Category: Bleeping Computer

Ransomware
12
Nov
2024

New Ymir ransomware partners with RustyStealer in attacks

A new ransomware family called ‘Ymir’ has been spotted in the wild, encrypting systems that were previously compromised by the…

VMware
12
Nov
2024

VMware makes Workstation and Fusion free for everyone

​VMware has announced that its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisors are now free to everyone for commercial, educational,…

Hot Topic store
12
Nov
2024

HIBP notifies 57 million people of Hot Topic data breach

Have I Been Pwned warns that an alleged data breach exposed the personal information of 56,904,909 accounts for Hot Topic,…

Amazon
11
Nov
2024

Amazon confirms employee data breach after vendor hack

Amazon confirmed an employee data breach after a threat actor leaked on a hacking forum what they claimed was data…

Windows Server
11
Nov
2024

Microsoft blames Windows Server 2025 automatic upgrades on 3rd-party tools

Microsoft has finally confirmed that some Windows Server 2019 and 2022 systems were “unexpectedly” upgraded to Windows Server 2025 on…

Halliburton reports $35 million loss after ransomware attack
11
Nov
2024

Halliburton reports $35 million loss after ransomware attack

Halliburton has revealed that an August ransomware attack has led to $35 million in losses after the breach caused the…

Hacker box
11
Nov
2024

Hackers now use ZIP file concatenation to evade detection

Hackers are targeting Windows machines using the ZIP file concatenation technique to deliver malicious payloads in compressed archives without security solutions…

OneDrive
11
Nov
2024

Microsoft investigates OneDrive issue causing macOS app freezes

​Microsoft is investigating a newly acknowledged issue causing macOS applications to hang when opening or saving files in OneDrive. As…

Windows 11
11
Nov
2024

Windows 11 is adding a ‘Share’ button to the Start menu and Taskbar

Microsoft wants you to share content/items more frequently, so it’s now adding the “Share” button everywhere, including the Start menu…

Malicious PyPI package with 37,000 downloads steals AWS keys
10
Nov
2024

Malicious PyPI package with 37,000 downloads steals AWS keys

A malicious Python package named ‘fabrice’ has been present in the Python Package Index (PyPI) since 2021, stealing Amazon Web…

Windows 11
10
Nov
2024

Microsoft says recent Windows 11 updates break SSH connections

Microsoft has confirmed that last month’s Windows security updates are breaking SSH connections on some Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2…

Chrome
10
Nov
2024

Google says “Enhanced protection” feature in Chrome now uses AI

Google has quietly updated the description of one of Chrome’s security features, “Enchaned protection,” to confirm that it will be…