December 2020 – Page 5

SolarWinds hackers breached US Treasury officials’ email accounts

US Senator Ron Wyden said that dozens of US Treasury email accounts were compromised by the threat actors behind the SolarWinds hack. […]

21 Dec

Trucking giant Forward Air hit by new Hades ransomware gang

Trucking and freight logistics company Forward Air has suffered a ransomware attack by a new ransomware gang that has impacted the company’s business operations. […]

21 Dec

EXMO cryptocurrency exchange hacked, loses 5% of total assets

British cryptocurrency exchange EXMO has disclosed that unknown attackers withdrew almost 5% of its total assets after compromising its hot wallets. […]

21 Dec

Critical bugs in Dell Wyse ThinOS allow thin client take over

Almost a dozen Dell Wyse thin client models are vulnerable to critical issues that could be exploited by a remote attacker to run malicious code and gain access to arbitrary files. […]

21 Dec

US seizes domains used for COVID-19 vaccine phishing attacks

The US Department of Justice has seized two domain names used to impersonate the official websites of biotechnology companies Moderna and Regeneron involved in the development of COVID-19 vaccines. […]

21 Dec

VMware latest to confirm breach in SolarWinds hacking campaign

VMware is the latest company to confirm that it had its systems breached in the recent SolarWinds attacks and said that the hackers did not make any attempts of further exploitation after gaining access through the deployed backdoor. […]

20 Dec

Flavors designer Symrise halts production after Clop ransomware attack

Flavor and fragrance developer Symrise has suffered a Clop ransomware attack where the attackers allegedly stole 500 GB of unencrypted files and encrypted close to 1,000 devices. […]

20 Dec

Windows Hello is now being used by 84% of Windows 10 users

Windows Hello, which is an all-in-one biometric authentication process integrated into Windows 10, is slowly growing in popularity. […]

20 Dec

New Windows 10 tool lets you group your taskbar shortcuts

A new Windows 10 utility called TaskbarGroups lets you group shortcuts on the taskbar so they can easily be launched without taking up a lot of space. […]

19 Dec

Gitpaste-12 worm botnet returns with 30+ vulnerability exploits

Recently discovered Gitpaste-12 worm that spreads via GitHub and also hosts malicious payload on Pastebin, has returned with over 30 vulnerability exploits, according to researchers at Juniper Labs. […]

Month: December 2020

SolarWinds hackers breached US Treasury officials’ email accounts

Trucking giant Forward Air hit by new Hades ransomware gang

EXMO cryptocurrency exchange hacked, loses 5% of total assets

Critical bugs in Dell Wyse ThinOS allow thin client take over

US seizes domains used for COVID-19 vaccine phishing attacks

VMware latest to confirm breach in SolarWinds hacking campaign

Flavors designer Symrise halts production after Clop ransomware attack

Windows Hello is now being used by 84% of Windows 10 users

New Windows 10 tool lets you group your taskbar shortcuts

Gitpaste-12 worm botnet returns with 30+ vulnerability exploits