Category: Bleeping Computer

Linux
14
Aug
2023

Monti ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers with new Linux locker

The Monti ransomware gang has returned, after a two-month break from publishing victims on their data leak site, using a new…

Global network
14
Aug
2023

MaginotDNS attacks exploit weak checks for DNS cache poisoning

A team of researchers from UC Irvine and Tsinghua University has developed a new powerful cache poisoning attack named ‘MaginotDNS,’…

Colorado
14
Aug
2023

Colorado warns 4 million of data stolen in IBM MOVEit breach

Image: Midjourney The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) is alerting more than four million individuals of a…

Ford
13
Aug
2023

Ford says cars with WiFi vulnerability still safe to drive

Ford is warning of a buffer overflow vulnerability in its SYNC3 infotainment system used in many Ford and Lincoln vehicles,…

Knight chess piece
13
Aug
2023

Knight ransomware distributed in fake Tripadvisor complaint emails

The Knight ransomware is being distributed in an ongoing spam campaign that pretends to be TripAdvisor complaints. Knight ransomware is a recent rebrand…

UK flag
13
Aug
2023

UK gov keeps repeating its voter registration website is NOT a scam

Every year local government bodies or councils across Britain contact residents, asking them to update their voter details on the electoral register if…

Doctor looking tired
11
Aug
2023

The Week in Ransomware – August 11th 2023

While some ransomware operations claim not to target hospitals, one relatively new ransomware gang named Rhysida doesn’t seem to care….

Hacker arrest
11
Aug
2023

LOLEKHosted admin arrested for aiding Netwalker ransomware gang

Update 8/11/23: Updated with information from DOJ about alleged Netwalker Ransomware involvement. Police have taken down the Lolek bulletproof hosting provider,…

Telegram
11
Aug
2023

Xiaomi’s MIUI now flags Telegram as dangerous in China

Asian smartphone giant Xiaomi is now blocking Telegram from being installed on devices using its MIUI system and firmware interface….

Microsoft Exchange
11
Aug
2023

US cyber safety board to analyze Microsoft Exchange hack of govt emails

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has announced plans to conduct an in-depth review of cloud…

Amazon AWS
11
Aug
2023

Amazon AWS distances itself from Moq amid data collection controversy

Amazon AWS has withdrawn its association with open source project Moq after the project drew sharp criticism for its quiet…

Hacker arrest
11
Aug
2023

Police seize LOLEK bulletproof service for hosting malware

Police have taken down the Lolek bulletproof hosting provider, arresting five individuals and seizing servers for facilitating malicious activities, including…