Western Sydney University discloses security breaches, data leak
Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two security incidents that exposed personal information belonging to members of its community. ...
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05:25
Hackers exploit WordPress plugin auth bypass hours after disclosure
Hackers started exploiting a high-severity flaw that allows bypassing authentication in the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) plugin for WordPress just hours after
Bill Toulas
22:21
Phishing-as-a-service operation uses DNS-over-HTTPS for evasion
A newly discovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation that researchers call Morphing Meerkat, has been using the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol to
Bill Toulas
17:23
Blockchain gaming platform WEMIX hacked to steal $6.1 million
Blockchain gaming platform WEMIX suffered a cyberattack last month, allowing threat actors to steal 8,654,860 WEMIX tokens, valued at approximately
Bill Toulas
18:20
New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs
Security researcher Yohanes Nugroho has released a decryptor for the Linux variant of Akira ransomware, which utilizes GPU power to
Bill Toulas
18:20
GitLab patches critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities
GitLab released security updates for Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), fixing nine vulnerabilities, among which two critical severity
Bill Toulas
23:22
Suspected LockBit ransomware dev extradited to United States
A dual Russian-Israeli national, suspected of being a key developer for the LockBit ransomware operation, has been extradited to the
Bill Toulas
14:20
New Chirp tool uses audio tones to transfer data between devices
A new open-source tool named 'Chirp' transmits data, such as text messages, between computers (and smartphones) through different audio tones. ...
Bill Toulas
05:24
Ransomware gangs exploit Paragon Partition Manager bug in BYOVD attacks
Microsoft had discovered five Paragon Partition Manager BioNTdrv.sys driver flaws, with one used by ransomware gangs in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM
Bill Toulas
07:25
Suspected Desorden hacker arrested for breaching 90 organizations
A suspected cyber criminal believed to have extorted companies under the name "DESORDEN Group" or "ALTDOS" has been arrested in
