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Europol disrupts pro-Russian NoName057(16) DDoS hacktivist group

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-07-24 17:07:30

An international law enforcement operation dubbed "Operation Eastwood" has targeted the infrastructure and members of the pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16), responsible for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks across Europe, Israel, and Ukraine. Operation Eastwood was led by Europol and Eurojust with support from 12 countries. It took place on July 15, 2025, and targeted the systems and individuals behind the group's activities. NoName057(16) is a pro-Russian hacking group tha

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Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-07-29 20:38:00

Google Gemini for Workspace can be exploited to generate email summaries that appear legitimate but include malicious instructions or warnings that direct users to phishing sites without using attachments or direct links. Such an attack leverages indirect prompt injections that are hidden inside an email and obeyed by Gemini when generating the message summary. Despite similar prompt attacks being reported since 2024 and safeguards being implemented to block misleading responses, the technique

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Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-03 10:44:30

Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks 17 minutes ago Share Save Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Share Save Getty Images / PA Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op. The National Crime Agency (NCA) says a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males - aged between 17 and 19 - were detained in London and the West Midlands. They were apprehended on suspicion of

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A Group of Young Cybercriminals Poses the ‘Most Imminent Threat’ of Cyberattacks Right Now

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-08-15 21:56:04

Empty grocery store shelves and grounded planes tend to signal a crisis, whether it’s an extreme weather event, public health crisis, or geopolitical emergency. But these scenes of chaos in recent weeks in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada were caused instead by financially motivated cyberattacks—seemingly perpetrated by a collective of joyriding teens. A notorious cybercriminal group often called Scattered Spider is known for using social engineering techniques to infiltrate target

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AT&T rolls out "Wireless Lock" feature to block SIM swap attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-17 17:23:03

AT&T has launched a new security feature called "Wireless Lock" that protects customers from SIM swapping attacks by preventing changes to their account information and the porting of phone numbers while the feature is enabled. This new feature has been available for some customers for almost a year and has now been rolled out to all AT&T customers. SIM swap attacks are when cybercriminals port, or move, a targeted phone number to a device under their control. This allows them to intercept the

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Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2025

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-19 09:59:51

Google has released emergency updates to patch another Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks, marking the fourth such flaw fixed since the start of the year. "Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-6554 exists in the wild," the browser vendor said in a security advisoryissued on Monday. "This issue was mitigated on 2025-06-26 by a configuration change pushed out to Stable channel across all platforms." The company fixed the zero-day for users in the Stable Desktop channel, w

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U.S. warns of Iranian cyber threats on critical infrastructure

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-19 17:24:46

U.S. cyber agencies, the FBI, and NSA issued an urgent warning today about potential cyberattacks from Iranian-affiliated hackers targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. CISA says there are no indications of an ongoing campaign but urges critical infrastructure organizations and other potential targets to monitor their defense due to the current unrest in the Middle East and cyber attacks previously linked to Iran. In a joint fact sheet, the cyber agencies warn that Defense Industrial Base (DI

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 now blocks email bombing attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-20 17:04:20

Microsoft says its Defender for Office 365 cloud-based email security suite will now automatically detect and block email bombing attacks. Defender for Office 365 (formerly known as Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection or Office 365 ATP) protects organizations operating in high-risk industries and dealing with sophisticated threat actors from malicious threats from email messages, links, and collaboration tools. "We're introducing a new detection capability in Microsoft Defender for Office 36

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Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS attack - here's how to protect yourself

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-08-22 01:23:39

oxygen/Getty Cloudflare is a robust content delivery network (CDN) that specializes in providing protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Last month, Cloudflare blocked the largest DDoS attack in internet history. This assault peaked at a staggering 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps). That's a data deluge, equivalent to streaming nearly 10,000 high-definition movies in under a minute. The attack targeted an unnamed hosting provider using Cloudflare's Magic Transit DDoS pro

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Scattered Spider hackers shift focus to aviation, transportation firms

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-22 09:20:58

Hackers associated with "Scattered Spider" tactics have expanded their targeting to the aviation and transportation industries after previously attacking insurance and retail sectors These threat actors have employed a sector-by-sector approach, initially targeting retail companies, such as M&S and Co-op, in the United Kingdom and the United States and subsequently shifting their focus to insurance companies. While the threat actors were not officially named as responsible for insurance sector

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Homeland Security warns of Iran-backed cyberattacks targeting US networks

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-08-25 01:20:00

In Brief A bulletin issued Sunday by U.S. Homeland Security said it expects to see Iranian government-backed hackers conduct attacks against U.S. networks, amid the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Israel, and Iran. The National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin said low-level cyberattacks by hacktivists are “likely,” adding that hacktivists and government-linked hackers “routinely target” poorly secured U.S. networks and internet-connected devices to cause disruption. The bulletin was

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CISA: AMI MegaRAC bug enabling server hijacks exploited in attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-25 23:38:05

CISA has confirmed that a maximum severity vulnerability in AMI's MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software is now actively exploited in attacks. The MegaRAC BMC firmware provides remote system management capabilities for troubleshooting servers without being physically present, and it's used by several vendors (including HPE, Asus, and ASRock) that supply equipment to cloud service providers and data centers. This authentication bypass security flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-54085) ca

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US warns of Iranian cyberattacks and propaganda in wake of airstrikes

