30 Apr The Week in Ransomware – April 30th 2021 – Attacks EscalateRansomware gangs continue to target organizations large and small, including a brazen attack on the Washington DC police department. […]
30 Apr First Horizon bank online accounts hacked to steal customers’ fundsBank holding company First Horizon Corporation disclosed the some of its customers had their online banking accounts breached by unknown attackers earlier this month. […]
30 Apr Babuk quits ransomware encryption, focuses on data-theft extortionA new message today from the operators of Babuk ransomware clarifies that the gang has decided to close the affiliate program and move to an extortion model that does not rely on encrypting victim computers. […]
30 Apr Microsoft is bringing the AAC Bluetooth audio codec to Windows 10Microsoft has added AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) support for Bluetooth audio devices with the release of Windows 10 Build 21370 to the Dev Channel. […]
30 Apr Microsoft PowerToys now requires Windows 10 1903 and laterMicrosoft released PowerToys v0.37.0 yesterday with minor improvements and a significant change – it now requires a minimum version of Windows 10 1903. […]
29 Apr Microsoft finds critical code execution bugs in IoT, OT devicesMicrosoft security researchers have discovered over two dozen critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and Operational Technology (OT) industrial systems. […]
29 Apr New ransomware group uses SonicWall zero-day to breach networksA financially motivated threat actor exploited a zero-day bug in Sonicwall SMA 100 Series VPN appliances to deploy new ransomware known as FiveHands on the networks of North American and European targets. […]
29 Apr Disabling Windows 10 experiments blocks Known Issue Rollback fixesAs Microsoft begins to utilize its Known Issue Rollback feature to release Windows 10 fixes quickly, users are discovering that modifying privacy settings may prevent these fixes from being installed. […]
29 Apr QNAP warns of AgeLocker ransomware attacks on NAS devicesQNAP customers are once again urged to secure their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to defend against Agelocker ransomware attacks targeting their data. […]
29 Apr Babuk ransomware readies ‘shut down’ post, plans to open source malwareAfter just a few months of activity, the operators of Babuk ransomware briefly posted a short message about their intention to quit the extortion business after having achieved their goal. […]