Category: Bleeping Computer

Malicious Chrome extensions with 75M installs removed from Web Store
14
Jun
2023

New ‘Shampoo’ Chromeloader malware pushed via fake warez sites

A new ChromeLoader campaign is underway, infecting visitors of warez and pirated movie sites with a new variant of the…

Russian military
14
Jun
2023

Microsoft links data wiping attacks to new Russian GRU hacking group

Microsoft has linked a threat group it tracks as Cadet Blizzard since April 2023 to Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff…

Encrypted DNS requests
14
Jun
2023

Chinese hackers use DNS-over-HTTPS for Linux malware communication

The Chinese threat group ‘ChamelGang’ infects Linux devices with a previously unknown implant named ‘ChamelDoH,’ allowing DNS-over-HTTPS communications with attackers’…

LockBit
14
Jun
2023

LockBit ransomware extorted $91 million in 1,700 U.S. attacks

U.S. and international cybersecurity authorities said in a joint LockBit ransomware advisory that the gang successfully extorted roughly $91 million…

Two checkboxes on a black background
14
Jun
2023

Your Audit Experience Before and After

Richard Stevenson, Manager of Cybersecurity Risk Management and Compliance at Drata Automation transforms the audit experience. What was once a…

Hacker
14
Jun
2023

Fake zero-day PoC exploits on GitHub push Windows, Linux malware

Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to publish fake proof-of-concept exploits for zero-day vulnerabilities that infect Windows…

RDP honeypot hit by 37,000 brute-force login attacks a day
13
Jun
2023

RDP honeypot targeted 3.5 million times in brute-force attacks

Remote desktop connections are so powerful a magnet for hackers that an exposed connection can average more than 37,000 times…

Phishing
13
Jun
2023

Massive phishing campaign uses 6,000 sites to impersonate 100 brands

A widespread brand impersonation campaign targeting over a hundred popular apparel, footwear, and clothing brands has been underway since June…

Windows logo
13
Jun
2023

Pirated Windows 10 ISOs install clipper malware via EFI partitions

Hackers are distributing Windows 10 using torrents that hide cryptocurrency hijackers in the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) partition to evade…

Windows 10
13
Jun
2023

Windows 10 21H2 has reached end of servicing

Multiple editions of Windows 10 21H2 have reached their end of service (EOS) in this month’s Patch Tuesday, as Microsoft…

Microsoft May 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 38 flaws
13
Jun
2023

Microsoft June 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 78 flaws, 38 RCE bugs

Tag CVE ID CVE Title Severity .NET and Visual Studio CVE-2023-24895 .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution…

CISA
13
Jun
2023

CISA orders federal agencies to secure Internet-exposed network devices

CISA issued this year’s first binding operational directive (BOD) ordering federal civilian agencies to secure misconfigured or Internet-exposed networking equipment…