Azure Portal outage was caused by traffic “spike”
Microsoft revealed in an update to the Azure status page that the preliminary root cause behind an outage that impacted the Azure Portal worldwide on…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Exploit released for MOVEit RCE bug used in data theft attacks
Horizon3 security researchers have released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a remote code execution (RCE) bug in the MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) solution…
Swiss government warns of ongoing DDoS attacks, data leak
The Swiss government has disclosed that a recent ransomware attack on an IT supplier might have impacted its data, while today, it warns that it…
Hackers steal $3 million by impersonating crypto news journalists
A hacking group tracked as ‘Pink Drainer’ is impersonating journalists in phishing attacks to compromise Discord and Twitter accounts for cryptocurrency-stealing attacks. According to ScamSniffer analysts,…
Strava heatmap feature can be abused to find home addresses
Researchers at the North Carolina State University Raleigh have discovered a privacy risk in the Strava app’s heatmap feature that could lead to identifying users’ home…
Fortinet fixes critical RCE flaw in Fortigate SSL-VPN devices, patch now
Fortinet has released new Fortigate firmware updates that fix an undisclosed, critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in SSL VPN devices. The security fixes were released on Friday in…
The Week in Ransomware – June 9th 2023
The week was dominated by fallout over the MOVEit Transfer data-theft attacks, with the Clop ransomware gang confirming that they were behind them. On Monday,…
Ukrainian hackers take down service provider for Russian banks
A group of Ukrainian hackers known as the Cyber.Anarchy.Squad claimed an attack that took down Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC on Thursday evening. Among other…
University of Manchester says hackers ‘likely’ stole data in cyberattack
The University of Manchester warns staff and students that they suffered a cyberattack where threat actors likely stole data from the University’s network. The University…
New MOVEit Transfer critical flaws found after security audit, patch now
Progress Software warned customers today of newly found critical SQL injection vulnerabilities in its MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) solution that can let attackers…
Microsoft now lets you speak to its AI-powered Bing Chat
Microsoft announced today that users would also be able to communicate with Bing Chat, the AI-powered chat-based version of its Bing search engine, via voice…
Russians charged with hacking Mt. Gox crypto exchange, running BTC-e
Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner have been charged with the 2011 hacking of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the laundering of…