U.S. sanctions cyber scammers who stole billions from Americans
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned several large networks of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia, which stole over $10 billion from Americans last year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-cyber-scammers-who-stole-billions-from-americans/
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned several large networks of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia, which stole over $10 billion from Americans last year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-cyber-scammers-who-stole-billions-from-americans/
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U.S. sanctions cyber scammers who stole billions from Americans
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned several large networks of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia, which stole over $10 billion from Americans last year.
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Microsoft fixes app install issues caused by August Windows updates
Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation problems for non-admin users on all Windows versions. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-app-install-issues-caused-by-august-windows-updates/
Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation problems for non-admin users on all Windows versions. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-app-install-issues-caused-by-august-windows-updates/
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Microsoft fixes app install issues caused by August Windows updates
Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation problems for non-admin users on all Windows versions.
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Microsoft fixes streaming issues triggered by Windows updates
Microsoft has resolved severe lag and stuttering issues with streaming software affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems after installing the August 2025 security updates. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-streaming-issues-triggered-by-windows-updates/
Microsoft has resolved severe lag and stuttering issues with streaming software affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems after installing the August 2025 security updates. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-streaming-issues-triggered-by-windows-updates/
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Microsoft fixes streaming issues triggered by Windows updates
Microsoft has resolved severe lag and stuttering issues with streaming software affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems after installing the August 2025 security updates.
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Can I have a new password, please? The $400M question.
Scattered Spider didn't need a zero-day to breach Clorox. They just phoned the help desk—convincing agents to reset passwords & MFA without proper checks. The result: $380M in damages. Learn from Specops Software why caller verification and audit trails are critical. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/can-i-have-a-new-password-please-the-400m-question/
Scattered Spider didn't need a zero-day to breach Clorox. They just phoned the help desk—convincing agents to reset passwords & MFA without proper checks. The result: $380M in damages. Learn from Specops Software why caller verification and audit trails are critical. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/can-i-have-a-new-password-please-the-400m-question/
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Can I have a new password, please? The $400M question.
Scattered Spider didn't need a zero-day to breach Clorox. They just phoned the help desk—convincing agents to reset passwords & MFA without proper checks. The result: $380M in damages. Learn from Specops Software why caller verification and audit trails are…
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Jaguar Land Rover confirms data theft after recent cyberattack
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed today that attackers also stole "some data" during a recent cyberattack that forced it to shut down systems and instruct staff not to report to work. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jaguar-land-rover-jlr-confirms-data-theft-after-recent-cyberattack/
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed today that attackers also stole "some data" during a recent cyberattack that forced it to shut down systems and instruct staff not to report to work. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jaguar-land-rover-jlr-confirms-data-theft-after-recent-cyberattack/
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Jaguar Land Rover confirms data theft after recent cyberattack
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed today that attackers also stole "some data" during a recent cyberattack that forced it to shut down systems and instruct staff not to report to work.
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Cursor AI editor lets repos “autorun” malicious code on devices
A weakness in the Cursor code editor exposes developers to the risk of automatically executing tasks in a malicious repository as soon as it's opened. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cursor-ai-editor-lets-repos-autorun-malicious-code-on-devices/
A weakness in the Cursor code editor exposes developers to the risk of automatically executing tasks in a malicious repository as soon as it's opened. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cursor-ai-editor-lets-repos-autorun-malicious-code-on-devices/
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Cursor AI editor lets repos “autorun” malicious code on devices
A weakness in the Cursor code editor exposes developers to the risk of automatically executing tasks in a malicious repository as soon as it's opened.
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Pixel 10 fights AI fakes with new Android photo verification tech
Google is integrating C2PA Content Credentials into the Pixel 10 camera and Google Photos, to help users distinguish between authentic, unaltered images and those generated or edited with artificial intelligence technology. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pixel-10-fights-ai-fakes-with-new-android-photo-verification-tech/
Google is integrating C2PA Content Credentials into the Pixel 10 camera and Google Photos, to help users distinguish between authentic, unaltered images and those generated or edited with artificial intelligence technology. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pixel-10-fights-ai-fakes-with-new-android-photo-verification-tech/
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Pixel 10 fights AI fakes with new Android photo verification tech
Google is integrating C2PA Content Credentials into the Pixel 10 camera and Google Photos, to help users distinguish between authentic, unaltered images and those generated or edited with artificial intelligence technology.
