Coinhive domain repurposed to warn visitors of hacked sites, routers
After taking over the domains for the notorious Coinhive in-browsing Monero mining service, a researcher is now displaying alerts on hacked websites that are still injecting the mining service's JavaScript. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinhive-domain-repurposed-to-warn-visitors-of-hacked-sites-routers/
After taking over the domains for the notorious Coinhive in-browsing Monero mining service, a researcher is now displaying alerts on hacked websites that are still injecting the mining service's JavaScript. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinhive-domain-repurposed-to-warn-visitors-of-hacked-sites-routers/
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Coinhive domain repurposed to warn visitors of hacked sites, routers
After taking over the domains for the notorious Coinhive in-browsing Monero mining service, a researcher is now displaying alerts on hacked websites that are still injecting the mining service's JavaScript.
US DOJ: Phishing attacks use vaccine surveys to steal personal info
The US Department of Justice warns of phishing attacks using fake post-vaccine surveys to steal money from people or tricking them into handing over their personal information. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-doj-phishing-attacks-use-vaccine-surveys-to-steal-personal-info/
The US Department of Justice warns of phishing attacks using fake post-vaccine surveys to steal money from people or tricking them into handing over their personal information. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-doj-phishing-attacks-use-vaccine-surveys-to-steal-personal-info/
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US DOJ: Phishing attacks use vaccine surveys to steal personal info
The US Department of Justice warns of phishing attacks using fake post-vaccine surveys to steal money from people or tricking them into handing over their personal information.
MacKenzie Scott Grant scam more widespread than initially thought
A massive phishing campaign reaching tens of thousands of inboxes impersonated the MacKenzie Bezos-Scott grant foundation promising financial benefits to recipients in exchange of a processing fee. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mackenzie-scott-grant-scam-more-widespread-than-initially-thought/
A massive phishing campaign reaching tens of thousands of inboxes impersonated the MacKenzie Bezos-Scott grant foundation promising financial benefits to recipients in exchange of a processing fee. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mackenzie-scott-grant-scam-more-widespread-than-initially-thought/
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MacKenzie Scott Grant scam more widespread than initially thought
A massive phishing campaign reaching tens of thousands of inboxes impersonated the MacKenzie Bezos-Scott grant foundation promising financial benefits to recipients in exchange of a processing fee.
GitHub Arctic Vault captures leaked patient medical data for 1,000 years
GitHub Arctic Code Vault has inadvertently captured sensitive patient medical records from multiple healthcare facilities. The private data was leaked on GitHub repositories last year that are now part of a collection of open-source contributions bound to last a 1,000 years. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-arctic-vault-captures-leaked-patient-medical-data-for-1-000-years/
GitHub Arctic Code Vault has inadvertently captured sensitive patient medical records from multiple healthcare facilities. The private data was leaked on GitHub repositories last year that are now part of a collection of open-source contributions bound to last a 1,000 years. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-arctic-vault-captures-leaked-patient-medical-data-for-1-000-years/
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GitHub Arctic Vault likely contains leaked MedData patient records
GitHub Arctic Code Vault has likely inadvertently captured sensitive patient medical records from multiple healthcare facilities. The private data was leaked on GitHub repositories last year that are now part of a collection of open-source contributions bound…
Ransomware gang wanted $40 million in Florida schools cyberattack
Fueled by large payments from victims, ransomware gangs have started to demand ridiculous ransoms from organizations that can not afford them. An example of this is a recently revealed ransomware attack on the Broward County Public Schools district where threat actors demanded a $40,000,000 payment. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-wanted-40-million-in-florida-schools-cyberattack/
Fueled by large payments from victims, ransomware gangs have started to demand ridiculous ransoms from organizations that can not afford them. An example of this is a recently revealed ransomware attack on the Broward County Public Schools district where threat actors demanded a $40,000,000 payment. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-wanted-40-million-in-florida-schools-cyberattack/
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Ransomware gang wanted $40 million in Florida schools cyberattack
Fueled by large payments from victims, ransomware gangs have started to demand ridiculous ransoms from organizations that can not afford them. An example of this is a recently revealed ransomware attack on the Broward County Public Schools district where…
Capital One notifies more clients of SSNs exposed in 2019 data breach
US bank Capital One notified additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in a data breach announced in July 2019. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/capital-one-notifies-more-clients-of-ssns-exposed-in-2019-data-breach/
US bank Capital One notified additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in a data breach announced in July 2019. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/capital-one-notifies-more-clients-of-ssns-exposed-in-2019-data-breach/
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Capital One notifies more clients of SSNs exposed in 2019 data breach
US bank Capital One notified additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in a data breach announced in July 2019.
