Category: Bleeping Computer

Arrest
14
Apr
2023

Police disrupts $98M online fraud ring with 33,000 victims

Europol and Eurojust announced today the arrest of five individuals believed to be part of a massive online investment fraud ring…

Russian sign warning of NATO cyberattacks
14
Apr
2023

Russia accuses NATO of launching 5,000 cyberattacks since 2022

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) has accused the United States and other NATO countries of launching…

Phishing attack
13
Apr
2023

Phishing attack targets accountants as Tax Day approaches

Microsoft is warning of a phishing campaign targeting accounting firms and tax preparers with remote access malware allowing initial access…

Windows
13
Apr
2023

Windows LAPS is incompatible with legacy policies

Microsoft is investigating an interoperability bug between the recently added Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) feature and legacy LAPS…

Windows 11
13
Apr
2023

Windows 11 is getting a new ‘Presence sensing’ privacy setting

Windows 11 is getting a new privacy setting that allows users to control whether applications can detect when actively interacting…

Outlook
13
Apr
2023

Microsoft shares fix for Outlook issue blocking access to emails

Microsoft is working on fixing an issue affecting some Outlook for Microsoft 365 customers and preventing them from accessing emails…

Raidforums logo
13
Apr
2023

Dutch Police mails RaidForums members to warn they’re being watched

Dutch Police is sending emails to former RaidForums members, asking them to delete stolen data and stop illegal cyber activities…

Arrest
13
Apr
2023

Five arrested after 33,000 victims lose $98M to online investment fraud

Europol and Eurojust announced today the arrest of five individuals believed to be part of a massive online investment fraud ring…

WhatsApp
13
Apr
2023

WhatsApp boosts defense against account takeover via malware

WhatsApp announced today the introduction of several new security features, one of them dubbed “Device Verification” and designed to provide…

Russian bear
13
Apr
2023

Russian hackers linked to widespread attacks targeting NATO and EU

Poland’s Military Counterintelligence Service and its Computer Emergency Response Team have linked APT29 state-sponsored hackers, part of the Russian government’s…

Hand reaching through laptop screen to steal data
13
Apr
2023

New hacktool steals credentials from misconfigured sites

A new Python-based credential harvester and SMTP hijacking tool named ‘Legion’ is being sold on Telegram that targets online email…

DDoS
12
Apr
2023

DDoS attacks shifting to VPS infrastructure for increased power

Hyper-volumetric DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks in the first quarter of 2023 have shifted from relying on compromised IoT…