Category: Bleeping Computer

PlugX malware hides on USB devices to infect new Windows hosts
27
Jan
2023

PlugX malware hides on USB devices to infect new Windows hosts

Security researchers have analyzed a variant of the PlugX malware that can hide malicious files on removable USB devices and…

Yandex office building
27
Jan
2023

Yandex denies hack, blames source code leak on former employee

A Yandex source code repository allegedly stolen by a former employee of the Russian technology company has been leaked as a…

Hive ransomware
27
Jan
2023

Hive ransomware disrupted after FBI hacks gang’s systems

The Hive ransomware operation’s Tor payment and data leak sites were seized as part of an international law enforcement operation…

Lexmark warns of RCE bug affecting 100 printer models, PoC released
27
Jan
2023

Lexmark warns of RCE bug affecting 100 printer models, PoC released

Lexmark has released a security firmware update to fix a severe vulnerability that could enable remote code execution (RCE) on…

Hackers abuse Google Ads to spread malware in legit software
27
Jan
2023

New Mimic ransomware abuses ‘Everything’ Windows search tool

Security researchers discovered a new ransomware strain they named Mimic that leverages the APIs of the ‘Everything’ file search tool…

Hive
27
Jan
2023

US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments

The U.S. Department of State today offered up to $10 million for information that could help link the Hive ransomware…

Microsoft Exchange
27
Jan
2023

Microsoft urges admins to patch on-premises Exchange servers

Microsoft urged customers today to keep their on-premises Exchange servers patched by applying the latest supported Cumulative Update (CU) to…

Windows 11
27
Jan
2023

Windows 11 KB5022360 preview update released with 15 improvements

Microsoft has released the Windows 11 22H2 KB5022360 preview cumulative update with fifteen fixes or improvements. This Windows 11 update…

How to customize the Windows 11 desktop experience
27
Jan
2023

Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 21H2 devices

Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 22H2 to systems running Windows 11 21H2 that are approaching their…

Key
26
Jan
2023

Bitwarden password vaults targeted in Google ads phishing attack

Bitwarden and other password managers are being targeted in Google ads phishing campaigns to steal users’ password vault credentials. As…

Dragon
26
Jan
2023

Google nukes 50,000 accounts pushing Chinese disinformation

Google’s Threat Analysis Group terminated tens of thousands of accounts linked to a group known as “Dragonbridge” or “Spamouflage Dragon”…

UK warns of increased attacks from Russian, Iranian hackers
26
Jan
2023

UK warns of increased attacks from Russian, Iranian hackers

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning of Russian and Iranian state-sponsored hackers increasingly targeting organizations and…