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Hackers left empty-handed after massive NPM supply-chain attack
The largest supply-chain compromise in the history of the NPM ecosystem has impacted roughly 10% of all cloud environments, but attackers made little profit off it. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-left-empty-handed-after-massive-npm-supply-chain-attack/
The largest supply-chain compromise in the history of the NPM ecosystem has impacted roughly 10% of all cloud environments, but attackers made little profit off it. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-left-empty-handed-after-massive-npm-supply-chain-attack/
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Hackers left empty-handed after massive NPM supply-chain attack
The largest supply-chain compromise in the history of the NPM ecosystem has impacted roughly 10% of all cloud environments, but attackers made little profit off it.
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Microsoft waives fees for Windows devs publishing to Microsoft Store
Microsoft announced that, starting today, individual Windows developers will no longer have to pay for publishing their applications on the Microsoft Store. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-waives-fees-for-windows-devs-publishing-to-microsoft-store/
Microsoft announced that, starting today, individual Windows developers will no longer have to pay for publishing their applications on the Microsoft Store. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-waives-fees-for-windows-devs-publishing-to-microsoft-store/
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Microsoft waives fees for Windows devs publishing to Microsoft Store
Microsoft announced that, starting today, individual Windows developers will no longer have to pay for publishing their applications on the Microsoft Store.
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DDoS defender targeted in 1.5 Bpps denial-of-service attack
A DDoS mitigation service provider in Europe was targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that reached 1.5 billion packets per second. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ddos-defender-targeted-in-15-bpps-denial-of-service-attack/
A DDoS mitigation service provider in Europe was targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that reached 1.5 billion packets per second. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ddos-defender-targeted-in-15-bpps-denial-of-service-attack/
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DDoS defender targeted in 1.5 Bpps denial-of-service attack
A DDoS mitigation service provider in Europe was targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that reached 1.5 billion packets per second.
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The Buyer’s Guide to Browser Extension Management
Browser extensions boost productivity—but also open the door to hidden risks like data exfiltration and AitM attacks. Keep Aware's Buyer's Guide shows how to gain visibility, enforce policies, and block risky add-ons in real time. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-buyers-guide-to-browser-extension-management/
Browser extensions boost productivity—but also open the door to hidden risks like data exfiltration and AitM attacks. Keep Aware's Buyer's Guide shows how to gain visibility, enforce policies, and block risky add-ons in real time. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-buyers-guide-to-browser-extension-management/
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The Buyer’s Guide to Browser Extension Management
Browser extensions boost productivity—but also open the door to hidden risks like data exfiltration and AitM attacks. Keep Aware's Buyer's Guide shows how to gain visibility, enforce policies, and block risky add-ons in real time.
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New VMScape attack breaks guest-host isolation on AMD, Intel CPUs
A new Spectre-like attack dubbed VMScape allows a malicious virtual machine (VM) to leak cryptographic keys from an unmodified QEMU hypervisor process running on modern AMD or Intel CPUs. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-vmscape-attack-breaks-guest-host-isolation-on-amd-intel-cpus/
A new Spectre-like attack dubbed VMScape allows a malicious virtual machine (VM) to leak cryptographic keys from an unmodified QEMU hypervisor process running on modern AMD or Intel CPUs. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-vmscape-attack-breaks-guest-host-isolation-on-amd-intel-cpus/
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New VMScape attack breaks guest-host isolation on AMD, Intel CPUs
A new Spectre-like attack dubbed VMScape allows a malicious virtual machine (VM) to leak cryptographic keys from an unmodified QEMU hypervisor process running on modern AMD or Intel CPUs.
