Category: Bleeping Computer

Mandiant
04
Jan
2024

Mandiant’s Twitter account hacked to push cryptocurrency scam

The Twitter account of American cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant was hijacked earlier today to impersonate the Phantom crypto…

CISA warns of actively exploited bugs in Chrome and Excel parsing library
04
Jan
2024

CISA warns of actively exploited bugs in Chrome and Excel parsing library

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added two vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, a recently patched…

Nearly 11 million SSH servers vulnerable to new Terrapin attacks
04
Jan
2024

Nearly 11 million SSH servers vulnerable to new Terrapin attacks

Almost 11 million internet-exposed SSH servers are vulnerable to the Terrapin attack that threatens the integrity of some SSH connections….

Data breach at healthcare tech firm impacts 4.5 million patients
04
Jan
2024

Data breach at healthcare tech firm impacts 4.5 million patients

HealthEC LLC, a provider of health management solutions, suffered a data breach that impacts close to 4.5 million individuals who received…

LastPass
04
Jan
2024

LastPass now requires 12-character master passwords for better security

LastPass notified customers today that they are now required to use complex master passwords with a minimum of 12 characters…

Nigerian hacker arrested for stealing $7.5M from charities
03
Jan
2024

Nigerian hacker arrested for stealing $7.5M from charities

A Nigerian national was arrested in Ghana and is facing charges related to business email compromise (BEC) attacks that caused…

Police cracks down on DDoS-for-hire service active since 2013
03
Jan
2024

Hacker hijacks Orange Spain RIPE account to cause BGP havoc

Orange Spain suffered an internet outage today after a hacker breached the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing and…

PornHub logo
03
Jan
2024

PornHub blocks North Carolina, Montana over new age verification laws

Adult media giant Aylo has blocked access to many of its websites, including PornHub, to visitors from Montana and North…

Crypto
03
Jan
2024

Orbit Chain loses $86 million in the last fintech hack of 2023

Orbit Chain has experienced a security breach that has resulted in a loss of $86 million in cryptocurrency, particularly Ether,…

Steam
03
Jan
2024

Steam drops support for Windows 7 and 8.1 to boost security

Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company…

Gallery Systems
02
Jan
2024

Online museum collections down after cyberattack on service provider

Museum software solutions provider Gallery Systems has disclosed that its ongoing IT outages were caused by a ransomware attack last…

Xerox
02
Jan
2024

Xerox says subsidiary XBS U.S. breached after ransomware gang leaks data

The U.S. division of Xerox Business Solutions (XBS) has been compromised by hackers with a limited amount of personal information…