Category: Bleeping Computer

qr code
08
May
2023

QR codes used in fake parking tickets, surveys to steal your money

As QR codes continue to be heavily used by legitimate organizations—from Super Bowl advertisements to enforcing parking fees and fines,…

Iranian hacker
08
May
2023

Iranian hacking groups join Papercut attack spree

Microsoft says Iranian state-backed hackers have joined the ongoing assault targeting vulnerable PaperCut MF/NG print management servers. These groups are tracked…

Wazuh data theft header
08
May
2023

Detecting data theft with Wazuh, the open-source XDR

Data theft is the act of stealing data stored in business databases, endpoints, and servers. The stolen data can include…

CSGO map
07
May
2023

New CS:GO map bypasses Russia’s censorship of Ukraine war news

Finish newspaper Helsinin Sanomat has created a custom Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) map explicitly made to bypass Russian news censorship…

Ransomware gang encrypts malware to avoid research and detection
07
May
2023

New Cactus ransomware encrypts itself to evade antivirus

A new ransomware operation called Cactus has been exploiting vulnerabilities in VPN appliances for initial access to networks of “large…

Western Digital
07
May
2023

Western Digital says hackers stole customer data in March cyberattack

Western Digital has taken its store offline and sent customers data breach notifications after confirming that hackers stole sensitive personal…

Hand holding a key
07
May
2023

Meet Akira — A new ransomware operation targeting the enterprise

The new Akira ransomware operation has slowly been building a list of victims as they breach corporate networks worldwide, encrypt…

Twitter breaking apart
06
May
2023

Twitter says ‘security incident’ exposed private Circle tweets

Twitter disclosed that a ‘security incident’ caused private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to show publicly to users outside of…

PaperCut
06
May
2023

New PaperCut RCE exploit created that bypasses existing detections

A new proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for an actively exploited PaperCut vulnerability was released that bypasses all known detection rules. The PaperCut…

Z-Library
05
May
2023

Z-Library eBook site disrupted again by FBI domain seizures

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to disrupt the world’s largest shadow eBook library, Z-Library, by seizing more domains…

Lock over a city
05
May
2023

The Week in Ransomware – May 5th 2023

This week’s ransomware news has been dominated by a Royal ransomware attack on the City of Dallas that took down…

Hacker
05
May
2023

ALPHV gang claims ransomware attack on Constellation Software

Canadian diversified software company Constellation Software confirmed on Thursday that some of its systems were breached by threat actors who…