Category: Bleeping Computer

Data theft
15
Nov
2024

New Glove infostealer malware bypasses Chrome’s cookie encryption

​New Glove Stealer malware can bypass Google Chrome’s Application-Bound (App-Bound) encryption to steal browser cookies. As Gen Digital security researchers…

Hackers use macOS extended file attributes to hide malicious code
14
Nov
2024

Hackers use macOS extended file attributes to hide malicious code

Hackers are using a novel technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to deliver a new trojan that researchers call…

Specops forgotten passwords
14
Nov
2024

The true (and surprising) cost of forgotten passwords

We’ve all been there: staring at the login screen, trying to remember which password variation we’re supposed to use on…

Prison
14
Nov
2024

Hacker gets 10 years in prison for extorting US healthcare provider

Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19…

ChatGPT
14
Nov
2024

ChatGPT allows access to underlying sandbox OS, “playbook” data

OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform provides a great degree of access to the LLM’s sandbox, allowing you to upload programs and files,…

Telecom hack
14
Nov
2024

US govt officials’ communications compromised in recent telecom hack

CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” of government officials after…

Windows
14
Nov
2024

Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine

Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities….

Data Breach
14
Nov
2024

Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach

The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a…

D-Link
13
Nov
2024

Critical bug in EoL D-Link NAS devices now exploited in attacks

​Attackers now target a critical severity vulnerability with publicly available exploit code that affects multiple models of end-of-life D-Link network-attached…

Justice
13
Nov
2024

US indicts Snowflake hackers who extorted $2.5 million from 3 victims

The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed the indictment against two suspected Snowflake hackers, who breached more than 165 organizations…

Android
13
Nov
2024

New Google Pixel AI feature analyzes phone conversations for scams

Google is adding a new AI-powered scam protection feature that monitors phone call conversations on Google Pixel devices to detect…

New ShrinkLocker ransomware decryptor recovers BitLocker password
13
Nov
2024

New ShrinkLocker ransomware decryptor recovers BitLocker password

Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the ‘ShrinkLocker’ ransomware strain, which uses Windows’ built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim’s files….