Qualys says Accellion hackers did not breach production systems
Cybersecurity firm Qualys said today that the attackers who breached its Accellion FTA server didn't infiltrate the company's production and corporate environments. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qualys-says-accellion-hackers-did-not-breach-production-systems/
Cybersecurity firm Qualys said today that the attackers who breached its Accellion FTA server didn't infiltrate the company's production and corporate environments. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qualys-says-accellion-hackers-did-not-breach-production-systems/
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Qualys says Accellion hackers did not breach production systems
Cybersecurity firm Qualys said today that the attackers who breached its Accellion FTA server didn't infiltrate the company's production and corporate environments.
Popular Twitch AdBlock shuts down after Twitch breaks extension
The popular Twitch AdBlock extension has been removed from both Chrome Web Store and Firefox Addons. Twitch AdBlock was the choice of extension among Twitch users for restricting ads when using Twitch. The extension's author stated before its removal, the ad blocker had over 150,000 users and 6 million daily views. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-twitch-adblock-shuts-down-after-twitch-breaks-extension/
The popular Twitch AdBlock extension has been removed from both Chrome Web Store and Firefox Addons. Twitch AdBlock was the choice of extension among Twitch users for restricting ads when using Twitch. The extension's author stated before its removal, the ad blocker had over 150,000 users and 6 million daily views. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-twitch-adblock-shuts-down-after-twitch-breaks-extension/
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Popular Twitch AdBlock shuts down after Twitch breaks extension
The popular Twitch AdBlock extension has been removed from both Chrome Web Store and Firefox Addons. Twitch AdBlock was the choice of extension among Twitch users for restricting ads when using Twitch. The extension's author stated before its removal, the…
FBI and CISA warn of state hackers attacking Fortinet FortiOS servers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warn of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-and-cisa-warn-of-state-hackers-attacking-fortinet-fortios-servers/
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warn of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-and-cisa-warn-of-state-hackers-attacking-fortinet-fortios-servers/
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FBI and CISA warn of state hackers attacking Fortinet FortiOS servers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warn of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits.
Asteelflash electronics maker hit by REvil ransomware attack
Asteelflash, a leading French electronics manufacturing services company, has suffered a cyberattack by the REvil ransomware gang who is demanding a $24 million ransom. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asteelflash-electronics-maker-hit-by-revil-ransomware-attack/
Asteelflash, a leading French electronics manufacturing services company, has suffered a cyberattack by the REvil ransomware gang who is demanding a $24 million ransom. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asteelflash-electronics-maker-hit-by-revil-ransomware-attack/
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Asteelflash electronics maker hit by REvil ransomware attack
Asteelflash, a leading French electronics manufacturing services company, has suffered a cyberattack by the REvil ransomware gang who is demanding a $24 million ransom.
Brown University hit by cyberattack, some systems still offline
Brown University, a private US research university, had to disable systems and cut connections to the data center after suffering a cyberattack on Tuesday. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brown-university-hit-by-cyberattack-some-systems-still-offline/
Brown University, a private US research university, had to disable systems and cut connections to the data center after suffering a cyberattack on Tuesday. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brown-university-hit-by-cyberattack-some-systems-still-offline/
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Brown University hit by cyberattack, some systems still offline
Brown University, a private US research university, had to disable systems and cut connections to the data center after suffering a cyberattack on Tuesday.
Automated attack abuses GitHub Actions to mine cryptocurrency
GitHub Actions has been abused by attackers to mine cryptocurrency using GitHub's servers, automatically.The particular attack adds malicious GitHub Actions code to repositories forked from legitimate ones, and further creates a Pull Request for the original repository maintainers to merge the code back, to alter the original code. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/automated-attack-abuses-github-actions-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
GitHub Actions has been abused by attackers to mine cryptocurrency using GitHub's servers, automatically.The particular attack adds malicious GitHub Actions code to repositories forked from legitimate ones, and further creates a Pull Request for the original repository maintainers to merge the code back, to alter the original code. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/automated-attack-abuses-github-actions-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
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GitHub Actions being actively abused to mine cryptocurrency on GitHub servers
GitHub Actions has been abused by attackers to mine cryptocurrency using GitHub's servers, automatically.The particular attack adds malicious GitHub Actions code to repositories forked from legitimate ones, and further creates a Pull Request for the original…
Microsoft outage caused by overloaded Azure DNS servers
Microsoft has revealed that Thursday's worldwide outage was caused by a code defect that allowed the Azure DNS service to become overwhelmed and not respond to DNS queries. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-outage-caused-by-overloaded-azure-dns-servers/
Microsoft has revealed that Thursday's worldwide outage was caused by a code defect that allowed the Azure DNS service to become overwhelmed and not respond to DNS queries. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-outage-caused-by-overloaded-azure-dns-servers/
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Microsoft outage caused by overloaded Azure DNS servers
Microsoft has revealed that Thursday's worldwide outage was caused by a code defect that allowed the Azure DNS service to become overwhelmed and not respond to DNS queries.
