The true (and surprising) cost of forgotten passwords
We’ve all been there: staring at the login screen, trying to remember which password variation we’re supposed to use on a particular site. Thankfully, a…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Hacker gets 10 years in prison for extorting US healthcare provider
Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19 organizations in the United States,…
ChatGPT allows access to underlying sandbox OS, “playbook” data
OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform provides a great degree of access to the LLM’s sandbox, allowing you to upload programs and files, execute commands, and browse the…
US govt officials’ communications compromised in recent telecom hack
CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” of government officials after breaching multiple U.S. broadband providers.…
Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine
Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. The security flaw (CVE-2024-43451) is…
Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach
The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a B2B demand generation platform. The…
Critical bug in EoL D-Link NAS devices now exploited in attacks
Attackers now target a critical severity vulnerability with publicly available exploit code that affects multiple models of end-of-life D-Link network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Tracked as…
US indicts Snowflake hackers who extorted $2.5 million from 3 victims
The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed the indictment against two suspected Snowflake hackers, who breached more than 165 organizations using the services of the…
New Google Pixel AI feature analyzes phone conversations for scams
Google is adding a new AI-powered scam protection feature that monitors phone call conversations on Google Pixel devices to detect patterns that warn when the…
New ShrinkLocker ransomware decryptor recovers BitLocker password
Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the ‘ShrinkLocker’ ransomware strain, which uses Windows’ built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim’s files. Discovered in May 2024 by…
Microsoft fixes bugs causing Windows Server 2025 blue screens, install issues
Microsoft has fixed several bugs that cause install, upgrade, and Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issues on Windows Server 2025 devices with a high core…
Microsoft Exchange adds warning to emails abusing spoofing flaw
Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity Exchange Server vulnerability that allows attackers to forge legitimate senders on incoming emails and make malicious messages a lot more…