October 2020 – Page 7

US Treasury hits bitcoin mixer with $60 million penalty

The US Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the first-ever penalty against a Helix and Coin Ninja cryptocurrency mixing services. […]

19 Oct

Coinbase phishing hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via OAuth app

A new phishing campaign uses a Coinbase-themed email to install an Office 365 consent app that gives attackers access to a victim’s email. […]

19 Oct

FBI warns of newly registered domains spoofing US Census Bureau

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert to warn of the potential use of spoofed US Census Bureau domains in future malicious campaigns including phishing and credential theft attacks. […]

19 Oct

US indicts Russian GRU ‘Sandworm’ hackers for NotPetya, worldwide attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six Russian intelligence operatives for hacking operations related to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the 2017 French elections, and the notorious NotPetya ransomware attack. […]

18 Oct

Watch out for Emotet malware’s new ‘Windows Update’ attachment

The Emotet botnet has begun to use a new malicious attachment that pretends to be a message from Windows Update telling you to upgrade Microsoft Word. […]

18 Oct

Using Windows 10 in-place upgrades to fix Windows Update issues

In some cases, some folks have noticed that the Windows Update fails with an uninformative error message almost every month. Even those who have successfully downloaded the update have hit trouble during the installation process. In this article, we’ll highlight steps to use in-place upgrades to resolve update issues. […]

18 Oct

Month: October 2020

US Treasury hits bitcoin mixer with $60 million penalty

Coinbase phishing hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via OAuth app

FBI warns of newly registered domains spoofing US Census Bureau

US indicts Russian GRU ‘Sandworm’ hackers for NotPetya, worldwide attacks

Watch out for Emotet malware’s new ‘Windows Update’ attachment

Using Windows 10 in-place upgrades to fix Windows Update issues

Google Chrome and Edge are creating random debug.log log files

Microsoft released a new Windows 10 task manager for gamers

Unlock Windows 10’s God Mode to access all settings in one screen

Hackers now abuse BaseCamp for free malware hosting