February 2020 - Page 10 of 13

Ragnar Locker Ransomware Targets MSP Enterprise Support Tools

A ransomware called Ragnar Locker is specifically targeting software commonly used by managed service providers to prevent their attack from being detected and stopped. […]

10 Feb

U.S. Charges Chinese Military Hackers for Equifax Breach

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that four members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) 54th Research Institute were charged for allegedly hacking the credit reporting agency Equifax in 2017. […]

09 Feb

Windows 10 Start Menu Suggests Firefox Users Switch to Edge

Microsoft has started using the Windows 10 Start Menu to suggest that Mozilla Firefox users switch to their new Microsoft Edge browser. […]

08 Feb

Microsoft’s Surface Duo Spotted in the Wild, Video Leaked

Microsoft said its dual-screen Android phone ‘Surface Duo’ won’t be coming until Holiday 2020, but it looks like the phone could launch sooner than expected as Microsoft is now seeding the prototypes to more employees in the US and Canada. […]

08 Feb

Lock My PC Used By Tech Support Scammers, Dev Offers Free Recovery

Tech Support scammers are using a free utility called Lock My PC to lock users out of their PCs unless they pay the requested “support” fees. […]

08 Feb

The Week in Ransomware – February 7th 2020 – Exploiting Drivers

This week we did not see too many new variants released, but we did have some interesting ransomware news. […]

07 Feb

Windows 7 Users Suddenly Can’t Shut Down Their PCs, How to Fix

A “You don’t have permission to shut down this computer.” error is preventing Windows 7 from shutting down or restarting their computers according to user reports that came in during the last 24 hours. […]

07 Feb

Twitter Outage Prevents Users From Sending New Tweets

Twitter is experiencing a worldwide service disruption preventing users from sending tweets from the social networking platform’s app, website, or TweetDeck. […]

07 Feb

TA505 Hackers Behind Maastricht University Ransomware Attack

Maastricht University (UM) disclosed that it paid the 30 bitcoin ransom requested by the attackers who encrypted some of its critical systems following a cyberattack that took place on December 23, 2019. […]

07 Feb

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Update to Fix Wallpaper Bug

Microsoft has released the KB4539602 stand-alone update to fix a bug that caused Windows 7 wallpapers in ‘Stretch’ mode to display a blank black screen. […]

Month: February 2020

Ragnar Locker Ransomware Targets MSP Enterprise Support Tools

U.S. Charges Chinese Military Hackers for Equifax Breach

Windows 10 Start Menu Suggests Firefox Users Switch to Edge

Microsoft’s Surface Duo Spotted in the Wild, Video Leaked

Lock My PC Used By Tech Support Scammers, Dev Offers Free Recovery

The Week in Ransomware – February 7th 2020 – Exploiting Drivers

Windows 7 Users Suddenly Can’t Shut Down Their PCs, How to Fix

Twitter Outage Prevents Users From Sending New Tweets

TA505 Hackers Behind Maastricht University Ransomware Attack

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Update to Fix Wallpaper Bug