Category: Bleeping Computer

New RomCom malware variant
27
Sep
2024

New RomCom malware variant ‘SnipBot’ spotted in data theft attacks

A new variant of the RomCom malware called SnipBot, has been used in attacks that pivot on the network to…

KIA
26
Sep
2024

Kia dealer portal flaw could let attackers hack millions of cars

A group of security researchers discovered critical flaws in Kia’s dealer portal that could let hackers locate and steal millions of…

Tails OS merges with Tor Project for better privacy, security
26
Sep
2024

Tails OS merges with Tor Project for better privacy, security

The Tor Project and Tails OS are merging operations to better collaborate for a free internet by protecting users from…

US Treasury
26
Sep
2024

US sanctions crypto exchanges used by Russian ransomware gangs

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Cryptex and PM2BTC, two cryptocurrency exchanges that laundered…

Automattic blocks WP Engine’s access to WordPress resources
26
Sep
2024

Automattic blocks WP Engine’s access to WordPress resources

WordPress.org has banned WP Engine from accessing its resources and stopped delivering plugin updates to websites hosted on the platform,…

Fake WalletConnect app on Google Play steals Android users’ crypto
26
Sep
2024

Fake WalletConnect app on Google Play steals Android users’ crypto

A crypto draining app mimicking the legitimate ‘WalletConnect’ project has been distributed over Google Play for five months getting more…

Aruba
26
Sep
2024

HPE Aruba Networking fixes critical flaws impacting Access Points

HPE Aruba Networking has fixed three critical vulnerabilities in the Command Line Interface (CLI) service of its Aruba Access Points,…

Android
26
Sep
2024

Google sees 68% drop in Android memory safety flaws over 5 years

The percentage of Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues has dropped from 76% in 2019 to only 24% in…

Facebook
25
Sep
2024

Meta halts routing via Deutsche Telekom over €20M peering fee

Meta announced that it’s ending its direct peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom following a court’s ruling earlier this year that…

Mozilla
25
Sep
2024

Mozilla accused of tracking users in Firefox without consent

European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog…

CISA
25
Sep
2024

Hackers target industrial systems using “unsophisticated methods”

​CISA warned today of threat actors trying to breach critical infrastructure networks by targeting Internet-exposed industrial devices using “unsophisticated” methods…

Winamp
25
Sep
2024

Winamp releases source code, asks for help modernizing the player

The iconic Winamp media player has fulfilled a promise made in May and released its complete source code on GitHub,…