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Five charged for cyber schemes to benefit North Korea's weapons program

​The U.S. Justice Department charged five individuals today, a U.S. Citizen woman, a Ukrainian man, and three foreign nationals, for their involvement in cyber schemes that generated revenue for North Korea's nuclear weapons program. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/five-charged-for-cyber-schemes-to-benefit-north-koreas-weapons-program/
WebTPA data breach impacts 2.4 million insurance policyholders

The WebTPA Employer Services (WebTPA) data breach disclosed earlier this month is impacting close to 2.5 million individuals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webtpa-data-breach-impacts-24-million-insurance-policyholders/
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US arrests suspects behind $73M ‘pig butchering’ laundering scheme

​The U.S. Department of Justice charged two suspects for allegedly leading a crime ring that laundered at least $73 million from cryptocurrency investment scams, also known as "pig butchering." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-arrests-suspects-behind-73m-pig-butchering-laundering-scheme/
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SEC: Financial orgs have 30 days to send data breach notifications

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to Regulation S-P that require certain financial institutions to disclose data breach incidents to impacted individuals within 30 days of discovery. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sec-financial-orgs-have-30-days-to-send-data-breach-notifications/
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The Week in Ransomware - May 17th 2024 - Mailbombing is back

This week was pretty quiet on the ransomware front, with most of the attention on the seizure of the BreachForums data theft forum. However, that does not mean there was nothing of interest released this week about ransomware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-may-17th-2024-mailbombing-is-back/
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CISA warns of hackers exploiting Chrome, EoL D-Link bugs

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three security vulnerabilities to its 'Known Exploited Vulnerabilities' catalog, one impacting Google Chrome and two affecting some D-Link routers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-hackers-exploiting-chrome-eol-d-link-bugs/
Frustration grows over Google's AI Overviews feature, how to disable

Since Google enabled its AI-powered search feature, many people have tried and failed to disable the often incorrect AI Overviews feature in regular search results. However, there are ways to turn it off using a new "Web" search mode, which we explain in this article.. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/frustration-grows-over-googles-ai-overviews-feature-how-to-disable/
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American Radio Relay League cyberattack takes Logbook of the World offline

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) warns it suffered a cyberattack, which disrupted its IT systems and online operations, including email and the Logbook of the World. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arrl-cyberattack-takes-logbook-of-the-world-offline/
QNAP QTS zero-day in Share feature gets public RCE exploit

An extensive security audit of QNAP QTS, the operating system for the company's NAS products, has uncovered fifteen vulnerabilities of varying severity, with eleven remaining unfixed. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qnap-qts-zero-day-in-share-feature-gets-public-rce-exploit/
Windows 11 Recall AI feature will record everything you do on your PC

Microsoft has announced a new AI-powered feature for Windows 11 called 'Recall,' which records everything you do on your PC and lets you search through your historical activities. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-recall-ai-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/
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Owner of Incognito dark web drugs market arrested in New York

The alleged owner and operator of Incognito Market, a dark web marketplace for selling illegal narcotics online, was arrested at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on May 18. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/owner-of-incognito-dark-web-drugs-market-arrested-in-new-york/
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Critical Fluent Bit flaw impacts all major cloud providers

​A critical Fluent Bit vulnerability that can be exploited in denial-of-service and remote code execution attacks impacts all major cloud providers and many technology giants. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-fluent-bit-flaw-impacts-all-major-cloud-providers/
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Google rolls out Chrome fix for empty pages when switching tabs

Google is rolling out a server-side fix for a known issue affecting the Chrome browser that causes webpage content to temporarily disappear when users change between open tabs. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-rolls-out-chrome-fix-for-empty-pages-when-switching-tabs/
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GitHub warns of SAML auth bypass flaw in Enterprise Server

GitHub has fixed a maximum severity (CVSS v4 score: 10.0) authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-4986, which impacts GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) instances using SAML single sign-on (SSO) authentication. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-warns-of-saml-auth-bypass-flaw-in-enterprise-server/
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Rockwell Automation warns admins to take ICS devices offline

Rockwell Automation warned customers to disconnect all industrial control systems (ICSs) not designed for online exposure from the Internet due to increasing malicious activity worldwide. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rockwell-automation-warns-admins-to-take-ics-devices-offline/