid Dark Storm’s DDoS claims

The Dark Storm hacktivist group claims to be behind DDoS attacks causing multiple X worldwide outages on Monday, leading the…

Dollars
10
Mar
2025

US govt says Americans lost record $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said today that Americans lost a record $12.5 billion to fraud last year, a…

Publisher
10
Mar
2025

Microsoft shares guidance on upcoming Publisher deprecation

Microsoft has published guidance for users of Microsoft Publisher as it will no longer be supported after October 2026 and…

Hand holding $ sign
10
Mar
2025

FTC will send $25.5 million to victims of tech support scams

​Later this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will start distributing over $25.5 million in refunds to those misled by…

Google
10
Mar
2025

Google paid $12 million in bug bounties last year to security researchers

Google paid almost $12 million in bug bounty rewards to 660 security researchers who reported security bugs through the company’s…

Swiss
10
Mar
2025

Swiss critical sector faces new 24-hour cyberattack reporting rule

Switzerland’s National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) has announced a new reporting obligation for critical infrastructure organizations in the country, requiring them…

Quantum computing
10
Mar
2025

Passwords in the new era of computing security

Last August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its first three finalized post-quantum encryption standards, designed to…

Windows 11
10
Mar
2025

Microsoft lifts Windows 11 update block for some AutoCAD users

Microsoft has removed a compatibility hold that prevented some AutoCAD users from installing the Windows 11 2024 Update due to…

ESP32
09
Mar
2025

Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices

Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term ‘backdoor’ to refer to these undocumented commands, we have…

Sound waves
09
Mar
2025

New Chirp tool uses audio tones to transfer data between devices

A new open-source tool named ‘Chirp’ transmits data, such as text messages, between computers (and smartphones) through different audio tones. The…

Hacker in a parking garage
09
Mar
2025

US cities warn of wave of unpaid parking phishing texts

US cities are warning of an ongoing mobile phishing campaign pretending to be texts from the city’s parking violation departments about…