Category: Bleeping Computer

German
04
Sep
2023

German financial agency site disrupted by DDoS attack since Friday

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) announced today that an ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has been impacting its…

Leak
04
Sep
2023

Insurer fined $3M for exposing data of 650k clients for two years

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has fined insurer Trygg-Hansa $3 million for exposing on its online portal sensitive data belonging…

Freecycle
04
Sep
2023

Freecycle confirms massive data breach impacting 7 million users

Freecycle, an online forum dedicated to exchanging used items rather than trashing them, confirmed a massive data breach that affected…

Cloud servers
04
Sep
2023

Hackers exploit MinIO storage system to breach corporate networks

Image: Midjourney Hackers are exploiting two recent MinIO vulnerabilities to breach object storage systems and access private information, execute arbitrary…

Okta: Hackers target IT desks to gain Super Admin, disable MFA
04
Sep
2023

Hackers target IT help desks to gain Super Admin, disable MFA

Identity and access management company Okta released a warning about social engineering attacks targeting IT service desk agents at U.S.-based customers in an attempt…

Windows 11
03
Sep
2023

Windows 11 23H2: Top three new features

The highly anticipated Windows 11 23H2 update is around the corner, and Microsoft has released its best features to testers…

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…