LockBit ransomware affiliate gets four years in jail, to pay $860k
Russian-Canadian cybercriminal Mikhail Vasiliev has been sentenced to four years in prison by an Ontario court for his involvement in the LockBit ransomware operation. Vasiliev…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Windows KB5035849 update failing to install with 0xd000034 errors
The KB5035849 cumulative update released during today’s Patch Tuesday fails to install on Windows 10 and Windows Server systems with 0xd0000034 errors. According to a…
Sharp increase in installs after iOS DMA update in EU
Brave has seen a sharp increase in users installing its privacy-focused Brave Browser on iPhones after Apple introduced changes to adhere to the new European…
Microsoft March 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 60 flaws, 18 RCE bugs
Today is Microsoft’s March 2024 Patch Tuesday, and security updates have been released for 60 vulnerabilities, including eighteen remote code execution flaws. This Patch Tuesday…
Acer confirms Philippines employee data leaked on hacking forum
Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was stolen in an attack on a third-party vendor who manages the company’s employee attendance data after a threat…
Data of 27,000 people stolen in September ransomware attack
Stanford University says the personal information of 27,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack impacting its Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) network. The university…
Windows 10 KB5035845 update released with 9 new changes, fixes
Microsoft has released the KB5035845 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, which includes nine new changes and fixes. After installing this…
Windows 11 KB5035853 update released, here’s what’s new
Microsoft has released the KB5035853 cumulative update for Windows 11 23H3 and 22H2, with 21 fixes and changes, including fixing a bug causing 0x800F0922 errors…
Google paid $10 million in bug bounty rewards last year
Google awarded $10 million to 632 researchers from 68 countries in 2023 for finding and responsibly reporting security flaws in the company’s products and services.…
Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship
The Tor Project officially introduced WebTunnel, a new bridge type specifically designed to help bypass censorship targeting the Tor network by hiding connections in plain…
Over 12 million auth secrets and keys leaked on GitHub in 2023
GitHub users accidentally exposed 12.8 million authentication and sensitive secrets in over 3 million public repositories during 2023, with the vast majority remaining valid after…
Equilend warns employees their data was stolen by ransomware gang
New York-based securities lending platform EquiLend Holdings confirmed in data breach notification letters sent to employees that their data was stolen in a January ransomware…