Fake VPN Chrome extensions force-installed 1.5 million times
Three malicious Chrome extensions posing as VPN (Virtual Private Networks) infected were downloaded 1.5 million times, acting as browser hijackers, cashback hack tools, and data…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Europol warns 443 online shops infected with credit card stealers
Europol has notified over 400 websites that their online shops have been hacked with malicious scripts that steal debit and credit cards from customers making…
First American takes IT systems offline after cyberattack
First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, took some of its systems offline today to contain the impact of…
Crypto drainer steals $59 million from 63k people in Twitter ad push
Google and Twitter ads are promoting sites containing a cryptocurrency drainer named ‘MS Drainer’ that has already stolen $59 million from 63,210 victims over the…
Lapsus$ hacker behind GTA 6 leak gets indefinite hospital sentence
Lapsus$ cybercrime and extortion group member, Arion Kurtaj has been sentenced to life in a ‘secure hospital’ by a UK judge. Kurtaj who is 18 years…
Hackers target defense firms with new FalseFont malware
Microsoft says the APT33 Iranian cyber-espionage group is using recently discovered FalseFont backdoor malware to attack defense contractors worldwide. “Microsoft has observed the Iranian nation-state actor…
Title insurance giant First American offline after cyberattack
First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, took some of its systems offline today to contain the impact of…
Microsoft deprecates Defender Application Guard for some Edge users
Microsoft is deprecating Defender Application Guard (including the Windows Isolated App Launcher APIs) for Edge for Business users. Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) blocks potential…
OpenAI rolls out imperfect fix for ChatGPT data leak flaw
OpenAI has mitigated a data exfiltration bug in ChatGPT that could potentially leak conversation details to an external URL. According to the researcher who discovered…
BidenCash darkweb market gives 1.9 million credit cards for free
The BidenCash stolen credit card marketplace is giving away 1.9 million credit cards for free via its store to promote itself among cybercriminals. BidenCash launched…
Crypto scammers abuse Twitter ‘feature’ to impersonate high-profile accounts
Cryptocurrency scammers are abusing a legitimate Twitter “feature” to promote scams, fake giveaways, and fraudulent Telegram channels used to steal your crypto and NFTs. On…
Android malware Chameleon disables Fingerprint Unlock to steal PINs
The Chameleon Android banking trojan has re-emerged with a new version that uses a tricky technique to take over devices — disable fingerprint and face…