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2022-05-20 15:15:55 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Russian Sberbank says it’s facing massive waves of DDoS attacks

Sberbank's vice president and director of cybersecurity, Sergei Lebed, has told participants of the Positive Hack Days forum that the company is going through a period of unprecedented targeting by hackers. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-20 15:15:35 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Canada bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks over security concerns

The Government of Canada announced its intention to ban the use of Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment and services across the country's 5G and 4G networks. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-20 03:16:53 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Conti ransomware shuts down operation, rebrands into smaller units

The notorious Conti ransomware gang has officially shut down their operation, with infrastructure taken offline and team leaders told that the brand is no more. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-20 03:16:43 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Netgear fixes bad Orbi firmware update that locked admin console

Netgear is pushing out fixes for a bad Orbi firmware update released earlier this month that prevents users from accessing the device's admin console. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-20 03:16:35 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Microsoft emergency updates fix Windows AD authentication issues

Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to address Active Directory (AD) authentication issues after installing Windows Updates issued during the May 2022 Patch Tuesday on domain controllers. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-19 23:17:56 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Media giant Nikkei’s Asian unit hit by ransomware attack

Publishing giant Nikkei disclosed that the group's headquarters in Singapore was hit by a ransomware attack almost one week ago, on May 13th. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-19 23:17:36 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Microsoft detects massive surge in Linux XorDDoS malware activity

A stealthy and modular malware used to hack into Linux devices and build a DDoS botnet has seen a massive 254% increase in activity during the last six months, as Microsoft revealed today. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-19 23:17:18 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
U.S. DOJ will no longer prosecute ethical hackers under CFAA

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a revision of its policy on how federal prosecutors should charge violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), carving out "good-fath" security research from being prosecuted. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-19 19:11:50 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Lazarus hackers target VMware servers with Log4Shell exploits

The North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus is exploiting the Log4J remote code execution vulnerability to inject backdoors that fetch information-stealing payloads on VMware Horizon servers. [...] Open / Comment

2022-05-19 19:11:30 Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Phishing websites now use chatbots to steal your credentials

Phishing attacks are now using automated chatbots to guide visitors through the process of handing over their login credentials to threat actors. [...] Open / Comment