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Mozilla Firefox 111.0.1 fixes Windows 11 and macOS crashes

Mozilla has addressed issues causing Firefox to crash on macOS and to freeze with a non-responding blank window when starting on Windows 11 systems. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 22 Mar 2023 1082 Views

Windows 11 Snipping Tool privacy bug exposes cropped image content

A severe privacy flaw named 'acropalypse' has also been found to affect the Windows Snipping Tool, allowing people to partially recover content that was edited out of an image. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 22 Mar 2023 1517 Views

Google Pixel flaw allowed recovery of redacted, cropped images

An 'Acropalypse' flaw in Google Pixel's Markup tool made it possible to partially recover edited or redacted screenshots and images, including those that have been cropped or had their contents masked, for the past five years.
Bleeping Computer 21 Mar 2023 1246 Views

Windows 11 bug warns Local Security Authority protection is off

Windows 11 users report seeing widespread Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority (LSA) Protection has been disabled even though it shows as being toggled on.
Bleeping Computer 21 Mar 2023 1473 Views

Google: Turn off Wi-Fi calling, VoLTE to protect your Android from Samsung hijack bugs

Four flaws open mobiles, cars to remote-control at baseband level with just a phone number Google security analysts have warned Android device users that several zero-day vulnerabilities in some Samsung chipsets could allow an attacker to completely hijack and remote-control their handsets...
The Register 20 Mar 2023 5742 Views

Chinese Hackers Exploit Fortinet Zero-Day Flaw for Cyber Espionage Attack

The zero-day exploitation of a now-patched medium-severity security flaw in the Fortinet FortiOS operating system has been linked to a suspected Chinese hacking group. Threat intelligence firm Mandiant, which made the attribution, said the activity cluster is part of...
The Hacker News 18 Mar 2023 1098 Views

BianLian ransomware gang shifts focus to pure data extortion

The BianLian ransomware group has shifted its focus from encrypting its victims' files to only exfiltrating data found on compromised networks and using them for extortion. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 17 Mar 2023 1209 Views

Conti-based ransomware ‘MeowCorp’ gets free decryptor

A decryption tool for a modified version of the Conti ransomware could help hundreds of victims recover their files for free. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 17 Mar 2023 1249 Views

CISA warns of Adobe ColdFusion bug exploited as a zero-day

CISA has added a critical vulnerability impacting Adobe ColdFusion versions 2021 and 2018 to its catalog of security bugs exploited in the wild. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 16 Mar 2023 1234 Views

Critical Microsoft Outlook bug PoC shows how easy it is to exploit

Security researchers have shared technical details for exploiting a critical Microsoft Outlook vulnerability for Windows (CVE-2023-23397) that allows hackers to remotely steal hashed passwords by simply receiving an email. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 16 Mar 2023 1038 Views