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2022-05-14 22:55:34 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Angry IT admin wipes employer’s databases, gets 7 years in prison

Han Bing, a former database administrator for Lianjia, a Chinese real-estate brokerage giant, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for logging into corporate systems and deleting the company's data. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-14 18:53:15 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Crypto thief threatened to cut man's fingers 'one by one,' stole £34K

Online crypto scams and ponzi schemes leveraging social media platforms are hardly anything new. But, this gruesome case of a London-based crypto robber transcends the virtual realm and tells a shocking tale of real-life victims from whom the perpetrator successfully stole £34,000. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-14 02:52:59 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
The Week in Ransomware - May 13th 2022 - A National Emergency

While ransomware attacks have slowed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions, the malware threat continues to affect organizations worldwide. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-13 22:54:11 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Italian CERT: Hacktivists hit govt sites in ‘Slow HTTP’ DDoS attacks

Italy's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has published an announcement about the recent DDoS attacks that key sites in the country suffered in the last couple of days. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-13 06:51:34 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Iranian hackers exposed in a highly targeted espionage campaign

Threat analysts have spotted a novel attack attributed to the Iranian hacking group known as APT34 group or Oilrig, who targeted a Jordanian diplomat with custom-crafted tools. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-13 06:51:15 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Zyxel fixes firewall flaws that could lead to hacked networks

Threat analysts who discovered a vulnerability affecting multiple Zyxel products report that the network equipment company fixed it via a silent update pushed out two weeks ago. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-13 02:49:32 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Ukrainian imprisoned for selling access to thousands of PCs

Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev, a 28-year-old from Ukraine, was sentenced today to 4 years in prison for stealing thousands of login credentials per week and selling them on a dark web marketplace. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-12 22:49:20 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Eternity malware kit offers stealer, miner, worm, ransomware tools

Threat actors have launched the 'Eternity Project,' a new malware-as-a-service where threat actors can purchase a malware toolkit that can be customized with different modules depending on the attack being conducted. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-12 22:48:57 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Zyxel silently fixes critical RCE vulnerability in firewall products

Threat analysts who discovered a vulnerability affecting multiple Zyxel products report that the network equipment company fixed it via a silent update pushed out two weeks ago. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-12 22:48:33 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
BPFdoor: Stealthy Linux malware bypasses firewalls for remote access

A recently discovered backdoor malware called BPFdoor has been stealthily targeting Linux and Solaris systems without being noticed for more than five years. [...] Open / Comment