Category: Bleeping Computer

BlackCat Munchkin
19
Oct
2023

BlackCat ransomware uses new ‘Munchkin’ Linux VM in stealthy attacks

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware operation has begun to use a new tool named ‘Munchkin’ that utilizes virtual machines to deploy encryptors…

Microsoft
19
Oct
2023

Microsoft extends Purview Audit log retention after July breach

Microsoft is extending Purview Audit log retention as promised after the Chinese Storm-0558 hacking group breached dozens of Exchange and…

malware
19
Oct
2023

Fake KeePass site uses Google Ads and Punycode to push malware

A Google Ads campaign was found pushing a fake KeePass download site that used Punycode to appear as the official…

Phone scammer
19
Oct
2023

India targets Microsoft, Amazon tech support scammers in nationwide crackdown

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams…

Hacker
19
Oct
2023

Iranian hackers lurked in Middle Eastern govt network for 8 months

The Iranian hacking group tracked as MuddyWater (aka APT34 or OilRig) breached at least twelve computers belonging to a Middle…

Ragnar Locker
19
Oct
2023

Ragnar Locker ransomware’s dark web extortion sites seized by police

The Ragnar Locker ransomware operation’s Tor negotiation and data leak sites were seized Thursday morning as part of an international…

WhatsApp
19
Oct
2023

WhatsApp gets support for multiple accounts on the same phone

Meta announced today that it introduced support for multiple WhatsApp accounts on the same device, allowing users to switch between…

Casio
19
Oct
2023

Casio discloses data breach impacting customers in 149 countries

Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio disclosed a data breach impacting customers from 149 countries after hackers gained to the servers of…

Ukrainian hackers take down service provider for Russian banks
18
Oct
2023

Ukrainian activists hack Trigona ransomware gang, wipe servers

A group of cyber activists under the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance banner has hacked the servers of the Trigona ransomware gang…

Hackers
18
Oct
2023

North Korean hackers exploit critical TeamCity flaw to breach networks

Microsoft says that the North Korean Lazarus and Andariel hacking groups are exploiting the CVE-2023-42793 flaw in TeamCity servers to…

Justice
18
Oct
2023

Ex-Navy IT head gets 5 years for selling people’s data on darkweb

Marquis Hooper, a former U.S. Navy IT manager, has received a sentence of five years and five months in prison…

23andMe with broken dna
18
Oct
2023

Hacker leaks millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles

A hacker has leaked an additional 4.1 million stolen 23andMe genetic data profiles for people in Great Britain and Germany…