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-08-30 05:22:00

TL;DR: The Iranian government has been behind several cyberattacks on US organizations over the years. Now, the Department of Homeland Security has warned of an increased threat of both cyberattacks and physical attacks from the nation following US strikes on its nuclear facilities over the weekend. Homeland Security has warned that low-level cyberattacks against US networks by pro-Iranian hacktivists and cyber actors affiliated with the Iranian government are likely. The advisory adds that th

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US Homeland Security warns of escalating Iranian cyberattack risks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-01 01:22:37

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned over the weekend of escalating cyberattack risks by Iran-backed hacking groups and pro-Iranian hacktivists. This warning was issued as a National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin on Sunday and cautions that the Iranian conflict is causing a "heightened threat environment" in the United States, with "low-level" cyberattacks targeting networks in the U.S. likely. "The likelihood of violent extremists in the Homeland independently mobilizing

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Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-01 05:23:44

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the FBI confirm that the Chinese state-sponsored 'Salt Typhoon' hacking group is also targeting Canadian telecommunication firms, breaching a telecom provider in February. During the February 2025 incident, Salt Typhoon exploited the CVE-2023-20198 flaw, a critical Cisco IOS XE vulnerability allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary accounts and gain admin-level privileges. The flaw was first disclosed in October 2023, when it was

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WordPress Motors theme flaw mass-exploited to hijack admin accounts

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-31 15:09:19

Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress theme "Motors" to hijack administrator accounts and gain complete control of a targeted site. The malicious activity was spotted by Wordfence, which had warned last month about the severity of the flaw, tracked under CVE-2025-4322, urging users to upgrade immediately. Motors, developed by StylemixThemes, is a WordPress theme popular among automotive-related websites. It has 22,460 sales on the EnvatoMarket an

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Webinar: Stolen credentials are the new front door to your network

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-05 09:33:21

Cybercriminals no longer need zero-day exploits or other vulnerabilities to breach your systems—these days, they just log in. On July 9th at 2:00 PM ET, BleepingComputer and SC Media will co-host a live webinar with identity security expert Darren Siegel of Specops Software (part of Outpost24), exploring how threat actors are increasingly breaching networks by simply logging in with stolen credentials. The webinar "Stolen credentials: The New Front Door to Your Network" will unpack the real-wo

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Fog ransomware attack uses unusual mix of legitimate and open-source tools

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-17 16:45:14

Fog ransomware hackers are using an uncommon toolset, which includes open-source pentesting utilities and a legitimate employee monitoring software called Syteca. The Fog ransomware operation was first observed last year in May leveraging compromised VPN credentials to access victims’ networks. Post-compromise, they used “pass-the-hash” attacks to gain admin privileges, disabled Windows Defender, and encrypted all files, including virtual machine storage. Later, the threat group was observed

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Onimusha: Way of the Sword brings Japanese cinematic royalty to the samurai fantasy series

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-17 13:00:07

While the surprise of a new Resident Evil might have been Capcom's biggest story at SGF, it’s got other series – and other sequels – to show off, like Onimusha. Previously a banner PS2 series, Onimusha spanned four mainline games between 2001 and 2006. We’ve since seen remastered editions of the first two episodes. Still, a true sequel was long overdue, especially after games like Sekiro and Ghost of Tsushima showed a renewed appetite for feudal Japan swordplay. Through a theater presentation d

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Brute-force attacks target Apache Tomcat management panels

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-17 12:27:36

A coordinated campaign of brute-force attacks using hundreds of unique IP addresses targets Apache Tomcat Manager interfaces exposed online. Tomcat is a popular open-source web server widely used by large enterprises and SaaS providers, while Tomcat Manager is a web-based administration tool that comes bundled with the Tomcat server and helps admins manage deployed web apps via a graphical interface. Tomcat Manager is configured by default to only allow access from localhost (127.0.0.1), with

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New NailaoLocker ransomware used against EU healthcare orgs

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-06-02 13:00:00

A previously undocumented ransomware payload named NailaoLocker has been spotted in attacks targeting European healthcare organizations between June and October 2024. The attacks exploited CVE-2024-24919, a Check Point Security Gateway vulnerability, to gain access to targeted networks and deploy the ShadowPad and PlugX malware, two families tightly associated with Chinese state-sponsored threat groups. Orange Cyberdefense CERT links the attacks to Chinese cyber-espionage tactics, though there

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Latest Tech News

Europol disrupts pro-Russian NoName057(16) DDoS hacktivist group

Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing

Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks

A Group of Young Cybercriminals Poses the ‘Most Imminent Threat’ of Cyberattacks Right Now

AT&T rolls out "Wireless Lock" feature to block SIM swap attacks

Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2025

U.S. warns of Iranian cyber threats on critical infrastructure

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 now blocks email bombing attacks

Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS attack - here's how to protect yourself

Scattered Spider hackers shift focus to aviation, transportation firms

Homeland Security warns of Iran-backed cyberattacks targeting US networks

CISA: AMI MegaRAC bug enabling server hijacks exploited in attacks

US warns of Iranian cyberattacks and propaganda in wake of airstrikes

US Homeland Security warns of escalating Iranian cyberattack risks

Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw

WordPress Motors theme flaw mass-exploited to hijack admin accounts

Webinar: Stolen credentials are the new front door to your network

Fog ransomware attack uses unusual mix of legitimate and open-source tools

Onimusha: Way of the Sword brings Japanese cinematic royalty to the samurai fantasy series

Brute-force attacks target Apache Tomcat management panels

New NailaoLocker ransomware used against EU healthcare orgs

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