Category: Bleeping Computer

Fake Solidity VSCode extension on Open VSX backdoors developers
04
Nov
2025

Fake Solidity VSCode extension on Open VSX backdoors developers

A remote access trojan dubbed SleepyDuck, and disguised as the well-known Solidity extension in the Open VSX open-source registry, uses an…

Malware
03
Nov
2025

SesameOp malware abuses OpenAI Assistants API in attacks

Microsoft security researchers have discovered a new backdoor malware that uses the OpenAI Assistants API as a covert command-and-control channel….

Hacking
03
Nov
2025

US cybersecurity experts indicted for BlackCat ransomware attacks

Three former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies DigitalMint and Sygnia have been indicted for allegedly hacking the networks of…

Hackers use RMM tools to breach freighters and steal cargo shipments
03
Nov
2025

Hackers use RMM tools to breach freighters and steal cargo shipments

Threat actors are targeting freight brokers and trucking carriers with malicious links and emails to deploy remote monitoring and management tools…

Windows Server
03
Nov
2025

Patch for WSUS flaw disabled Windows Server hotpatching

An out-of-band (OOB) security update that patches an actively exploited Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability has broken hotpatching on…

Windows 11
03
Nov
2025

Windows Task Manager won’t quit after KB5067036 update

Microsoft has confirmed a known issue that is preventing users from quitting the Windows 11 Task Manager after installing the…

OpenAI
03
Nov
2025

OpenAI is going Meta route, as it considers memory-based ads on ChatGPT

OpenAI is planning to introduce ads on ChatGPT, as it continues to struggle with revenue from paid users. OpenAI, valued…

University of Pennsylvania sign
03
Nov
2025

Penn hacker claims to have stolen 1.2 million donor records in data breach

A hacker has taken responsibility for last week’s University of Pennsylvania “We got hacked” email incident, saying it was a…

Blockchain
03
Nov
2025

Open VSX rotates access tokens used in supply-chain malware attack

The Open VSX registry rotated access tokens after they were accidentally leaked by developers in public repositories and allowed threat…

China hacker
01
Nov
2025

China-linked hackers exploited Lanscope flaw as a zero-day in attacks

China-linked cyber-espionage actors tracked as ‘Bronze Butler’ (Tick) exploited a Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager vulnerability as a zero-day to deploy…

Windows 11
01
Nov
2025

Windows 11 Build 26220.7051 released with “Ask Copilot” feature

Windows 11 Build 26220.7051 is now rolling out to testers in the Insider Program, and there are at least three new…

Google
01
Nov
2025

Google confirms AI search will have ads, but they may look different

Google Ads are not going anywhere. Eventually, AI Search results on Google and likely other properties will have ads. Google recently reported…