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Mozi botnet murder mystery: China or criminal operators behind the kill switch?

Middle Kingdom or self-immolation - there are a couple of theories The Mozi botnet has all but disappeared according to security folks who first noticed the prolific network's slowdown and then uncovered a kill switch for the IoT system. But they still have one...
The Register 2 Nov 2023 2065 Views

Atlassian warns of critical Confluence flaw leading to data loss

Australian software company Atlassian warned admins to immediately patch Internet-exposed Confluence instances against a critical security flaw that could lead to data loss following successful exploitation.
Bleeping Computer 1 Nov 2023 580 Views

Flipper Zero Bluetooth spam attacks ported to new Android app

Recent Flipper Zero Bluetooth spam attacks have now been ported to an Android app, allowing a much larger number of devices to implement these annoying spam alerts.
Bleeping Computer 1 Nov 2023 526 Views

HackerOne paid ethical hackers over $300 million in bug bounties

HackerOne has announced that its bug bounty programs have awarded over $300 million in rewards to ethical hackers and vulnerability researchers since the platform's inception. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 28 Oct 2023 543 Views

Android adware apps on Google Play amass two million installs

Several malicious Google Play Android apps installed over 2 million times push intrusive ads to users while concealing their presence on the infected devices. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 27 Oct 2023 600 Views

California City Warns of Data Breach After Attack Claim by NoEscape Ransomware

The breach, which occurred from August 12 to September 26, involved the theft of personal information such as names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, medical information, and health insurance policy numbers.
Cyware News 27 Oct 2023 454 Views

iPhones have been exposing your unique MAC despite Apple’s promises otherwise

“From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14.
Ars Technica 27 Oct 2023 1970 Views

StripedFly malware framework infects 1 million Windows, Linux hosts

A sophisticated cross-platform malware platform named StripedFly flew under the radar of cybersecurity researchers for five years, infecting over a million Windows and Linux systems during that time. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 26 Oct 2023 492 Views

Android trojan spotted in the wild can record audio and phone calls

A banking trojan named SpyNote is once again 'smishing' its way into your financial information. Here's your best defense.
ZDnet 25 Oct 2023 584 Views

1Password discloses security incident linked to Okta breach

1Password, a popular password management platform used by over 100,000 businesses, suffered a security breach after hackers gained access to its Okta ID management tenant. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 24 Oct 2023 540 Views