Category: Bleeping Computer

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23
Feb
2023

Americans lost $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022 after 30% surge

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed today that Americans lost almost $8.8 billion to various types of scams in…

Dota
23
Feb
2023

Valve “honeypot” used to ban 40,000 Dota 2 players using cheat

Game developer Valve has announced that it permanently banned more than 40,000 accounts for using cheating software to gain an unfair…

Hacking
23
Feb
2023

Russian malware dev behind NLBrute hacking tool extradited to US

A Russian malware developer accused of creating and selling the NLBrute password-cracking tool was extradited to the United States after…

Fruit giant Dole suffers ransomware attack impacting operations
23
Feb
2023

Fruit giant Dole suffers ransomware attack impacting operations

Dole Food Company, one of the world’ largest producers and distributors of fresh fruit and vegetables, has announced that it is dealing…

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23
Feb
2023

What is the Best Pen Testing Schedule for Your Development Cycle?

Pen testing is an essential part of secure application development; it helps find vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, ensures…

Hydrochasma hackers target medical research labs, shipping firms
23
Feb
2023

Hydrochasma hackers target medical research labs, shipping firms

A previously unknown threat actor named Hydrochasma has been targeting shipping and medical laboratories involved in COVID-19 vaccine development and treatments….

Fortinet
23
Feb
2023

Hackers now exploit critical Fortinet bug to backdoor servers

Threat actors are targeting Internet-exposed Fortinet appliances with exploits targeting CVE-2022-39952, an unauthenticated file path manipulation vulnerability in the FortiNAC…

Google paid $12 million in bug bounties to security researchers
23
Feb
2023

Google paid $12 million in bug bounties to security researchers

Google last year paid its highest bug bounty ever through the Vulnerability Reward Program for a critical exploit chain report…

NSA
23
Feb
2023

NSA shares guidance on how to secure your home network

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has issued guidance to help remote workers secure their home networks and defend their…

Hackers use fake ChatGPT apps to push Windows, Android malware
22
Feb
2023

Hackers use fake ChatGPT apps to push Windows, Android malware

Threat actors are exploiting the popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot to distribute malware for Windows and Android, or direct unsuspecting…

Gmail
22
Feb
2023

Google investigates Gmail IMAP sync issues affecting Outlook users

Google is investigating a service outage affecting Gmail users worldwide that causes issues when syncing emails with Microsoft servers via…

Data theft
22
Feb
2023

New S1deload Stealer malware hijacks Youtube, Facebook accounts

An ongoing malware campaign targets YouTube and Facebook users, infecting their computers with a new information stealer that will hijack…