Category: Bleeping Computer

White House devs
27
Feb
2024

White House urges devs to switch to memory-safe programming languages

Image: Midjourney The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) urged tech companies today to switch to memory-safe…

Doomguy on a lawnmower
27
Feb
2024

DOOM comes to Husqvarna smart lawnmowers

Image: Midjourney If you ever wanted to play DOOM on a lawnmower, you will soon have your chance with a…

UnitedHealth Group
27
Feb
2024

UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum hack linked to BlackCat ransomware

A cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum that led to an ongoing outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform was linked…

Hacker
27
Feb
2024

New IDAT loader version uses steganography to push Remcos RAT

A hacking group tracked as ‘UAC-0184’ was observed utilizing steganographic image files to deliver the Remcos remote access trojan (RAT)…

Hacker
27
Feb
2024

Hackers exploit 14-year-old CMS editor on govt, edu sites for SEO poisoning

Threat actors are exploiting a CMS editor discontinued 14 years ago to compromise education and government entities worldwide to poison…

Hacker cloud
26
Feb
2024

Russian hackers shift to cloud attacks, US and allies warn

Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance warned today that APT29 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers are now switching to…

Thyssen
26
Feb
2024

Steel giant ThyssenKrupp confirms cyberattack on automotive division

Steel giant ThyssenKrupp confirms that hackers breached systems in its Automotive division last week, forcing them to shut down IT systems…

LockBit ransomware returns, restores servers after police disruption
25
Feb
2024

LockBit ransomware returns, restores servers after police disruption

The LockBit gang is relaunching its ransomware operation on a new infrastructure less than a week after law enforcement hacked…

PayPal
25
Feb
2024

PayPal files patent for new method to detect stolen cookies

PayPal has filed a patent application for a novel method that can identify when “super-cookie” is stolen, which could improve the…

Canada
25
Feb
2024

RCMP investigating cyber attack as its website remains down

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada’s national police force has disclosed that it recently faced a cyber attack targeting…

Apple
24
Feb
2024

Apple adds PQ3 quantum-resistant encryption to iMessage

Apple is adding to the iMessage instant messaging service a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol named PQ3, designed to defend encryption from quantum…

LockBit ransomware group has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin
24
Feb
2024

LockBit ransomware gang has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin

The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the…