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Akira ransomware exploiting critical SonicWall SSLVPN bug again
The Akira ransomware gang is actively exploiting CVE-2024-40766, a year-old critical-severity access control vulnerability, to gain unauthorized access to SonicWall devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/akira-ransomware-exploiting-critical-sonicwall-sslvpn-bug-again/
The Akira ransomware gang is actively exploiting CVE-2024-40766, a year-old critical-severity access control vulnerability, to gain unauthorized access to SonicWall devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/akira-ransomware-exploiting-critical-sonicwall-sslvpn-bug-again/
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Akira ransomware exploiting critical SonicWall SSLVPN bug again
The Akira ransomware gang is actively exploiting CVE-2024-40766, a year-old critical-severity access control vulnerability, to gain unauthorized access to SonicWall devices.
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Microsoft adds malicious link warnings to Teams private chats
Microsoft Teams will automatically alert users when they send or receive a private message containing links that are tagged as malicious. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-adds-malicious-link-warnings-to-teams-private-chats/
Microsoft Teams will automatically alert users when they send or receive a private message containing links that are tagged as malicious. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-adds-malicious-link-warnings-to-teams-private-chats/
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Microsoft adds malicious link warnings to Teams private chats
Microsoft Teams will automatically alert users when they send or receive a private message containing links that are tagged as malicious.
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Panama Ministry of Economy discloses breach claimed by INC ransomware
Panama's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has disclosed that one of its computers may have been compromised in a cyberattack.. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/panama-ministry-of-economy-discloses-breach-claimed-by-inc-ransomware/
Panama's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has disclosed that one of its computers may have been compromised in a cyberattack.. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/panama-ministry-of-economy-discloses-breach-claimed-by-inc-ransomware/
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Panama Ministry of Economy discloses breach claimed by INC ransomware
Panama's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has disclosed that one of its computers may have been compromised in a cyberattack..
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Apple warns customers targeted in recent spyware attacks
Apple warned customers last week that their devices were targeted in a new series of spyware attacks, according to the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR). [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-warns-customers-targeted-in-recent-spyware-attacks/
Apple warned customers last week that their devices were targeted in a new series of spyware attacks, according to the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR). [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-warns-customers-targeted-in-recent-spyware-attacks/
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Apple warns customers targeted in recent spyware attacks
Apple warned customers last week that their devices were targeted in a new series of spyware attacks, according to the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR).
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U.S. Senator accuses Microsoft of “gross cybersecurity negligence”
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-senator-accuses-microsoft-of-gross-cybersecurity-negligence/
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-senator-accuses-microsoft-of-gross-cybersecurity-negligence/
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U.S. Senator accuses Microsoft of “gross cybersecurity negligence”
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations.
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Microsoft investigates Exchange Online outage in North America
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online outage affecting customers throughout North America, blocking their access to emails. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-investigates-exchange-online-outage-in-north-america/
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online outage affecting customers throughout North America, blocking their access to emails. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-investigates-exchange-online-outage-in-north-america/
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Microsoft fixes Exchange Online outage affecting users worldwide
Microsoft says that it has mitigated an Exchange Online outage affecting customers worldwide, which blocked their access to emails and calendars.
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Samsung patches actively exploited zero-day reported by WhatsApp
Samsung has patched a remote code execution vulnerability that was exploited in zero-day attacks targeting its Android devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-reported-by-whatsapp/
Samsung has patched a remote code execution vulnerability that was exploited in zero-day attacks targeting its Android devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-reported-by-whatsapp/
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Samsung patches actively exploited zero-day reported by WhatsApp
Samsung has patched a remote code execution vulnerability that was exploited in zero-day attacks targeting its Android devices.
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Man gets over 4 years in prison for selling unreleased movies
A Tennessee court has sentenced a Memphis man who worked for a DVD and Blu-ray manufacturing and distribution company to 57 months in prison for stealing and selling digital copies of unreleased movies. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-gets-over-4-years-in-prison-for-selling-unreleased-movies/
A Tennessee court has sentenced a Memphis man who worked for a DVD and Blu-ray manufacturing and distribution company to 57 months in prison for stealing and selling digital copies of unreleased movies. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-gets-over-4-years-in-prison-for-selling-unreleased-movies/
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Man gets over 4 years in prison for selling unreleased movies
A Tennessee court has sentenced a Memphis man who worked for a DVD and Blu-ray manufacturing and distribution company to 57 months in prison for stealing and selling digital copies of unreleased movies.
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