Category: Bleeping Computer

Water plant hacker
14
Dec
2024

CISA warns water facilities to secure HMI systems exposed online

CISA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned water facilities today to secure Internet-exposed Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) from cyberattacks….

Gambling with cryptocurrency
14
Dec
2024

FTC warns of online task job scams hooking victims like gambling

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns about a significant rise in gambling-like online job scams, known as “task scams,” that…

LKQ
14
Dec
2024

Auto parts giant LKQ says cyberattack disrupted Canadian business unit

Automobile parts giant LKQ Corporation disclosed that one of its business units in Canada was hacked, allowing threat actors to…

Cleo
14
Dec
2024

CISA confirms critical Cleo bug exploitation in ransomware attacks

​CISA confirmed today that a critical security vulnerability in Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom file transfer software is being exploited…

Citrix
14
Dec
2024

Citrix shares mitigations for ongoing Netscaler password spray attacks

Citrix Netscaler is the latest target in widespread password spray attacks targeting edge networking devices and cloud platforms this year to…

Russian cyberspies target Android users with new spyware
13
Dec
2024

Russian cyberspies target Android users with new spyware

Russian cyberspies Gamaredon has been discovered using two Android spyware families named ‘BoneSpy’ and ‘PlainGnome’ to spy on and steal…

Viber
13
Dec
2024

Russia blocks Viber in latest attempt to censor communications

Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked the Viber encrypted messaging app, used by hundreds of millions worldwide, for violating the…

Android malware
13
Dec
2024

Germany blocks BadBox malware loaded on 30,000 Android devices

Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has disrupted the BadBox malware operation pre-loaded in over 30,000 Android IoT devices…

Android malware
13
Dec
2024

Germany sinkholes BadBox malware pre-loaded on Android devices

Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has disrupted the BadBox malware operation pre-loaded in over 30,000 Android IoT devices…

Linux
13
Dec
2024

New stealthy Pumakit Linux rootkit malware spotted in the wild

A new Linux rootkit malware called Pumakit has been discovered that uses stealth and advanced privilege escalation techniques to hide…

Police raid
13
Dec
2024

Police shuts down Rydox cybercrime market, arrests 3 admins

Albanian law enforcement has seized the Rydox cybercrime marketplace and arrested three administrators in collaboration with international partners. Kosovo nationals…

Iran
13
Dec
2024

New IOCONTROL malware used in critical infrastructure attacks

Iranian threat actors are utilizing a new malware named IOCONTROL to compromise Internet of Things (IoT) devices and OT/SCADA systems used…