February 2021 – Page 2

The Week in Ransomware – February 26th 2021 – Back from the Holidays

The number of attacks had slowed down after the winter holidays, but after the past two weeks, it’s evident that the ransomware attacks are back at full speed. […]

26 Feb

Twitter scammers earned over $145k this week in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge

Cryptocurrency scammers have made at least $145,000 this week by promoting fake giveaways through hacked verified Twitter accounts. […]

26 Feb

T-Mobile discloses data breach after SIM swapping attacks

American telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unknown number of customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. […]

26 Feb

Malicious Firefox extension allowed hackers to hijack Gmail accounts

Several Tibetan organizations were targeted in a cyber-espionage campaign by a state-backed hacking group using a malicious Firefox extension designed to hijack Gmail accounts and infect victims with malware. […]

25 Feb

Intel wireless driver updates fix Windows 10 blue screen issues

Intel has addressed Wi-Fi and Wireless Bluetooth drivers issues causing Windows 10 blue screen of death (BSOD) errors and Bluetooth devices to lose connection or stop working. […]

25 Feb

XBOX Live outage prevents players from logging in

Xbox Live outage is suffering a worldwide outage that prevents users from logging into the service and accessing games. […]

25 Feb

Microsoft removes 3D Objects, Windows 10’s most useless folder, from File Explorer

Microsoft is no longer treating possibly the most unused folder, 3D Objects, as a special folder in File Explorer. […]

25 Feb

Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms ransomware attack, data leak

The recent cyberattack that forced the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to take its servers offline and suspend grant allocation processes was caused by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. […]

25 Feb

North Korean hackers target defense industry with custom malware

A North Korean-backed hacking group has targeted the defense industry with custom backdoor malware dubbed ThreatNeedle since early 2020 with the end goal of collecting highly sensitive information. […]

25 Feb

TD Bank suffers systemwide outage, services still recovering

TD Bank is recovering from a major IT systems outage today that prevented account holders from accessing their online bank accounts, use ATM, or check balances over the phone. […]

Month: February 2021

The Week in Ransomware – February 26th 2021 – Back from the Holidays

Twitter scammers earned over $145k this week in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge

T-Mobile discloses data breach after SIM swapping attacks

Malicious Firefox extension allowed hackers to hijack Gmail accounts

Intel wireless driver updates fix Windows 10 blue screen issues

XBOX Live outage prevents players from logging in

Microsoft removes 3D Objects, Windows 10’s most useless folder, from File Explorer

Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms ransomware attack, data leak

North Korean hackers target defense industry with custom malware

TD Bank suffers systemwide outage, services still recovering