November 2020 - Page 13 of 14

QBot phishing lures victims using US election interference emails

The Qbot botnet is now spewing U.S. election-themed phishing emails used to infect victims with malicious payloads designed to harvest user data and emails for use in future campaigns. […]

04 Nov

Scam PSA: Ransomware gangs don’t always delete stolen data when paid

Ransomware gangs are increasingly failing to keep their promise to delete stolen data after a victim pays a ransom. […]

04 Nov

Japanese game dev Capcom hit by cyberattack, business impacted

Japanese game developer Capcom has disclosed that they suffered a cyberattack over the weekend that is impacting business operations, including email systems. […]

04 Nov

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 issue behind displays going black

Microsoft says that it fixed a known issue affecting devices running Windows 10, version 2004 since June and causing external displays to go black when drawing in certain applications including Microsoft Office Word and Whiteboard. […]

04 Nov

Apple search bot leaked internal IPs via proxy configuration

A podcast creator and security researcher discovered that Apple’s search bot, namely Applebot, crawling his podcast series had been leaking internal IPs due to a misconfigured proxy server. And, it took Apple over 9 months to fix this, for no obvious reason. […]

03 Nov

Leading toy maker Mattel hit by ransomware

Toy industry giant Mattel disclosed that they suffered a ransomware attack in July that impacted some of its business functions but did not lead to data theft. […]

03 Nov

New RegretLocker ransomware targets Windows virtual machines

A new ransomware called RegretLocker uses a variety of advanced features that allows it to encrypt virtual hard drives and close open files for encryption. […]

03 Nov

Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more

Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden, today disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million Swedes after sharing customers’ personal info with multiple technology giants. […]

03 Nov

SaltStack reveals new critical vulnerabilities, patch now

SaltStack has released information on 3 vulnerabilities. 2 being critical, impacting Salt versions 3002 and prior. Users are encouraged to patch their Salt instances immediately. […]

03 Nov

Windows 7 won’t die, still second most popular operating system

The data analysts firm NetMarketShare revealed that Windows 10 has seen another uptake in users and it went up to 64.04% from 61.26% last month. Linux (multiple distros) went from 1.14% to 1.65% and Ubuntu now holds a market share of 0.51% […]

Month: November 2020

QBot phishing lures victims using US election interference emails

Scam PSA: Ransomware gangs don’t always delete stolen data when paid

Japanese game dev Capcom hit by cyberattack, business impacted

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 issue behind displays going black

Apple search bot leaked internal IPs via proxy configuration

Leading toy maker Mattel hit by ransomware

New RegretLocker ransomware targets Windows virtual machines

Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more

SaltStack reveals new critical vulnerabilities, patch now

Windows 7 won’t die, still second most popular operating system