by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 6, 2025 | IT Security |
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms it suffered a cybersecurity incident after a suspected foreign hacker breached its network, potentially exposing sensitive data. In a statement shared with BleepingComputer, CBO spokesperson Caitlin Emma confirmed...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 6, 2025 | IT Security |
Gootloader JavaScript malware, commonly used to deliver ransomware, is back in action after a period of reduced activity. Since October 27, security shop Huntress says it has spotted three Gootloader infections, and two of these led to hands-on-keyboard intrusions...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 6, 2025 | IT Security |
The State of Nevada has published an after-action report detailing how hackers breached its systems to deploy ransomware in August, and the actions taken to recover from the attack. The document is one of the few completely transparent technical report from a federal...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 6, 2025 | IT Security |
123456. admin. password. For years, the IT world has been reminding users not to rely on such predictable passwords. And yet here we are with another study finding that those sorts of quickly-guessable, universally-held-to-be-bad passwords are still the most popular...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 5, 2025 | IT Security
The Gootloader malware loader operation has returned after a 7-month absence and is once again performing SEO poisoning to promote fake websites that distribute the malware. Gootloader is a JavaScript-based malware loader spread through compromised or...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 5, 2025 | IT Security
Google’s second attempt to acquire cloud security firm Wiz is going a lot better than the first, with the Department of Justice clearing the $32 billion deal, which ranks as Google’s largest-ever acquisition. Wiz CEO and cofounder Assaf Rappaport confirmed...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 5, 2025 | IT Security
International authorities have dismantled three massive credit card fraud and money laundering networks, linked to losses exceeding €300 million ($344 million) and affecting over 4.3 million cardholders across 193 countries. The November 4th joint action, dubbed...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 5, 2025 | IT Security
How a fast-growing scam is tricking WhatsApp users into revealing their most sensitive financial and other data 05 Nov 2025 • , 4 min. read Scams and other threats that are doing the rounds on messaging apps like WhatsApp are a stark reminder of how easily even...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 5, 2025 | IT Security
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has spent £312 million (c $407 million) modernizing its IT estate, including replacing tens of thousands of Windows 7 laptops with Windows 10 – which officially reached end of support last...
by Syndicated News Feed | Nov 4, 2025 | IT Security
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP plugin installed on more than 400,000 WordPress sites, to take complete control by hijacking administrator accounts. Post SMTP is a popular email delivery solution marketed as a...
