May 2021 - Page 8 of 15

Insurer AXA hit by ransomware after dropping support for ransom payments

Branches of insurance giant AXA based in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines have been struck by a ransomware cyber attack. As seen by BleepingComputer yesterday, the Avaddon ransomware group claimed on their leak site that they had stolen over 3 TB of sensitive data from AXA’s Asian operations. […]

16 May

Herff Jones credit card breach impacts college students across the US

Graduating students from several universities in the U.S. have been reporting fraudulent transactions after using payment cards at popular cap and gown maker Herff Jones. […]

15 May

Windows 10 is gaining these nifty enhancements in the next update

With Windows 10 Sun Valley update, we’re expecting new features for Start Menu, Taskbar, Action Center (notification center), File Explorer, and more. […]

15 May

Ireland’s Health Services hit with $20 million ransomware demand

Ireland’s health service, the HSE, says they are refusing to pay a $20 million ransom demand to the Conti ransomware gang after the hackers encrypted computers and disrupted health care in the country. […]

15 May

Best Windows 10 commands to diagnose your Internet connection

Diagnosing an Internet connection in Windows can be a frustrating experience. To help with this, we have outlined six Windows 10 commands that you can use to troubleshoot your Internet connection and help determine why you cannot reach a website. […]

15 May

Apple rejected over 215,000 apps in 2020 for privacy violations

Apple says that more than 215,000 iOS apps were blocked by its App Store’s App Review team for privacy violations in 2020, while another 150,00 were rejected because they were spamming or misleading iOS users. […]

14 May

Ransomware ads now also banned on Exploit cybercrime forum

The team behind Exploit, a major cybercrime forum used by ransomware gangs to hire affiliates and advertise their Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) services, has announced that ransomware ads are now banned and will be removed. […]

14 May

The Week in Ransomware – May 14th 2021 – One down, many more to go

Ransomware took the media spotlight this week after a ransomware gang known as DarkSide targeted critical infrastructure in the USA. […]

14 May

Microsoft adds Windows 10 HDR support for Photoshop, Lightroom

Microsoft has added HDR support to color managed apps to access your display’s whole color gamut in the latest Windows 10 build released for Insiders in the Dev Channel. […]

14 May

Microsoft investigating new Windows 10 high-pitched noise issue

Microsoft is working on resolving a high-pitched noise issue Windows 10 users hear when using some 5.1 audio configurations after applying recently released cumulative updates. […]

Month: May 2021

Insurer AXA hit by ransomware after dropping support for ransom payments

Herff Jones credit card breach impacts college students across the US

Windows 10 is gaining these nifty enhancements in the next update

Ireland’s Health Services hit with $20 million ransomware demand

Best Windows 10 commands to diagnose your Internet connection

Apple rejected over 215,000 apps in 2020 for privacy violations

Ransomware ads now also banned on Exploit cybercrime forum

The Week in Ransomware – May 14th 2021 – One down, many more to go

Microsoft adds Windows 10 HDR support for Photoshop, Lightroom

Microsoft investigating new Windows 10 high-pitched noise issue