Category: Bleeping Computer

CISA
18
Dec
2023

Play ransomware breached 300 victims, including critical orgs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says the Play ransomware gang has breached roughly 300 organizations worldwide between June 2022…

School
18
Dec
2023

Former IT manager pleads guilty to attacking high school network

Conor LaHiff, a former IT manager for a New Jersey public high school, has admitted to committing a cyberattack against…

Mr. Cooper
18
Dec
2023

Mortgage giant Mr. Cooper data breach affects 14.7 million people

Mr. Cooper is sending data breach notifications warning that a recent cyberattack has exposed the data of 14.7 million customers…

Phishing
18
Dec
2023

WordPress hosting service Kinsta targeted by Google phishing ads

WordPress hosting provider Kinsta is warning customers that Google ads have been observed promoting phishing sites to steal hosting credentials….

QBot
18
Dec
2023

Qbot malware returns in campaign targeting hospitality industry

The QakBot malware is once again being distributed in phishing campaigns after the botnet was disrupted by law enforcement over…

MFA
18
Dec
2023

What to do when receiving unprompted MFA OTP codes

Receiving an unprompted one-time passcode (OTP) sent as an email or text should be a cause for concern as it…

Retail chain Hot Topic discloses wave of credential-stuffing attacks
18
Dec
2023

Rhadamanthys Stealer malware evolves with more powerful features

The developers of the Rhadamanthys information-stealing malware have recently released two major versions to add improvements and enhancements across the…

MongoDB
17
Dec
2023

MongoDB says customer data was exposed in a cyberattack

MongoDB is warning that its corporate systems were breached and that customer data was exposed in a cyberattack that was…

Printer
16
Dec
2023

Microsoft unveils new, more secure Windows Protected Print Mode

Microsoft announced a new Windows Protected Print Mode (WPP), introducing significant security enhancements to the Windows print system. “WPP builds…

QNAP warning
16
Dec
2023

QNAP VioStor NVR vulnerability actively exploited by malware botnet

A Mirai-based botnet named ‘InfectedSlurs’ is exploiting a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in QNAP VioStor NVR (Network Video Recorder)…

Locked bitcoin
16
Dec
2023

The Week in Ransomware – December 15th 2023

Today’s column brings you two weeks of information on the latest ransomware attacks and research after we skipped last week’s…

Hacker cryptocurrency
15
Dec
2023

Ex-Amazon engineer pleads guilty to hacking crypto exchanges

Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency…