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Australian charged for ‘Evil Twin’ WiFi attack on plane

An Australian man was charged by Australia's Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly conducting an 'evil twin' WiFi attack on various domestic flights and airports in Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide to steal other people's email or social media credentials.
Bleeping Computer 3 Jul 2024 2519 Views

Latest Intel CPUs impacted by new Indirector side-channel attack

Modern Intel processors, including chips from the Raptor Lake and the Alder Lake generations are susceptible to a new type of a high-precision Branch Target Injection (BTI) attack dubbed 'Indirector,' which could be used to steal sensitive information from the CPU. [...
Bleepingcomputer 2 Jul 2024 2297 Views

A new MOVEit vulnerability is igniting hacking attempts. Companies should patch ASAP

MOVEit, a popular file transfer platform used by thousands of companies and government entities, is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. [...]
ZDnet 28 Jun 2024 3125 Views

Critical GitLab bug lets attackers run pipelines as any user

A critical vulnerability is affecting certain versions of GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition products, which could be exploited to run pipelines as any user. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 27 Jun 2024 2801 Views

LockBit lied: Stolen data is from a bank, not US Federal Reserve

Recently-disrupted LockBit ransomware group, in a desperate attempt to make a comeback, claimed this week that it had hit the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. Except, the rumor has been quashed. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 27 Jun 2024 3110 Views

Polyfill.io JavaScript supply chain attack impacts over 100K sites

Over 100,000 sites have been impacted in a supply chain attack by the Polyfill.io service after a Chinese company acquired the domain and the script was modified to redirect users to malicious and scam sites.
Bleeping Computer 26 Jun 2024 3360 Views

Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

Malicious updates available from WordPress.org create attacker-controlled admin account.
Ars Technica 25 Jun 2024 12359 Views

Facebook PrestaShop module exploited to steal credit cards

Hackers are exploiting a flaw in a premium Facebook module for PrestaShop named pkfacebook to deploy a card skimmer on vulnerable e-commerce sites and steal people's payment credit card details. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 23 Jun 2024 2693 Views

Warning: New Adware Campaign Targets Meta Quest App Seekers

A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest (formerly Oculus) application for Windows into downloading a new adware family called AdsExhaust. [...]
The Hacker News 22 Jun 2024 2732 Views

ONNX phishing service targets Microsoft 365 accounts at financial firms

A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called ONNX Store is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts for employees at financial firms using QR codes in PDF attachments.
Bleeping Computer 19 Jun 2024 3322 Views