March 2021 – Page 13

The Week in Ransomware – March 5th 2021 – Targeting service providers

This week we have seen ransomware attacks targeting online service providers and MSPs to not only encrypt the victim but also cause significant outages for their customers. […]

05 Mar

US indicts John McAfee for cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering

US federal prosecutors have charged John McAfee, founder of cybersecurity firm McAfee, and his executive advisor Jimmy Gale Watson Jr for cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering. […]

05 Mar

New ransomware only decrypts victims who join their Discord server

A new ransomware called ‘Hog’ encrypts users’ devices and only decrypts them if they join the developer’s Discord server. […]

05 Mar

Chrome extension turns on YouTube captions when eating noisy chips

A new AI-powered Google Chrome extension will automatically turn on YouTube extensions if it detects you are eating noisy chips. […]

05 Mar

Microsoft: Exchange updates can install without fixing vulnerabilities

Due to the critical nature of recently issued Microsoft Exchange security updates, admins need to know that the updates may have installation issues on servers where User Account Control (UAC) is enabled. […]

05 Mar

Ongoing phishing attacks target US brokers with fake FINRA audits

The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a regulatory notice warning US brokerage firms and brokers of an ongoing phishing campaign using fake compliance audit alerts to harvest information. […]

05 Mar

Supermicro, Pulse Secure release fixes for ‘TrickBoot’ attacks

Supermicro and Pulse Secure have released advisories warning that some of their motherboards are vulnerable to the TrickBot malware’s UEFI firmware-infecting module, known as TrickBoot. […]

04 Mar

CompuCom MSP hit by DarkSide ransomware cyberattack

US managed service provider CompuCom has suffered a DarkSide ransomware attack leading to service outages and customers disconnecting from the MSP’s network to prevent the spread of malware. […]

04 Mar

VMware releases fix for severe View Planner RCE vulnerability

VMware has addressed a high severity unauth RCE vulnerability in VMware View Planner, allowing attackers to abuse servers running unpatched software for remote code execution. […]

04 Mar

Researcher bitsquats Microsoft’s windows.com to steal traffic

A researcher was able to bitsquat Microsoft’s windows.com domain by cybersquatting variations of windows.com. Adversaries can abuse this tactic to conduct automated attacks or collect data due to the nature of bit flipping. […]

Month: March 2021

The Week in Ransomware – March 5th 2021 – Targeting service providers

US indicts John McAfee for cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering

New ransomware only decrypts victims who join their Discord server

Chrome extension turns on YouTube captions when eating noisy chips

Microsoft: Exchange updates can install without fixing vulnerabilities

Ongoing phishing attacks target US brokers with fake FINRA audits

Supermicro, Pulse Secure release fixes for ‘TrickBoot’ attacks

CompuCom MSP hit by DarkSide ransomware cyberattack

VMware releases fix for severe View Planner RCE vulnerability

Researcher bitsquats Microsoft’s windows.com to steal traffic