Category: Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome
11
Sep
2023

Google fixes another Chrome zero-day bug exploited in attacks

Google released emergency security updates to fix the fourth Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the…

MGM Resorts discloses cybersecurity issue, shuts down systems
11
Sep
2023

MGM Resorts shuts down IT systems after cyberattack

MGM Resorts International disclosed today that it is dealing with a cybersecurity issue that impacted some of its systems, including…

Hacker starting at computer screens
11
Sep
2023

Iranian hackers backdoor 34 orgs with new Sponsor malware

A nation-state threat actor known as ‘Charming Kitten’ (Phosphorus, TA453, APT35/42) has been observed deploying a previously unknown backdoor malware…

Apple
11
Sep
2023

CISA warns govt agencies to secure iPhones against spyware attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies today to patch security vulnerabilities abused as part of…

Square
11
Sep
2023

Last week’s outage was caused by DNS issue, not a cyberattack

Payment processing firm Square says a widespread outage that took down a large part of the company’s infrastructure last week…

Facebook
11
Sep
2023

Facebook Messenger phishing wave targets 100K business accounts per week

Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages to…

A person reading a newspaper
10
Sep
2023

Associated Press warns that AP Stylebook data breach led to phishing attack

The Associated Press is warning of a data breach impacting AP Stylebook customers where the attackers used the stolen data…

Telegram
10
Sep
2023

‘Evil Telegram’ Android apps on Google Play infected 60K with spyware

Several malicious Telegram clones for Android on Google Play were installed over 60,000 times, infecting people with spyware that steals…

Chrome
09
Sep
2023

Google rolls out Privacy Sandbox to use Chrome browsing history for ads

Google has started to roll out its new interest-based advertising platform called the Privacy Sandbox, shifting the tracking of user’s…

Microsoft Teams bug allows malware delivery from external accounts
09
Sep
2023

Microsoft Teams phishing attack pushes DarkGate malware

A new phishing campaign is abusing Microsoft Teams messages to send malicious attachments that install the DarkGate Loader malware. The…

Conti
08
Sep
2023

The Week in Ransomware – September 8th 2023

It started as a slow ransomware news week but slowly picked up pace with the Department of Justice announcing indictments…

Notepad++
08
Sep
2023

Notepad++ 8.5.7 released with fixes for four security vulnerabilities

Notepad++ version 8.5.7 has been released with fixes for multiple buffer overflow zero-days, with one marked as potentially leading to…