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Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 4/20/2025, 10:07:57 PM

The Register

5 days ago

4chan, the 'internet’s litter box,' appears to have been pillaged by rival forum

Source code, moderator info, IP addresses, more allegedly swiped and leaked Thousands of 4chan users reported outages Monday night amid rumors on social media that the edgy anonymous imageboard had been ransacked by an intruder, with someone on a rival forum claiming to have leaked its source code, moderator identities, and users' IP addresses.…

Dark Reading

5 days ago

Hertz Falls Victim to Cleo Zero-Day Attacks

Customer data such as birth dates, credit card numbers and driver's license information were stolen when threat actors exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Cleo-managed file transfer products.

Bleeping Computer

5 days ago

Landmark Admin data breach impact now reaches 1.6 million people

Landmark Admin has issued an update to its investigation of a cyberattack it suffered in May 2024, increasing the number of impacted individuals to 1.6 million. [...]

Bleeping Computer

5 days ago

Infamous message board 4chan taken down following major hack

4chan, a notorious online forum, was taken offline earlier today after what appears to be a significant hack and has since been loading intermittently. [...]

The Register

5 days ago

China names alleged US snoops over Asian Winter Games attacks

Beijing claims NSA went for gold in offensive cyber, got caught in the act China's state-run press has taken its turn in trying to highlight alleged foreign cyber offensives, accusing the US National Security Agency of targeting the 2025 Asian Winter Games.…

The Register

5 days ago

All right, you can have one: DOGE access to Treasury IT OK'd judge

Login green-lit for lone staffer if he’s trained, papered up, won’t pull an Elez A federal judge has partly lifted an injunction against Elon Musk's Trump-blessed cost-trimming unit, allowing one staff member to access sensitive US Treasury payment systems. This access includes personally identifiable financial information tied to millions of Americans.… DOGE

The Register

5 days ago

DOGE access to Treasury IT OK'd by U-turn judge

Login green-lit for one staffer if he’s trained, papered up, and won’t pull an Elez A federal judge has partly lifted an injunction against Elon Musk's Trump-blessed cost-trimming unit, allowing one staff member to access sensitive US Treasury payment systems. This access includes personally identifiable financial information tied to millions of Americans.… DOGE

Graham Cluley

5 days ago

RansomHouse ransomware: what you need to know

RansomHouse is a cybercrime operation that follows a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model, where affiliates (who do not require technical skills of their own) use the ransomware operator's infrastructure to extort money from victims. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.

Bleeping Computer

5 days ago

Microsoft blocks ActiveX by default in Microsoft 365, Office 2024

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. [...]

Dark Reading

5 days ago

Wave of Wine-Inspired Phishing Attacks Targets EU Diplomats

Russia-backed APT29's latest campaign once again uses malicious invites to wine-tasting events as its lure, but this time targets a different set of vintages — errr, victims — and delivers a novel backdoor, GrapeLoader.