BleepingComputer
10.4K subscribers
41 photos
24.5K links
Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com

From a bleeping computer to a working computer.
Download Telegram
BlueLeaks data dump exposes over 24 years of police records

In what is being referred to as 'BlueLeaks,' a group called Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) has released a 269 GB data dump containing 24 years worth of records from over 200 police departments. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blueleaks-data-dump-exposes-over-24-years-of-police-records/
BitDefender fixes bug allowing attackers to run commands remotely

Security solutions are designed to keep an organization safe, but that models crumble when that same software becomes a threat vector for the attackers to exploit. Such is the case with a new Bitdefender remote code execution vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2020-8102, lurking in its Safepay browser component. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitdefender-fixes-bug-allowing-attackers-to-run-commands-remotely/
Office 365 now checks docs for known threats before editing

Microsoft today announced the general availability of the Office 365 Safe Documents security feature which expands the protection provided by Protected View by checking untrusted documents for risks and known threats. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/office-365-now-checks-docs-for-known-threats-before-editing/
Ryuk ransomware deployed two weeks after Trickbot infection

Activity logs on a server used by the TrickBot trojan in post-compromise stages of an attack show that the actor takes an average of two weeks pivoting to valuable hosts on the network before deploying Ryuk ransomware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ryuk-ransomware-deployed-two-weeks-after-trickbot-infection/
Twitter discloses billing info leak after 'data security incident'

Twitter has disclosed a 'Data Security Incident' that caused the billing information for Twitter advertisers to be stored in the browser's cache. This bug would have allowed other users on the computer to see this data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twitter-discloses-billing-info-leak-after-data-security-incident/
Microsoft Defender ATP can now protect Linux, Android devices

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) has expanded to non-Windows platforms and is now generally available for enterprise customers using Linux devices and in public preview for those with Android devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-defender-atp-can-now-protect-linux-android-devices/
European victims refuse to bow to Thanos ransomware

A Thanos ransomware campaign targeting mid-level employees of multiple organizations from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany was met by the victims' refusal to pay the ransoms demanded to have their data decrypted. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-victims-refuse-to-bow-to-thanos-ransomware/
VMware fixes critical vulnerability in Workstation and Fusion

VMware released security updates to fix multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, with one of them being a critical bug in default configurations of Workstation and Fusion having 3D graphics enabled. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-critical-vulnerability-in-workstation-and-fusion/
Microsoft: Attackers increasingly exploit Exchange servers

Microsoft's Defender ATP Research Team today issued guidance on how to defend against attacks targeting Exchange servers by blocking malicious activity identified with the help of behavior-based detection. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-attackers-increasingly-exploit-exchange-servers/
Sony launches PlayStation bug bounty program with $50K+ rewards

Sony today announced the launch of a public PlayStation bug bounty program to pay security researchers and gamers for security vulnerabilities found in PlayStation 4 devices, the PlayStation Network domains. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sony-launches-playstation-bug-bounty-program-with-50k-rewards/