January 2021 – We Fix PC

SpamCop anti-spam service suffers an outage after its domain expired

Cisco’s SpamCop anti-spam service suffered an outage Sunday after a its domain mistakenly was allowed to expire. […]

Windows 10 features that boost your PC’s security and privacy

Like almost all operating systems these days, Windows 10 is vulnerable to security and privacy issues, and researches have proved that Microsoft can track a lot of your activities to improve their products and enable personalized ads and promotions. […]

30 Jan

Beware: Malicious Home Depot ad gets top spot in Google Search

A malicious Home Depot advertising campaign is redirect Google search visitors to tech support scams. […]

30 Jan

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) suffers ransomware attack

The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is dealing with a ransomware incident that encrypted data and impacted two of its services that offer information to subscribers and the platform for peer review of various parts of the agency. […]

30 Jan

Fonix ransomware shuts down and releases master decryption key

The Fonix Ransomware operators have shut down their operation and released the master decryption allowing victims to recover their files for free. […]

29 Jan

The Week in Ransomware – January 29th 2021 – Striking back

It has been a hectic week, with law enforcement conducting two successful law enforcement operations that will significantly impact ransomware. […]

29 Jan

Here’s how law enforcement’s Emotet malware module works

New research released today provides greater insight into the Emotet module created by law enforcement that will uninstall the malware from infected devices in April. […]

29 Jan

Vovalex is likely the first ransomware written in D

A new ransomware called Vovalex is being distributed through fake pirated software that impersonates popular Windows utilities, such as CCleaner. […]

29 Jan

New Pro-Ocean malware worms through Apache, Oracle, Redis servers

The financially-motivated Rocke hackers are using a new piece of cryptojacking malware called Pro-Ocean to target vulnerable instances of Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and Redis. […]

29 Jan

Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware

The domain name perl.com was stolen and now points to an IP address associated with malware campaigns. […]

Month: January 2021

SpamCop anti-spam service suffers an outage after its domain expired

Windows 10 features that boost your PC’s security and privacy

Beware: Malicious Home Depot ad gets top spot in Google Search

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) suffers ransomware attack

Fonix ransomware shuts down and releases master decryption key

The Week in Ransomware – January 29th 2021 – Striking back

Here’s how law enforcement’s Emotet malware module works

Vovalex is likely the first ransomware written in D

New Pro-Ocean malware worms through Apache, Oracle, Redis servers

Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware