Category: Bleeping Computer

VSCode
09
Jun
2024

Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered

A group of Israeli researchers explored the security of the Visual Studio Code marketplace and managed to “infect” over 100…

VSCode
09
Jun
2024

Malicious VSCode extensions with 229M installs found on Microsoft marketplace

A group of Israeli researchers explored the security of the Visual Studio Code marketplace and managed to “infect” over 100…

The New York Times building
08
Jun
2024

New York Times source code stolen using exposed GitHub token

Internal source code and data belonging to The New York Times was leaked on the 4chan message board after being…

DDoS
08
Jun
2024

DDoS attacks target EU political parties as elections begin

Hacktivists are conducting DDoS attacks on European political parties that represent and promote strategies opposing their interests, according to a…

LastPass logo
08
Jun
2024

LastPass says 12-hour outage caused by bad Chrome extension update

LastPass says its almost 12-hour outage yesterday was caused by a bad update to its Google Chrome extension. Starting at…

Apple lock
07
Jun
2024

Apple to unveil new ‘Passwords’ password manager app for iPhones, Macs

Apple will reportedly unveil a standalone password manager named ‘Passwords’ as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 during…

Christie
07
Jun
2024

Christie’s starts notifying clients of RansomHub data breach

British auction house Christie’s is notifying individuals whose data was stolen by the RansomHub ransomware gang in a recent network…

Frontier
07
Jun
2024

Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats

Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that there information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed…

Recall
07
Jun
2024

Microsoft makes Windows Recall opt-in, secures data with Windows Hello

Following massive customer pushback after it announced the new AI-powered Recall for Copilot+ PCs last month, Microsoft says it will…

Metal hand between sync cables
07
Jun
2024

Ukraine says hackers abuse SyncThing tool to steal data

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) reports about a new campaign dubbed “SickSync,” launched by the UAC-0020 (Vermin)…

PHP
07
Jun
2024

PHP fixes critical RCE flaw impacting all versions for Windows

A new PHP for Windows remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has been disclosed, impacting all releases since version 5.x, potentially…

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
07
Jun
2024

Los Angeles Unified School District investigates data theft claims

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) officials are investigating a threat actor’s claims that they’re selling stolen databases containing records…