Category: Bleeping Computer

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…

H&R Block
24
Feb
2024

FTC sues H&R Block over deceptive ‘free’ online filing ads

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company’s deceptive “free” online filing advertising…

Google
24
Feb
2024

Google Pay app shutting down in US, users have till June to move funds

Google is retiring the standalone Pay app in the United States. Users have until June 4 to transfer the balance…

Insomniac Games
23
Feb
2024

Insomniac Games alerts employees hit by ransomware data breach

Sony subsidiary Insomniac Games is sending data breach notification letters to employees whose personal information was stolen and leaked online…

Windows 11 AI
23
Feb
2024

Windows Photos gets AI magic eraser on Windows 10 and later

Microsoft’s Windows Photos app now has its own generative erase tool that enables users to replace unwanted objects with AI-generated…

U-Haul
23
Feb
2024

U-Haul says hacker accessed customer records using stolen creds

U-Haul has started informing customers that a hacker used stolen account credentials to access an internal system for dealers and…

LockBit
23
Feb
2024

New ScreenConnect RCE flaw exploited in ransomware attacks

Update February 23, 07:02 EST: Sophos published a report today saying that the ransomware payloads they spotted were built using the LockBit…

Healthcare data
23
Feb
2024

UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage

Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after…

LockBit ransomware secretly building next-gen encryptor before takedown
23
Feb
2024

LockBit ransomware secretly building next-gen encryptor before takedown

LockBit ransomware developers were secretly building a new version of their file encrypting malware, dubbed LockBit-NG-Dev – likely to become…