Category: Bleeping Computer

Cuba Ransomware
20
Aug
2023

Cuba ransomware uses Veeam exploit against critical U.S. organizations

Image: Midjourney The Cuba ransomware gang was observed in attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the United States and IT…

Malicious Chrome extensions with 75M installs removed from Web Store
20
Aug
2023

Google Chrome to warn when installed extensions are malware

Google is testing a new feature in the Chrome browser that will warn users when an installed extension has been…

rust
19
Aug
2023

Rust devs push back as Serde project ships precompiled binaries

Serde, a popular Rust (de)serialization project, has decided to ship its serde_derive macro as a precompiled binary. The move has generated a fair…

Lockbit
18
Aug
2023

The Week in Ransomware – August 18th 2023

While there was quite a bit of ransomware news this week, the highlighted story was the release of Jon DiMaggio’s…

WinRAR
18
Aug
2023

WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions, that can…

Microsoft
18
Aug
2023

Hotmail email delivery fails after Microsoft misconfigures DNS

Hotmail users worldwide have problems sending emails, with messages flagged as spam or not delivered after Microsoft misconfigured the domain’s…

Interpol
18
Aug
2023

Interpol arrests 14 suspected cybercriminals for stealing $40 million

An international law enforcement operation led by Interpol has led to the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals in an operation…

BlackCat ransomware
17
Aug
2023

BlackCat’s Sphynx ransomware embeds Impacket, RemCom

Microsoft has discovered a new version of the BlackCat ransomware that embeds the Impacket networking framework and the Remcom hacking…

Hackers ask $120,000 for access to multi-billion auction house
17
Aug
2023

Hackers ask $120,000 for access to multi-billion auction house

Hackers claim to have breached the network of a major auction house and offered access to whoever was willing to…

Microsoft PowerShell Gallery vulnerable to spoofing, supply chain attacks
17
Aug
2023

Microsoft PowerShell Gallery vulnerable to spoofing, supply chain attacks

Lax policies for package naming on Microsoft’s PowerShell Gallery code repository allow threat actors to perform typosquatting attacks, spoof popular…

Zimbra
17
Aug
2023

Phishing campaign steals accounts for Zimbra email servers worlwide

An ongoing phishing campaign has been underway since at least April 2023 that attempts to steal credentials for Zimbra Collaboration…

Windows logo
17
Aug
2023

Windows Task Manager refresh can be paused using CTRL key

A very useful and previously unknown Windows tip was revealed this week, where you can halt process jumping in Task…