April 2020 – Page 9

US consumers report $12M in COVID-19 scam losses since January

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that approximately $12 million were lost to Coronavirus-related scams according to consumer reports received since January 2020. […]

13 Apr

Cloudflare drops Google’s reCAPTCHA due to privacy concerns

Cloudflare announced that it has moved from Google’s reCAPTCHA to hCaptcha, an independent alternative CAPTCHA provider focused on user privacy. […]

13 Apr

Over 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums, the dark web

Over 500,000 Zoom accounts are being sold on the dark web and hacker forums for less than a penny each, and in some cases, given away for free. […]

13 Apr

Microsoft Outlook outage affecting Australians since Saturday

Microsoft’s Outlook.com webmail service has been going through a three-day-long outage that has prevented Australian users from accessing or signing in over the weekend. […]

12 Apr

New Wiper Malware impersonates security researchers as prank

A malware distributor has decided to play a nasty prank by locking victim’s computers before they can start Windows and then blaming the infection on two well-known and respected security researchers. […]

11 Apr

Sodinokibi Ransomware to stop taking Bitcoin to hide money trail

The Sodinokibi Ransomware has started to accept the Monero cryptocurrency to make it harder for law enforcement to track ransom payments and plans to stop allowing bitcoin payments in the future. […]

11 Apr

Windows 10: The new hidden features found in preview builds

With the latest Windows 10 Insider build, new hidden features have been found that add long-awaited media controls to the volume flyout and a new settings page that shows a ‘What’s New’ section for the current Windows release. […]

10 Apr

The Week in Ransomware – April 3rd 2020 – No Sign of Letting Up

Over the past two week, we have seen an increase in warnings from law enforcement agencies stating that healthcare organizations need to be on high alert for attacks by ransomware operators and other attackers who are looking to capitalize on the Coronavirus pandemic. […]

10 Apr

Windows Defender incorrectly flagged Winaero Tweaker as HackTool

Users are reporting that the popular third-party Windows tweaking app called ‘Winaero Tweaker’ has been flagged as ‘potentially unwanted software’ or ‘Hacktool’ in Windows Defender. […]

10 Apr

YouTube borked when users enable Firefox anti-fingerprinting

Firefox users have recently started to notice that YouTube does not display videos properly when they enable the browser’s anti-fingerprinting technology for better privacy. […]

Month: April 2020

US consumers report $12M in COVID-19 scam losses since January

Cloudflare drops Google’s reCAPTCHA due to privacy concerns

Over 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums, the dark web

Microsoft Outlook outage affecting Australians since Saturday

New Wiper Malware impersonates security researchers as prank

Sodinokibi Ransomware to stop taking Bitcoin to hide money trail

Windows 10: The new hidden features found in preview builds

The Week in Ransomware – April 3rd 2020 – No Sign of Letting Up

Windows Defender incorrectly flagged Winaero Tweaker as HackTool

YouTube borked when users enable Firefox anti-fingerprinting