Category: Bleeping Computer

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…

Golf gear giant Callaway data breach exposes info of 1.1 million
01
Sep
2023

Golf gear giant Callaway data breach exposes info of 1.1 million

Topgolf Callaway (Callaway) suffered a data breach at the start of August, which exposed the sensitive personal and account data…

Forever 21 data breach: hackers accessed info of 500,000
31
Aug
2023

hackers accessed info of 500,000

Forever 21 clothing and accessories retailer is sending data breach notifications to more than half a million individuals who had…

Sourcegraph
31
Aug
2023

Sourcegraph website breached using leaked admin access token

AI-powered coding platform Sourcegraph revealed that its website was breached this week using a site-admin access token accidentally leaked online…

Hacker
31
Aug
2023

LogicMonitor customers hacked in reported ransomware attacks

Network monitoring company LogicMonitor confirmed today that certain customers of its SaaS platform have fallen victim to cyberattacks linked to…

North Korean hackers behind malicious VMConnect PyPI campaign
31
Aug
2023

North Korean hackers behind malicious VMConnect PyPI campaign

North Korean state-sponsored hackers are behind the VMConnect campaign that uploaded to the PyPI (Python Package Index) repository malicious packages,…