July 2020 - We Fix PC

The Week in Ransomware – July 31st 2020 – Cooked Crab

With No More Ransom turning 4, Garmin suddenly recovering from their ransomware attack, and a GandCrab affiliate being arrested in Belarus, it has been quite a week when it comes to ransomware news. […]

31 Jul

Three suspects charged for roles in Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam

Four suspects were charged today for their supposed involvement in this month’s Twitter hack according to press releases from the Department of Justice and State Attorney Andrew H. Warren. […]

31 Jul

Four suspects charged for roles in Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam

Four suspects were charged today for their supposed involvement in this month’s Twitter hack according to press releases from the Department of Justice and State Attorney Andrew H. Warren. […]

31 Jul

GandCrab ransomware operator arrested in Belarus

An affiliate of the GandCrab ransomware-as-a-business (RaaS) has been arrested, according to some Russian news sources. Authorities in Russia were able to identify the individual in cooperation with law enforcement in Romania and the U.K. […]

31 Jul

Microsoft PowerToys update fixes launcher, adds color picker

Microsoft today updated the Windows 10 PowerToys toolset with a new Color Picker utility that adds a system-wide tool to help you pick colors from anywhere on your screen and copy them to your clipboard. […]

31 Jul

US government sites abused to redirect users to porn sites

In an ongoing blackhat SEO campaign tracked by BleepingComputer, scammers are using open redirects found on government websites to redirect visitors to pornography sites. […]

31 Jul

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 2004 Bluetooth and Intel GPU issues

Microsoft today addressed two known issues preventing Windows 10 devices with Realtek Bluetooth radios and Intel integrated graphics processing units (iGPUs) from receiving the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. […]

31 Jul

Windows 10 2004 KB4568831 update released with printing fixes

Microsoft released the Windows 10 2004 KB4568831 non-security preview cumulative update with fixes for network printing, family safety, and cellular connectivity issues. […]

31 Jul

QNAP urges users to update Malware Remover after QSnatch alert

QNAP urges its users to update the Malware Remover app and bolster their NAS devices’ security following a QSnatch malware joint alert published earlier this week by UK’s NCSC and the US CISA government cybersecurity agencies. […]

30 Jul

Office 365 phishing abuses Google Ads to bypass email filters

An Office 365 phishing campaign abused Google Ads to bypass secure email gateways (SEGs), redirecting employees of targeted organizations to phishing landing pages and stealing their Microsoft credentials. (6f4c434995edef0548165457c4d90ce3)[…]

Month: July 2020

The Week in Ransomware – July 31st 2020 – Cooked Crab

Three suspects charged for roles in Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam

Four suspects charged for roles in Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam

GandCrab ransomware operator arrested in Belarus

Microsoft PowerToys update fixes launcher, adds color picker

US government sites abused to redirect users to porn sites

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 2004 Bluetooth and Intel GPU issues

Windows 10 2004 KB4568831 update released with printing fixes

QNAP urges users to update Malware Remover after QSnatch alert

Office 365 phishing abuses Google Ads to bypass email filters