Category: Bleeping Computer

Windows
03
Sep
2023

Microsoft reminds users Windows will disable insecure TLS soon

Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows…

University of Sydney data breach impacts recent applicants
03
Sep
2023

University of Sydney data breach impacts recent applicants

The University of Sydney (USYD) announced that a breach at a third-party service provider exposed personal information of recently applied…

Person being extorted
03
Sep
2023

Fake YouPorn extortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape

A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning…

paw patrol
03
Sep
2023

Children’s snack recalled after its website caught serving porn

Supermarket chain Lidl has been recalling four types of PAW Patrol-themed snacks across the UK. Except, the reason for the…

npm
02
Sep
2023

Yes, there’s an npm package called @(-.-)/env and some others like it

Strangely named npm packages like -, @!-!/-, @(-.-)/env, and –hepl continue to exist on the internet’s largest software registry. While not all of…

Person being extorted
02
Sep
2023

New ‘YouPorn’ sextortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape

A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning…

Google Chrome
02
Sep
2023

Chrome extensions can steal plaintext passwords from websites

A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has uploaded to the Chrome Web Store a proof-of-concept extension that can…

North Korean hackers behind malicious VMConnect PyPI campaign
01
Sep
2023

Lazarus hackers deploy fake VMware PyPI packages in VMConnect attacks

North Korean state-sponsored hackers have uploaded malicious packages to the PyPI (Python Package Index) repository, camouflaging one of them as…

WordPad
01
Sep
2023

Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years

Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it’s no longer under active development,…

VMware
01
Sep
2023

Exploit released for critical VMware SSH auth bypass vulnerability

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released for a critical SSH authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware’s Aria Operations for Networks analysis…

Windows 11
01
Sep
2023

Microsoft reminds of Windows 11 21H2 forced updates before end of service

Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 21H2 will be force-updated before the end of servicing next month….

Microsoft
01
Sep
2023

Microsoft retires Visual Studio for Mac, support ends in a year

Microsoft has announced it is retiring Visual Studio for Mac and that support for the latest version, 17.6, will continue for another…