15 Oct Accenture confirms data breach after August ransomware attackGlobal IT consultancy giant Accenture confirmed that LockBit ransomware operators stole data from its systems during an attack that hit the company’s systems in August 2021. […]
15 Oct Russian cybercrime gang targets finance firms with stealthy macrosA new phishing campaign dubbed MirrorBlast is deploying weaponized Excel documents that are extremely difficult to detect to compromise financial service organizations […]
15 Oct Brave web browser will add bounce tracking privacy protectionBrave, the privacy-conscious web browser, has announced plans to introduce additional privacy protections against ‘bounce tracking,’ a newer form of tracking that is not currently blocked by the browser. […]
15 Oct Microsoft tests smarter delivery for Windows 11 update improvementsMicrosoft is testing a new method to deliver Windows update improvements starting with Insiders in the Dev Channel running Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22478. […]
15 Oct Governments worldwide to crack down on ransomware payment channelsSenior officials from 31 countries and the European Union said that their governments would take action to disrupt the cryptocurrency payment channels used by ransomware gangs to finance their operations. […]
15 Oct Canonical launches Ubuntu 21.10 for desktop and serverThe latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu 21.10, codenamed ‘Impish Indy’, has landed on Canonical’s download channels. […]
15 Oct US government discloses more ransomware attacks on water plantsU.S. Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector facilities have been breached multiple times in ransomware attacks during the last two years according to joint advisory published by US government agencies on Thursday. […]
14 Oct Malicious Chrome ad blocker injects ads behind the scenesThe AllBlock Chromium ad blocking extension has been found to be injecting hidden affiliate links that generate commissions for the developers. […]
14 Oct Belarus: Joining banned Telegram channels will land you in prisonBelarusian law enforcement has published a list of Telegram channels that are now considered extremist and warned people that merely joining them would be punishable by up to seven years of imprisonment. […]
14 Oct Acer confirms breach of after-sales service systems in IndiaTaiwanese computer giant Acer has confirmed that its after-sales service systems in India were recently breached in what the company called “an isolated attack.” […]