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Attackers have compromised the update infrastructure for the cPGuard web security suite to distribute a backdoor and a data-stealing script. [...]
Beyond food storage, the same combination of Internet connectivity, remote access, and inadequate security practices can put temperature-controlled infrastructure across other critical sectors at risk.
In a new post today, Valve acknowledged that it's seen "a significant increase in submissions for store and page review in recent months" and says it's "running a little behind" by taking "up to 12 business days" for reviews instead of the typical 3-5 days. Indie developers have recently expressed frustrations over lengthy approval times for Steam games, even causing some games to miss planned launch dates. Valve says that "much" of the delay is having to re-review games, so it's making some cha
The largest crypto theft to date was pulled off by combining some well-known hacking techniques over the course of a few months, according to Binance. A postmortem from the company says the process started in June with one developer downloading a tampered installer apparently spread by a malicious Google ad, exposing details about the engineers and how they work. Then, in September, another engineer was targeted by someone pretending to be interested in hiring them; that person set up a series o
German police led a multinational probe that exposed an alleged crime-as-a-service provider supplying fraudulent trading platforms to investment scammers.
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