Instacart to refund $60M over deceptive subscription tactics
Grocery delivery service Instacart will refund $60 million to settle FTC claims that it misled customers with false advertising and unlawfully enrolled them in paid…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Windows 10 OOB update released to fix Message Queuing (MSMQ) issues
This month’s extended security update for Windows 10 broke Message Queuing (MSMQ), which is typically used by enterprises to manage background tasks. Microsoft says it identified…
Clop ransomware targets Gladinet CentreStack in data theft attacks
The Clop ransomware gang (also known as Cl0p) is targeting Internet-exposed Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new data theft extortion campaign. Gladinet CentreStack enables businesses to…
University of Sydney suffers data breach exposing student and staff info
Hackers gained access to an online coding repository belonging to the University of Sydney and stole files with personal information of staff and students. The…
New password spraying attacks target Cisco, PAN VPN gateways
An automated campaign is targeting multiple VPN platforms, with credential-based attacks being observed on Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect and Cisco SSL VPN. On December 11, threat…
US seizes E-Note crypto exchange for laundering ransomware payments
Law enforcement has seized the servers and domains of the E-Note cryptocurrency exchange, allegedly used by cybercriminal groups to launder more than $70 million. It…
How to get passwords and MFA right
The EU’s NIS2 Directive is pushing organizations to take cybersecurity seriously, and that means looking closely at how you manage access. If you’re responsible for…
France arrests Latvian for installing malware on Italian ferry
French authorities arrested two crew members of an Italian passenger ferry suspected of infecting the ship with malware that could have enabled them to remotely…
HPE warns of maximum severity RCE flaw in OneView software
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has patched a maximum-severity vulnerability in its HPE OneView software that enables attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. OneView is HPE’s infrastructure…
Recent Windows updates break RemoteApp connections
Microsoft has confirmed that recent Windows updates trigger RemoteApp connection failures on Windows 11 24H2/25H2 and Windows Server 2025 devices in Azure Virtual Desktop environments.…
Ongoing cryptomining campaign uses hacked AWS accounts
Amazon’s AWS GuardDuty security team is warning of an ongoing crypto-mining campaign that targets its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Elastic Container Service (ECS) using compromised credentials for…
Zeroday Cloud hacking event awards $320,0000 for 11 zero days
The Zeroday Cloud hacking competition in London has awarded researchers $320,000 for demonstrating critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in components used in cloud infrastructure. The first…