Chrome’s zero-day Whac-A-Mole continues with fifth exploited bug of the year
Google paid researcher a tidy $55K bounty for its discovery Continue reading Chrome’s zero-day Whac-A-Mole continues with fifth exploited bug of the year
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France probes compromise of gov messaging platform after account hijack
Authorities say the breach only exposed public chat rooms, but alleged attacker claims to have accessed far more data Continue reading France probes compromise of gov messaging platform after account hijack
Qilin NHS breach tally grows as Essex trust confirms stolen records
Two years on from ransomware attack, hospitals are still trying to identify and warn patients Continue reading Qilin NHS breach tally grows as Essex trust confirms stolen records
Norks blast 250+ fake job offers to developers over 6 weeks to try and snarf creds and crypto
When an unsolicited job offer sounds too good to be true … Continue reading Norks blast 250+ fake job offers to developers over 6 weeks to try and snarf creds and crypto
Ransomware crims got a month-long head start on Check Point VPN 0-day that now has a fix
Scumbags, including a Qilin ransomware affiliate, began hitting this hole May 7 Continue reading Ransomware crims got a month-long head start on Check Point VPN 0-day that now has a fix
Ransomware sends Illinois high school on an early summer vacation
Meanwhile, 13 schools in Wales affected by separate attack Continue reading Ransomware sends Illinois high school on an early summer vacation
GitHub nukes 70+ Microsoft repos, breaks CI/CD pipelines, following suspected worm infections
Miasma worm shapeshifts, but cloud secret-scouting remains the goal Continue reading GitHub nukes 70+ Microsoft repos, breaks CI/CD pipelines, following suspected worm infections
NSO Group back in Meta’s crosshairs after alleged WhatsApp targeting
Zuckercorp says surveillance-for-hire vendor was still running phishing operations after federal court told it to knock it off Continue reading NSO Group back in Meta’s crosshairs after alleged WhatsApp targeting
Oxford Uni student data pwned yet again – this time via career platform breach
Totally different attack from the break-in last month. Oh so that’s OK then Continue reading Oxford Uni student data pwned yet again – this time via career platform breach
If you don’t fall for these extortionists’ calls, they’ll show up with USB sticks
When ‘Chatty Spider’ morphs into tech services cosplay spider Continue reading If you don’t fall for these extortionists’ calls, they’ll show up with USB sticks