September 2021 - Page 3 of 14

Microsoft will disable Basic Auth in Exchange Online in October 2022

Microsoft announced that Basic Authentication will be turned off for all protocols in all tenants starting October 1st, 2022, to protect millions of Exchange Online users. […]

25 Sep

Windows 10 emergency update resolves KB5005565 app freezes, crashes

Microsoft has released an emergency fix for freezing and crashing app issues caused by September’s KB5005565 and KB5005101 cumulative updates. […]

25 Sep

Microsoft WPBT flaw lets hackers install rootkits on Windows devices

Security researchers have found a flaw in the Microsoft Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT) that could be exploited in easy attacks to install rootkits on all Windows computers shipped since 2012. […]

25 Sep

Bitcoin.org hackers steal $17,000 in ‘double your cash’ scam

This week, threat actors hijacked Bitcoin.org, the authentic website of the Bitcoin project, and altered parts of the website to push a cryptocurrency giveaway scam that unfortunately some users fell for. Although the hack lasted for less than a day, hackers seem to have walked away with a little over $17,000. […]

24 Sep

The Week in Ransomware – September 24th 2021 – Targeting crypto

This week’s biggest news is the USA sanctioning a crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs to convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency. By targeting rogue exchanges, the US government is hoping to disrupt ransomware’s payment system. […]

24 Sep

United Health Centers ransomware attack claimed by Vice Society

California-based United Health Centers suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly disrupted all of their locations and resulted in patient data theft. […]

24 Sep

Google apologizes for scaring Cloud users with ‘past due’ emails

Google has apologized for a wave of emails warning Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, or API customers that their accounts may be suspended for a past due balance. […]

24 Sep

Hackers exploiting critical VMware vCenter CVE-2021-22005 bug

Exploit code that could be used for remote code execution on VMware vCenter Server vulnerable to CVE-2021-22005 has been released today and attackers are already using it. […]

24 Sep

Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-day exploited in the wild

Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, an emergency update addressing a high-severity zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild. […]

24 Sep

Microsoft rushes to register Autodiscover domains leaking credentials

Microsoft is rushing to register Internet domains used to steal Windows credentials sent from faulty implementations of the Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover protocol. […]

Month: September 2021

Microsoft will disable Basic Auth in Exchange Online in October 2022

Windows 10 emergency update resolves KB5005565 app freezes, crashes

Microsoft WPBT flaw lets hackers install rootkits on Windows devices

Bitcoin.org hackers steal $17,000 in ‘double your cash’ scam

The Week in Ransomware – September 24th 2021 – Targeting crypto

United Health Centers ransomware attack claimed by Vice Society

Google apologizes for scaring Cloud users with ‘past due’ emails

Hackers exploiting critical VMware vCenter CVE-2021-22005 bug

Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-day exploited in the wild

Microsoft rushes to register Autodiscover domains leaking credentials