Engineering giant Smiths Group discloses security breach
London-based engineering giant Smiths Group disclosed a security breach after unknown attackers gained access to the company’s systems. Smiths is a British multinational listed on…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Garmin GPS watches crashing, stuck in triangle ‘reboot loop’
Garmin users are reporting that their watches crash when using apps that require GPS access and then get stuck in a reboot loop, showing a…
New Apple CPU side-channel attacks steals data from browsers
A team of security researchers has disclosed new side-channel vulnerabilities in modern Apple processors that could steal sensitive information from web browsers. The Georgia Institute…
Is Your Business Ready for Cryptojacking Attacks?
By Avia Yaacov, Product Manager, Pentera Cryptojacking. It’s not as loud as ransomware or headline-grabbing data breaches, but it’s quietly draining resources and racking up…
Signal will let you sync old messages when linking new devices
Signal is finally adding a new feature that allows users to synchronize their old message history from their primary iOS or Android devices to newly…
PowerSchool starts notifying victims of massive data breach
Education software giant PowerSchool has started notifying individuals in the U.S. and Canada whose personal data was exposed in a late December 2024 cyberattack. Though…
Microsoft tests Edge Scareware Blocker to block tech support scams
Microsoft has started testing a new “scareware blocker” feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech…
DeepSeek halts new signups amid “large-scale” cyberattack
Chinese AI platform DeepSeek has disabled registrations on it DeepSeek-V3 chat platform due to an ongoing “large-scale” cyberattack targeting its services. DeepSeek is a relatively…
Microsoft Teams phishing attack alerts coming to everyone next month
Microsoft reminded Microsoft 365 admins that its new brand impersonation protection feature for Teams Chat will be available for all customers by mid-February 2025. Once…
Bitwarden makes it harder to hack password vaults without MFA
Open-source password manager Bitwarden is adding an extra layer of security for accounts that are not protected by two-factor authentication, requiring email verification before allowing…
January Windows security updates break audio playback
Microsoft has confirmed that the January 2025 Windows security updates are breaking audio playback on some systems with external DACs (digital-to-analog converters). DACs are commonly…
Windows 11 24H2 preview brings new taskbar features
Windows 11 taskbar is testing a new feature that helps you understand the current power state of your laptop’s battery, including showing the battery percentage…