Microsoft shares fix for cameras not working on Surface laptops
Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a widespread issue triggered by a buggy driver that causes built-in cameras on some ARM-based Windows devices (including…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Android apps with spyware installed 421 million times from Google Play
A new Android malware distributed as an advertisement SDK has been discovered in multiple apps, many previously on Google Play and collectively downloaded over 400…
New hacking forum leaks data of 478,000 RaidForums members
A database for the notorious RaidForums hacking forums has been leaked online, allowing threat actors and security researchers insight into the people who frequented the…
Flash loan attack on Jimbos Protocol steals over $7.5 million
Jimbos Protocol, an Arbitrum-based DeFi project, has suffered a flash loan attack that resulted in the loss of more than of 4000 ETH tokens, currently…
MCNA Dental data breach impacts 8.9 million people after ransomware attack
Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental has published a data breach notification on its website, informing almost 9 million patients that their personal data…
Lazarus hackers target Windows IIS web servers for initial access
The notorious North Korean state-backed hackers, known as the Lazarus Group, are now targeting vulnerable Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers to gain initial…
PyPI announces mandatory use of 2FA for all software publishers
The Python Package Index (PyPI) has announced that it will require every account that manages a project on the platform to have two-factor authentication (2FA)…
Clever ‘File Archiver In The Browser’ phishing trick uses ZIP domains
A new ‘File Archivers in the Browser’ phishing kit abuses ZIP domains by displaying fake WinRAR or Windows File Explorer windows in the browser to…
Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data
A team of researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a novel attack called “Hot Pixels,” which can…
QBot malware abuses Windows WordPad EXE to infect devices
The QBot malware operation has started to abuse a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad program to infect computers, using the legitimate program…
CISA warns govt agencies of recently patched Barracuda zero-day
CISA warned of a recently patched zero-day vulnerability exploited last week to hack into Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. Barracuda says its security solutions…
The Week in Ransomware – May 26th 2023
Ransomware gangs continue to hammer local governments in attacks, taking down IT systems and disrupting city’s online services. Earlier this month, we saw that with…