Category: Bleeping Computer

Key
16
Jan
2023

Avast releases free BianLian ransomware decryptor

Security software company Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware strain to help victims of the malware…

TikTok
16
Jan
2023

TikTok slapped with $5.4 million fine over cookie opt-out feature

France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland €5,000,000 for making it difficult for users of…

Hackers exploit Cacti critical bug to open reverse shells
16
Jan
2023

Hackers exploit Cacti critical bug to install malware, open reverse shells

More than 1,600 instances of the Cacti device monitoring tool reachable over the internet are vulnerable to a critical security…

How to customize the Windows 11 desktop experience
15
Jan
2023

How to customize the Windows 11 desktop experience

While many people love the new interface in Windows 11, others prefer the old look and feel of Windows 10,…

Microsoft Defender on a blue swirly background
15
Jan
2023

Microsoft script recreates shortcuts deleted by bad Defender ASR rule

Microsoft released advanced hunting queries (AHQs) and a PowerShell script to find and recover some of the Windows application shortcuts…

LCBO
15
Jan
2023

Canada’s largest alcohol retailer’s site hacked to steal credit cards

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), a Canadian government enterprise and the country’s largest beverage alcohol retailer, revealed that…

Brave
15
Jan
2023

Brave browser’s new Snowflake feature help bypass Tor blocks

Brave Browser version 1.47 was released yesterday, adding the Snowflake extension in the software’s settings, enabling users to turn their…

Chrome
15
Jan
2023

Google Chrome to let you disable or enable extensions per site

Google is working on a new feature that allows you to disable or enable Chrome extensions based on site-by-site basis….

CircleCI
14
Jan
2023

CircleCI’s hack caused by malware stealing engineer’s 2FA-backed session

Hackers breached CircleCi in December after an engineer became infected with information-stealing malware that their 2FA-backed SSO session cookie, allowing access…

LockBit on thin ice
14
Jan
2023

The Week in Ransomware – January 13th 2023

The LockBit ransomware operation has again taken center stage in the ransomware news, as we learned yesterday they were behind…

Wordpress
13
Jan
2023

PoC exploits released for critical bugs in popular WordPress plugins

Three popular WordPress plugins with tens of thousands of active installations are vulnerable to high-severity or critical SQL injection vulnerabilities,…

NortonLifeLock
13
Jan
2023

NortonLifeLock warns that hackers breached Password Manager accounts

Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, is sending data breach notifications to customers, informing them that hackers have successfully…