Category: Bleeping Computer

Facebook
17
Dec
2024

Ireland fines Meta $264 million over 2018 Facebook data breach

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million ($263.6M) over General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations arising from…

SonicWall
17
Dec
2024

Over 25,000 SonicWall VPN Firewalls exposed to critical flaws

Over 25,000 publicly accessible SonicWall SSLVPN devices are vulnerable to critical severity flaws, with 20,000 using a SonicOS/OSX firmware version that…

Ransomware
17
Dec
2024

Texas Tech University System data breach impacts 1.4 million patients

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and its El Paso counterpart suffered a cyberattack that disrupted computer systems and…

Rat malware
17
Dec
2024

FBI spots HiatusRAT malware attacks targeting web cameras, DVRs

The FBI warned today that new HiatusRAT malware attacks are now scanning for and infecting vulnerable web cameras and DVRs…

Kali Linux
17
Dec
2024

Kali Linux 2024.4 released with 14 new tools, deprecates some features

Kali Linux has released version 2024.4, the fourth and final version of 2024, and it is now available with fourteen…

Malicious ads push Lumma infostealer via fake CAPTCHA pages
16
Dec
2024

Malicious ads push Lumma infostealer via fake CAPTCHA pages

A large-scale malvertising campaign distributed the Lumma Stealer info-stealing malware through fake CAPTCHA verification pages that prompt users to run…

Windows
16
Dec
2024

Windows kernel bug now exploited in attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges

CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks targeting a high-severity Windows kernel vulnerability. Tracked…

Call center
16
Dec
2024

ConnectOnCall breach exposes health data of over 910,000 patients

Healthcare software as a service (SaaS) company Phreesia is notifying over 910,000 people that their personal and health data was…

Rhode Island
16
Dec
2024

Rhode Island confirms data breach after Brain Cipher ransomware attack

Rhode Island State House (Image: MOHANN) Rhode Island is warning that its RIBridges system, managed by Deloitte, suffered a data breach…

Qualcomm
16
Dec
2024

New Android NoviSpy spyware linked to Qualcomm zero-day bugs

The Serbian government exploited Qualcomm zero-days to unlock and infect Android devices with a new spyware named ‘NoviSpy,’ used to spy…

Hacker
16
Dec
2024

Winnti hackers target other threat actors with new Glutton PHP backdoor

​The Chinese Winnti hacking group is using a new PHP backdoor named ‘Glutton’ in attacks on organizations in China and…

Hacker exploiting a flaw
16
Dec
2024

Clop ransomware claims responsibility for Cleo data theft attacks

The Clop ransomware gang has confirmed to BleepingComputer that they are behind the recent Cleo data-theft attacks, utilizing zero-day exploits…