Category: Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Copilot
09
Dec
2025

Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe

Microsoft is working to mitigate an ongoing incident that has been blocking users in Europe from accessing the company’s AI-powered Copilot…

Ransomware gangs turn to Shanya EXE packer to hide EDR killers
09
Dec
2025

Ransomware gangs turn to Shanya EXE packer to hide EDR killers

Multiple ransomware gangs are using a packer-as-a-service platform named Shanya to help them deploy payloads that disable endpoint detection and response solutions…

Malicious VSCode extensions on Microsoft
09
Dec
2025

Malicious VSCode extensions on Microsoft’s registry drop infostealers

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers’ machines with information-stealing malware that can take screenshots, steal…

Ransomware
09
Dec
2025

FinCEN says ransomware gangs extorted over $2.1B from 2022 to 2024

A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in…

Poland arrests Ukrainians utilizing
08
Dec
2025

Poland arrests Ukrainians utilizing ‘advanced’ hacking equipment

The police in Poland arrested three Ukrainian nationals for allegedly attempting to damage IT systems in the country using hacking equipment…

Google Chrome adds new security layer for Gemini AI agentic browsing
08
Dec
2025

Google Chrome adds new security layer for Gemini AI agentic browsing

Google is introducing in the Chrome browser a new defense layer called ‘User Alignment Critic’ to protect upcoming agentic AI…

Agentic AI Header
08
Dec
2025

How Agentic BAS AI Turns Threat Headlines Into Defense Strategies

By Sila Özeren Hacioglu, Security Research Engineer at Picus Security. For security leaders, the most dreaded notification isn’t always an…

OpenAI
08
Dec
2025

OpenAI denies rolling out ads on ChatGPT paid plans

OpenAI has denied the reports that it has rolled out ads on ChatGPT Plus after users spotted recommendations for shopping…

Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
07
Dec
2025

Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers

Portugal has modified its cybercrime law to establish a legal safe harbor for good-faith security research and to make hacking non-punishable…

Palo Alto Networks
06
Dec
2025

New wave of VPN login attempts targets Palo Alto GlobalProtect portals

A campaign has been observed targeting Palo Alto GlobalProtect portals with login attempts and launching scanning activity against SonicWall SonicOS…

Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers
06
Dec
2025

React2Shell flaw exploited to breach 30 orgs, 77k IP addresses vulnerable

Over 77,000 Internet-exposed IP addresses are vulnerable to the critical React2Shell remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-55182), with researchers now confirming…

Barts Health NHS discloses data breach after Oracle zero-day hack
05
Dec
2025

Barts Health NHS discloses data breach after Oracle zero-day hack

Barts Health NHS Trust, a major healthcare provider in England, announced that Clop ransomware actors have stolen files from one of…