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The Week in Ransomware – May 7th 2021 – Attacking healthcare

While ransomware attacks continued throughout the week, for the most part, it has been quieter than usual, with only a few new variants released. […]

07 May

Microsoft: Business email compromise attack targeted dozens of orgs

Microsoft detected a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) campaign that targeted more than 120 organization using typo-squatted domains registered days before the attacks began. […]

07 May

Bulletproof hosting admins plead guilty to running cybercrime safe haven

Four individuals from Eastern Europe are facing 20 years in prison for Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges after pleading guilty to running a bulletproof hosting service as a safe haven for cybercrime operations targeting US entities. […]

07 May

Microsoft pauses development of Windows 10X, its Chrome OS competitor

Microsoft has reportedly paused the development of Windows 10X, its Chrome OS competitor for single-screen and dual-screen devices. […]

07 May

Foxit Reader bug lets attackers run malicious code via PDFs

Foxit Software, the company behind the highly popular Foxit Reader, has published security updates to fix a high severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the PDF reader. […]

06 May

Google wants to enable multi-factor authentication by default

Google strives to push all its users to start using two-factor authentication (2FA), which can block attackers from taking control of their accounts using compromised credentials or guessing their passwords. […]

06 May

Microsoft introduces Windows 10’s new default user interface font

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Build 21376 with a preview of a new default font for Windows 10 called ‘Segoe UI Variable.’ […]

06 May

Windows 10 Sun Valley update kicks Windows 95’s icons to the curb

Microsoft has given us another sneak peek into their upcoming Windows 10 Sun Valley design update, this time with a refresh of the Windows system icons. […]

06 May

New TsuNAME DNS bug allows attackers to DDoS authoritative DNS servers

Attackers can use a newly disclosed domain name server (DNS) vulnerability publicly known as TsuNAME as an amplification vector in large-scale reflection-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting authoritative DNS servers. […]

06 May

A student pirating software led to a full-blown Ryuk ransomware attack

A student’s attempt to pirate an expensive data visualization software led to a full-blown Ryuk ransomware attack at a European biomolecular research institute. […]

Month: May 2021

The Week in Ransomware – May 7th 2021 – Attacking healthcare

Microsoft: Business email compromise attack targeted dozens of orgs

Bulletproof hosting admins plead guilty to running cybercrime safe haven

Microsoft pauses development of Windows 10X, its Chrome OS competitor

Foxit Reader bug lets attackers run malicious code via PDFs

Google wants to enable multi-factor authentication by default

Microsoft introduces Windows 10’s new default user interface font

Windows 10 Sun Valley update kicks Windows 95’s icons to the curb

New TsuNAME DNS bug allows attackers to DDoS authoritative DNS servers

A student pirating software led to a full-blown Ryuk ransomware attack