Category: Bleeping Computer

Prison
11
May
2023

Former Ubiquiti dev who extorted the firm gets six years in prison

Nickolas Sharp, a former senior developer of Ubiquiti, was sentenced to six years in prison for stealing company data, attempting…

Twitter encrypted dms
11
May
2023

Twitter rolls out encrypted DMs, but only for paying accounts

Twitter has launched its ‘Encrypted Direct Messages’ feature allowing paid Twitter Blue subscribers to send end-to-end encrypted messages to other…

RapperBot DDoS malware adds cryptojacking as new revenue stream
10
May
2023

RapperBot DDoS malware adds cryptojacking as new revenue stream

New samples of the RapperBot botnet malware have added cryptojacking capabilites to mine for cryptocurrency on compromised Intel x64 machines….

Google
10
May
2023

Google brings dark web monitoring to all U.S. Gmail users

Google announced today that all Gmail users in the United States will soon be able to use the dark web…

North Korea
10
May
2023

North Korean hackers breached major hospital in Seoul to steal data

The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) warned that North Korean hackers had breached the network of one of the country’s…

YouTube
10
May
2023

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or…

Fake in-browser Windows updates push Aurora info-stealer malware
10
May
2023

Fake in-browser Windows updates push Aurora info-stealer malware

A recently spotted malvertising campaign tricked users with an in-browser Windows update simulation to deliver the Aurora information stealing malware….

Dragos
10
May
2023

Cybersecurity firm Dragos discloses cybersecurity incident, extortion attempt

Industrial cybersecurity company Dragos today disclosed what it describes as a “cybersecurity event” after a known cybercrime gang attempted to…

White phoenix
10
May
2023

New ransomware decryptor recovers data from partially encrypted files

A new ‘White Phoenix’ ransomware decryptor allows victims to partially recover files encrypted by ransomware strains that use intermittent encryption….

Phishing
10
May
2023

New ‘Greatness’ service simplifies Microsoft 365 phishing attacks

The Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform named ‘Greatness’ has seen a spike in activity as it targets organizations using Microsoft 365 in…

Specops Password Cracked
10
May
2023

Top 5 Password Cracking Techniques Used by Hackers

One of the biggest security threats is password cracking. Are you an IT system administrator concerned about the security of…

Coldplay
10
May
2023

Surprise! Coldplay lyrics hidden in Kingston SSD firmware

What has firmware got to do with pop rock, you ask? That’s the question that crossed a security researcher’s mind…