Category: Bleeping Computer

New ‘Loop DoS’ attack may impact up to 300,000 online systems
20
Mar
2024

New ‘Loop DoS’ attack may impact up to 300,000 online systems

A new denial-of-service attack dubbed ‘Loop DoS’ targeting application layer protocols can pair network services into an indefinite communication loop that creates large…

Ivanti
20
Mar
2024

Ivanti fixes critical Standalone Sentry bug reported by NATO

Ivanti warned customers to immediately patch a critical severity Standalone Sentry vulnerability reported by NATO Cyber Security Centre researchers. Standalone…

Greggs Store
20
Mar
2024

UK bakery Greggs is latest victim of recent POS system outages

UK bakery chain Greggs is the latest victim of recent point of sale system outages that forced store closures at large…

Flipper Zero
20
Mar
2024

Flipper Zero makers respond to Canada’s ‘harmful’ ban proposal

The makers of Flipper Zero have responded to the Canadian government’s plan to ban the device in the country, arguing…

Twitter
20
Mar
2024

Here’s why Twitter sends you to a different site than what you clicked

Users of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) have often been left puzzled when they click on a post…

Impersonation scammer
20
Mar
2024

FTC warns scammers are impersonating its employees to steal money

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned today that scammers are impersonating its employees to steal thousands of dollars from…

Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords
20
Mar
2024

Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords

Three cybersecurity researchers discovered close to 19 million plaintext passwords exposed on the public internet by misconfigured instances of Firebase,…

Hacker water
20
Mar
2024

White House and EPA warn of hackers breaching water systems

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan warned governors today that hackers are…

Hacker looking at screens
20
Mar
2024

US Defense Dept received 50,000 vulnerability reports since 2016

The Cyber Crime Center (DC3) of the U.S. Department of Defense says it has reached the milestone of processing its…

Ivanti
19
Mar
2024

CISA shares critical infrastructure defense tips against Chinese hackers

​CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and several other agencies in the U.S. and worldwide warned critical infrastructure leaders to protect…

Hacker arrest
19
Mar
2024

Ukraine arrests hackers trying to sell 100 million stolen accounts

The Ukrainian cyber police, in collaboration with investigators from the national police (ГУНП), have arrested three individuals who are accused…

Apple
19
Mar
2024

Oracle warns that macOS 14.4 update breaks Java on Apple CPUs

Oracle warned Apple customers to delay installing the latest macOS 14.4 Sonoma update because it will break Java on Apple…