Category: Bleeping Computer

Genshin Impact
18
Jan
2025

FTC cracks down on Genshin Impact gacha loot box practices

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…

Malicious PyPi package steals Discord auth tokens from devs
18
Jan
2025

Malicious PyPi package steals Discord auth tokens from devs

A malicious package named ‘pycord-self’ on the Python package index (PyPI) targets Discord developers to steal authentication tokens and plant a…

Otelier
17
Jan
2025

Otelier data breach exposes info, hotel reservations of millions

Hotel management platform Otelier suffered a data breach after threat actors breached its Amazon S3 cloud storage to steal millions…

US sanctions Chinese firm, hacker behind telecom and Treasury hacks
17
Jan
2025

US sanctions Chinese firm, hacker behind telecom and Treasury hacks

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based hacker for…

Microsoft 365
17
Jan
2025

Microsoft fixes Office 365 apps crashing on Windows Server systems

​Microsoft has fixed a known issue that caused Microsoft 365 applications and Classic Outlook to crash on Windows Server 2016 or…

FCC
17
Jan
2025

FCC orders telecoms to secure their networks after Salt Tyhpoon hacks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered U.S. telecommunications carriers to secure their networks following last year’s Salt Typhoon security…

GoDaddy
17
Jan
2025

FTC orders GoDaddy to fix poor web hosting security practices

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will require web hosting giant GoDaddy to implement basic security protections, including HTTPS APIs and mandatory…

Windows 11
17
Jan
2025

Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 22H2, 23H3 devices

​Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to eligible, non-managed systems running the Home and Pro editions…

GDPR complaints filed against TikTok, Temu for sending user data to China
17
Jan
2025

GDPR complaints filed against TikTok, Temu for sending user data to China

Non-profit privacy advocacy group “None of Your Business” (noyb) has filed six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and…

W3 Total Cache plugin flaw exposes 1 million WordPress sites to attacks
17
Jan
2025

W3 Total Cache plugin flaw exposes 1 million WordPress sites to attacks

A severe flaw in the W3 Total Cache plugin installed on more than one million WordPress sites could give attackers…

Windows 11
16
Jan
2025

Microsoft expands testing of Windows 11 admin protection feature

Microsoft has expanded its Windows 11 administrator protection tests, allowing Insiders to enable the security feature from the Windows Security…

North Korean hackers
16
Jan
2025

US cracks down on North Korean IT worker army with more sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a network of individuals and front companies linked to North Korea’s Ministry of National…