No More Ransom Success Story: Saves $108+ Million in Ransomware Payments
Today marks the third anniversary of No More Ransom and through its partners from the public and private sectors, law enforcement, academia, and researchers, the project has been able to help hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of victims get their encrypted files back for free. […]
Microsoft Wants You to Call Windows 10 Devs About Edge and Outlook
Microsoft is asking Windows Insiders to schedule an anonymous call with Microsoft developers to discuss their experiences using OneNote, Outlook, or the Edge browser. These requests are being shown in notifications displayed on the desktop from the Feedback Hub. […]
Porn Bots on Instagram Switch to More Guileful Tactics
Spam operators using bots to promote adult-themed services change their tactics to avoid Instagram’s detection mechanism. Redirects remain the main stratagem but they come with other tricks meant to push the user towards a particular website. […]
Ransomware Attacks Prompt Louisiana to Declare State of Emergency
Louisiana Governor John Edwards has declared a state of emergency after a wave of ransomware attacks targeted school districts this month. This Emergency Declaration will allow Louisiana state resources and cybersecurity experts to assist local governments in securing their networks. […]
Microsoft Office 365 Webmail Exposes User’s IP Address in Emails
If you use Office 365’s webmail interface to prevent email recipients from seeing your local IP address, you are out of luck. When sending email through Office 365, your local IP address will be injected into the message as an extra mail header. […]
Keep Calm, Carry On. VLC Not Affected by Critical Vulnerability
A recent security alert caused a panic where people thought the VLC Media Player was affected by a critical vulnerability that had no patch. The problem is that the vulnerability was not in VLC, but rather a module that was replaced over 16 months ago. […]
Robinhood Brokerage Firm Alerts of Passwords Stored in Clear Text
The Robinhood stock trading site is alerting users that passwords were stored in their system in human readable format, otherwise known as clear text. While no foul play was detected, this could have allowed employees or unauthorized users to view an account’s password. […]