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2022-05-11 18:37:13 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Our Medical Devices' Open Source Problem – What Are the Risks?

There is no doubt that open source powers our development processes, enabling software developers to build high quality, innovative products faster than ever before. But OSS also comes with its own set of risks that device manufacturers must address while leveraging its many advantages. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-11 18:36:52 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
FBI, CISA, and NSA warn of hackers increasingly targeting MSPs

Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance today warned managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers that they're increasingly targeted by supply chain attacks. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-11 18:36:31 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Bitter cyberspies target South Asian govts with new malware

New activity has been observed from Bitter, an APT group focused on cyberespionage, targeting the government of Bangladesh with new malware with remote file execution capabilities. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-11 14:32:59 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Microsoft fixes Windows Direct3D issue behind app crashes

Microsoft has addressed a known issue causing apps using Direct3D 9 to experience issues after installing April 2022 cumulative updates, including crashes and errors on systems using certain GPUs. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-05 20:59:15 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
FTC to force ISP to deploy fiber for 60K users to match speed claims

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today proposed an order requiring Connecticut-based internet service provider Frontier Communications to stop "lying" to its customers and support its high-speed internet claims. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-05 20:58:57 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Microsoft, Apple, and Google to support FIDO passwordless logins

Microsoft, Apple, and Google announced today plans to support a common passwordless sign-in standard (known as passkeys) developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the FIDO Alliance. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-05 20:58:11 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Google fixes actively exploited Android kernel vulnerability

Google has released the second part of the May security patch for Android, including a fix for an actively exploited Linux kernel vulnerability. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-05 20:57:18 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
New NetDooka malware spreads via poisoned search results

A new malware framework known as NetDooka has been discovered being distributed through the PrivateLoader pay-per-install (PPI) malware distribution service, allowing threat actors full access to an infected device. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-05 16:39:24 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Tor project upgrades network speed performance with new system

The Tor Project has published details about a newly introduced system called Congestion Control that promises to eliminate speed limits on the network. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-05 16:39:06 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Heroku admits that customer credentials were stolen in cyberattack

Heroku has now revealed that the stolen GitHub integration OAuth tokens from last month further led to the compromise of an internal customer database. The Salesforce-owned cloud platform acknowledged the same compromised token was used by attackers to exfiltrate customers' hashed and salted passwords from "a database." [...] Open / Comment