Ransomware gang leaks data from Stanford, Maryland universities
Stolen personal and financial information of students at Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), and the University of California was leaked online by the Clop ransomware group earlier this week. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-leaks-data-from-stanford-maryland-universities/
Stolen personal and financial information of students at Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), and the University of California was leaked online by the Clop ransomware group earlier this week. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-leaks-data-from-stanford-maryland-universities/
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Ransomware gang leaks data from Stanford, Maryland universities
Stolen personal and financial information of students at Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), and the University of California was leaked online by the Clop ransomware group earlier this week.
Most loved programming language Rust sparks privacy concerns
Rust developers have repeatedly raised concerned about a privacy issue over the last few years. Rust has rapidly gained momentum among developers, for its focus on performance, safety, safe concurrency, and for having a similar syntax to C++. However, developers have been bothered by their Rust production binaries leaking usernames. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/most-loved-programming-language-rust-sparks-privacy-concerns/
Rust developers have repeatedly raised concerned about a privacy issue over the last few years. Rust has rapidly gained momentum among developers, for its focus on performance, safety, safe concurrency, and for having a similar syntax to C++. However, developers have been bothered by their Rust production binaries leaking usernames. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/most-loved-programming-language-rust-sparks-privacy-concerns/
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Most loved programming language Rust sparks privacy concerns
Rust developers have repeatedly raised concerned about a privacy issue over the last few years. Rust has rapidly gained momentum among developers, for its focus on performance, safety, safe concurrency, and for having a similar syntax to C++. However, developers…
533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers leaked on hacker forum
The mobile phone numbers and other personal information for approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular hacker forum for free. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/533-million-facebook-users-phone-numbers-leaked-on-hacker-forum/
The mobile phone numbers and other personal information for approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular hacker forum for free. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/533-million-facebook-users-phone-numbers-leaked-on-hacker-forum/
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533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers leaked on hacker forum
The mobile phone numbers and other personal information for approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular hacker forum for free.
Malware attack is preventing car inspections in eight US states
A malware cyberattack on emissions testing company Applus Technologies is preventing vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-attack-is-preventing-car-inspections-in-eight-us-states/
A malware cyberattack on emissions testing company Applus Technologies is preventing vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-attack-is-preventing-car-inspections-in-eight-us-states/
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Malware attack is preventing car inspections in eight US states
A malware cyberattack on emissions testing company Applus Technologies is preventing vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin.
Sierra Wireless resumes production after ransomware attack
Canadian IoT solutions provider Sierra Wireless announced that it resumed production at its manufacturing sites after it halted it due to a ransomware attack that hit its internal network and corporate website on March 20. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sierra-wireless-resumes-production-after-ransomware-attack/
Canadian IoT solutions provider Sierra Wireless announced that it resumed production at its manufacturing sites after it halted it due to a ransomware attack that hit its internal network and corporate website on March 20. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sierra-wireless-resumes-production-after-ransomware-attack/
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Sierra Wireless resumes production after ransomware attack
Canadian IoT solutions provider Sierra Wireless announced that it resumed production at its manufacturing sites after it halted it due to a ransomware attack that hit its internal network and corporate website on March 20.
Windows 10 21H1 update: What's new, how to download, and more
The Windows 10 21H1 feature update, also known as the Spring 2021 Udpate, is being released in April or May 2021. Find out what's new , how to get it, and more. [...]
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The Windows 10 21H1 feature update, also known as the Spring 2021 Udpate, is being released in April or May 2021. Find out what's new , how to get it, and more. [...]
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Windows 10 21H1 update: What's new, how to download, and more
The Windows 10 21H1 feature update, also known as the Spring 2021 Udpate, is being released in April or May 2021. Find out what's new , how to get it, and more.
How to check if your info was exposed in the Facebook data leak
Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned can now be used to check if your personal information was exposed in yesterday's Facebook data leak that contains the phone numbers and information for over 500 million users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-check-if-your-info-was-exposed-in-the-facebook-data-leak/
Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned can now be used to check if your personal information was exposed in yesterday's Facebook data leak that contains the phone numbers and information for over 500 million users. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-check-if-your-info-was-exposed-in-the-facebook-data-leak/
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How to check if your info was exposed in the Facebook data leak
Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned can now be used to check if your personal information was exposed in yesterday's Facebook data leak that contains the phone numbers and information for over 500 million users.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now supports Windows 10 Arm devices
Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the enterprise version of its Defender antivirus, now comes with support for Windows 10 on Arm devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-now-supports-windows-10-arm-devices/
Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the enterprise version of its Defender antivirus, now comes with support for Windows 10 on Arm devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-now-supports-windows-10-arm-devices/
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now supports Windows 10 Arm devices
Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the enterprise version of its Defender antivirus, now comes with support for Windows 10 on Arm devices.