Category: Bleeping Computer

WordPress
05
Nov
2025

Hackers exploit WordPress plugin Post SMTP to hijack admin accounts

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP plugin installed on more than 400,000 WordPress sites,…

Apache OpenOffice
05
Nov
2025

Apache OpenOffice disputes data breach claims by ransomware gang

The Apache Software Foundation disputes claims that its OpenOffice project suffered an Akira ransomware attack, after the threat actors claimed…

Malicious Android apps on Google Play downloaded 42 million times
04
Nov
2025

Malicious Android apps on Google Play downloaded 42 million times

Hundreds of malicious Android apps on Google Play were downloaded more than 40 million times between June 2024 and May…

Microsoft Defender
04
Nov
2025

Microsoft removing Defender Application Guard from Office

Microsoft plans to remove Defender Application Guard from Office by December 2027, starting with the February 2026 release of Office version…

Nikkei
04
Nov
2025

Media giant Nikkei reports data breach impacting 17,000 people

Image: Nikkei/Masayuki Kozono Japanese publishing giant Nikkei announced earlier today that its Slack messaging platform had been compromised, exposing the personal…

Data breach at major Swedish software supplier impacts 1.5 million
04
Nov
2025

Data breach at major Swedish software supplier impacts 1.5 million

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) is investigating a cyberattack on IT systems supplier Miljödata that exposed data belonging…

Browser threats
04
Nov
2025

The Top 3 Browser Sandbox Threats That Slip Past Modern Security Tools

In today’s enterprise environments, the browser has quietly become the most targeted and most overlooked application in the modern security…

Arrest
04
Nov
2025

Police arrests suspects linked to €600 million crypto fraud ring

European law enforcement authorities have arrested nine suspected money launderers who set up a cryptocurrency fraud network that stole over…

Russia
04
Nov
2025

Russian hackers abuse Hyper-V to hide malware in Linux VMs

The Russian hacker group Curly COMrades has been abusing Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization technology in Windows to bypass endpoint detection and…

Windows
04
Nov
2025

Windows 10 update bug triggers incorrect end-of-support alerts

​Microsoft says that installing the October 2025 updates may trigger incorrect end-of-support warnings on Windows 10 systems with active security…

Hackers exploit critical auth bypass flaw in JobMonster WordPress theme
04
Nov
2025

Hackers exploit critical auth bypass flaw in JobMonster WordPress theme

Threat actors are targeting a critical vulnerability in the JobMonster WordPress theme that allows hijacking of administrator accounts under certain…

Hacker steals over $120 million from Balancer DeFi crypto protocol
04
Nov
2025

Hacker steals over $120 million from Balancer DeFi crypto protocol

The Balancer Protocol announced that hackers had targeted its v2 pools, with losses reportedly estimated to be more than $128…