Bleeping Computer There was not a lot of new variants released this week, but we did have some attacks on high profile victims. This past weekend it came to light that IT service giant Cognizant …
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Bleeping Computer Microsoft has released an out-of-band security update that fixes remote code execution vulnerabilities in an Autodesk FBX library integrated into Microsoft Office and Paint 3D applications. Last month, Autodesk issued security updates for …
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Bleeping Computer Threat actors are selling over 267 million Facebook profiles for £500 ($623) on dark web sites and hacker forums. While none of these records include passwords, they do contain information that could allow …
267 million Facebook profiles sold for $600 on the dark web Read More »
Bleeping Computer The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned today of an increasing number of online extortion scam reports because a lot more people are being targeted due to the “stay-at-home” orders issued during …
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Bleeping Computer GitHub users are currently being targeted by a phishing campaign specifically designed to collect and steal their credentials via landing pages mimicking GitHub’s login page. Besides taking over their accounts, the attackers are …
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Bleeping Computer Google says that the malware scanners built within the Gmail free email service blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last week. “Every day, Gmail blocks more than …
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Bleeping Computer The hack of employee web sites belonging to the San Francisco International Airport has been attributed to a Russian hacker group who used the SMB protocol to steal Windows passwords. Last week BleepingComputer broke …
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Bleeping Computer Over 500,000 Zoom accounts are being sold on the dark web and hacker forums for less than a penny each, and in some cases, given away for free. These credentials are gathered through …
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