Criminal IP Unveils Bug Bounty Program to Boost User Safety, Security
Criminal IP, an OSINT-based CTI search engine provided by AI SPERA, has recently announced the introduction of a bug bounty program aimed at strengthening the…
Category: Bleeping Computer
MITRE releases new list of top 25 most dangerous software bugs
MITRE shared today this year’s list of the top 25 most dangerous weaknesses plaguing software during the previous two years. Software weaknesses encompass a wide…
Pro-Russia DDoSia hacktivist project sees 2,400% membership increase
The pro-Russia crowdsourced DDoS (distributed denial of service) project, ‘DDoSia,’ has seen a massive 2,400% growth in less than a year, with over ten thousand…
Proton launches open-source password manager with some limitations
Proton AG has announced the global availability of Proton Pass, an open-source and free-to-use password manager available as a browser extension or mobile app on…
Microsoft fixes bug that breaks Windows Start Menu, UWP apps
Microsoft has addressed a bug causing Windows Search and the Start Menu to become unresponsive and some Windows applications to no longer open. Redmond has…
Trellix fixes bug breaking Office apps after June Windows updates
Cybersecurity firm Trellix has addressed an incompatibility issue causing Endpoint Security Agent’s Exploit Guard module to block some Microsoft Office and third-party apps from opening…
Microsoft Sysmon now detects when executables files are created
Microsoft has released Sysmon 15, converting it into a protected process and adding the new ‘FileExecutableDetected’ option to log when executable files are created. For…
Exploit released for new Arcserve UDP auth bypass vulnerability
Data protection vendor Arcserve has addressed a high-severity security flaw in its Unified Data Protection (UDP) backup software that can let attackers bypass authentication and…
Linux version of Akira ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers
The Akira ransomware operation uses a Linux encryptor to encrypt VMware ESXi virtual machines in double-extortion attacks against companies worldwide. Akira first emerged in March 2023,…
Microsoft fixes Windows bug causing File Explorer freezes
Microsoft has addressed a known issue causing File Explorer on Windows 11 and Windows Server systems after viewing a file’s effective access permissions. When users…
Brave Browser boosts privacy with new local resources restrictions
The Brave team has announced that the privacy-centric browser will soon introduce new restriction controls allowing users to specify how long sites can access local…
The Current State of Business Email Compromise Attacks
Business Email Compromise (BEC) poses a growing threat to businesses of all sizes. As BEC attacks have almost doubled across the Verizon DBIR entire incident…