BleepingComputer
9.74K subscribers
41 photos
24.2K links
Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com

From a bleeping computer to a working computer.
Download Telegram
β€ŠNew PIXHELL acoustic attack leaks secrets from LCD screen noise

A novel acoustic attack named 'PIXHELL' can leak secrets from air-gapped and audio-gapped systems, and without requiring speakers, through the LCD monitors they connect to. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-pixhell-acoustic-attack-leaks-secrets-from-lcd-screen-noise/
🀯5
β€ŠMicrosoft fixes Windows Server performance issues from August updates

​Microsoft says this month's Patch Tuesday cumulative updates also fix a known issue causing Windows Server 2019 boot problems, freezes, and performance issues after installing the August 2024 security updates. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-windows-server-performance-issues-from-august-updates/
β€ŠChinese hackers linked to cybercrime syndicate arrested in Singapore

Six Chinese nationals and a Singaporean have been arrested on Monday in Singapore for their alleged role in malicious cyber activities committed in connection with a "global syndicate." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/chinese-hackers-linked-to-PlugX-malware-arrested-in-singapore/
β€ŠAdobe fixes Acrobat Reader zero-day with public PoC exploit

A cybersecurity researcher is urging users to upgrade Adobe Acrobat Reader after a fix was released yesterday for a remote code execution zero-day with a public in-the-wild proof-of-concept exploit. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adobe-fixes-acrobat-reader-zero-day-with-public-poc-exploit/
πŸ‘1πŸ–•1
β€ŠFake password manager coding test used to hack Python developers

Members of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus posing as recruiters are baiting Python developers with coding test project for password management products that include malware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-password-manager-coding-test-used-to-hack-python-developers/
πŸ‘4
β€ŠGitLab warns of critical pipeline execution vulnerability

GitLab has released critical updates to address multiple vulnerabilities, the most severe of them (CVE-2024-6678) allowing an attacker to trigger pipelines as arbitrary users under certain conditions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gitlab-warns-of-critical-pipeline-execution-vulnerability/
πŸ₯±2
β€ŠHackers targeting WhatsUp Gold with public exploit since August

Hackers have been leveraging publicly available exploit code for two critical vulnerabilities in the WhatsUp Gold network availability and performance monitoring solution from Progress Software. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-targeting-whatsup-gold-with-public-exploit-since-august/
β€ŠUK arrests teen linked to Transport for London cyber attack

U.K.'s National Crime Agency says it arrested a 17-year-old teenager who is suspected of being connected to the cyberattack on Transport for London, the city's public transportation agency. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-arrests-teen-linked-to-transport-for-london-cyber-attack/
β€ŠFortinet confirms data breach after hacker claims to steal 440GB of files

Cybersecurity giant Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to steal 440GB of files from the company's Microsoft Sharepoint server. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-data-breach-after-hacker-claims-to-steal-440gb-of-files/
πŸ”₯7🀣3πŸ‘1
β€ŠFBI: Reported cryptocurrency losses reached $5.6 billion in 2023

The FBI says that 2023 was a record year for cryptocurrency fraud, with total losses exceeding $5.6 billion, based on nearly 70,000 reports received through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-reported-cryptocurrency-losses-reached-56-billion-in-2023/
🀑1
β€ŠRansomHub claims Kawasaki cyberattack, threatens to leak stolen data

Kawasaki Motors Europe has announced that it's recovering from a cyberattack that caused service disruptions as the RansomHub ransomware gang threatens to leak stolen data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomhub-claims-kawasaki-cyberattack-threatens-to-leak-stolen-data/
πŸ₯±2
β€ŠNew Linux malware Hadooken targets Oracle WebLogic servers

Hackers are targeting Oracle WebLogic servers to infect them with a new Linux malware named "Hadooken, which launches a cryptominer and a tool for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-malware-hadooken-targets-oracle-weblogic-servers/
πŸ‘1😴1
β€Š23andMe to pay $30 million in genetics data breach settlement

DNA testing giant 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit over a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.4 million customers in 2023. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/23andme-to-pay-30-million-in-genetics-data-breach-settlement/
😁1