Category: Bleeping Computer

France
25
Aug
2023

Data breach at French govt agency exposes info of 10 million people

Pôle emploi, France’s governmental unemployment registration and financial aid agency, is informing of a data breach that exposed data belonging…

Robot
25
Aug
2023

ICO calls social media firms to protect people’s data from scraping

UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), together with eleven data protection and privacy authorities from around the world, have published a…

MSI
25
Aug
2023

Recent wave of Windows blue screens linked to MSI motherboards

MSI has officially confirmed the recent surge of blue screens of death (BSODs) encountered by Windows users after installing this…

China
25
Aug
2023

Stealthy Flax Typhoon hackers use LOLBins to evade detection

Microsoft has identified a new hacking group it now tracks as Flax Typhoon that argets government agencies and education, critical manufacturing,…

Leaseweb
25
Aug
2023

Leaseweb is restoring ‘critical’ systems after security breach

Leaseweb, one of the world’s largest cloud and hosting providers, notified people that it’s working on restoring “critical” systems disabled…

Kroll
25
Aug
2023

Kroll data breach exposes info of FTX, BlockFi, Genesis creditors

Multiple reports on social media warn of a data breach at financial and risk advisory company Kroll that resulted in…

Barracuda
24
Aug
2023

FBI warns of patched Barracuda ESG appliances still being hacked

The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that patches for a critical Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) remote command injection flaw…

Ransomware hackers dwell time drops to 5 days, RDP still widely used
24
Aug
2023

Ransomware hackers dwell time drops to 5 days, RDP still widely used

Ransomware threat actors are spending less time on compromised networks before security solutions sound the alarm. In the first half of…

Jupiter X Core plugin could let hackers hijack WordPress sites
24
Aug
2023

Jupiter X Core WordPress plugin could let hackers hijack sites

Two vulnerabilities affecting some version of Jupiter X Core, a premium plugin for setting up WordPress and WooCommerce websites, allow…

Mandiant mWise Conference
24
Aug
2023

Last call for mWISE, the security conference for frontline practitioners.

We’re down to the final weeks of registration for mWISE, the highly targeted, community-focused cybersecurity conference from Mandiant, now part…

WiFi
24
Aug
2023

New Whiffy Recon malware uses WiFi to triangulate your location

Cybercriminals behind the Smoke Loader botnet are using a new piece of malware called Whiffy Recon to triangulate the location…

Windows 11
24
Aug
2023

New Windows updates cause UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR blue screens

Microsoft says the August 2023 preview updates released this week for Windows 11 and Windows 10 systems are causing blue…