Category: Bleeping Computer

Facebook
19
Jul
2023

Facebook behavioral ads banned by Norwegian privacy watchdog

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the country’s data privacy watchdog, has banned behavioral advertising on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram…

Russian bot
19
Jul
2023

Ukraine takes down massive bot farm, seizes 150,000 SIM cards

The Cyber ​​Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine dismantled another massive bot farm linked to more than 100…

Spyware
19
Jul
2023

US govt bans European spyware vendors Intellexa and Cytrox

The U.S. government has banned European commercial spyware manufacturers Intellexa and Cytrox, citing risks to U.S. national security and foreign…

CISA
19
Jul
2023

Tech support scams now use shipping companies to collect cash

FBI warns of a surge in tech support scams targeting the elderly across the United States and urging victims to…

Cyber Trust Mark brings more secure connected devices in the U.S.
19
Jul
2023

U.S. preparing Cyber Trust Mark for more secure smart devices

A new cybersecurity certification and labeling program called U.S. Cyber Trust Mark is being shaped to help U.S. consumers choose…

Citrix ADC and Gateway zero-day actively exploited in attacks
18
Jul
2023

New critical Citrix ADC and Gateway flaw exploited as zero-day

Citrix today is alerting customers of a critical-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-3519) in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that already has exploits…

Hacker shhhing
18
Jul
2023

Cybersecurity firm Sophos impersonated by new SophosEncrypt ransomware

Cybersecurity vendor Sophos is being impersonated by a new ransomware-as-a-service called SophosEncrypt, with the threat actors using the company name…

Cyber Insurance
18
Jul
2023

Strengthening Password Security may Lower Cyber Insurance Premiums

The global cyber insurance market is expected to reach over $20 billion by 2025. However, many organizations are finding it…

Citrix ADC and Gateway zero-day actively exploited in attacks
18
Jul
2023

New critical Citrix ADC and Gateway flaw exploited as zero-days

Citrix today is alerting customers of a critical-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-3519) in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that already has exploits…

Google Cloud Build
18
Jul
2023

Google Cloud Build bug lets hackers launch supply chain attacks

A critical design flaw in the Google Cloud Build service discovered by cloud security firm Orca Security can let attackers…

Hacker
18
Jul
2023

FIN8 deploys ALPHV ransomware using Sardonic malware variant

A financially motivated cybercrime gang has been observed deploying BlackCat ransomware payloads on networks backdoored using a revamped Sardonic malware…

Adobe logo
18
Jul
2023

Critical ColdFusion flaws exploited in attacks to drop webshells

Update 7/17/23: The article was updated due to a mistaken warning added by Adobe to its email notification. However, a…