October 2021 – Page 5

DarkSide ransomware rushes to cash out $7 million in Bitcoin

Almost $7 million worth of Bitcoin in a wallet controlled by DarkSide ransomware operators has been moved in what looks like a money laundering rollercoaster. […]

22 Oct

Groove ransomware calls on all extortion gangs to attack US interests

The Groove ransomware gang is calling on other extortion groups to attack US interests after law enforcement took down REvil’s infrastructure last week. […]

22 Oct

Microsoft: WizardUpdate Mac malware adds new evasion tactics

Microsoft says it found new variants of macOS malware known as WizardUpdate (also tracked as UpdateAgent or Vigram), updated to use new evasion and persistence tactics. […]

22 Oct

Google cuts Play Store dev fees to 15% for all subscriptions

Google announced that they are dropping the 30% flat service fee for in-app purchases or app sales to 15% starting January 1, 2022. […]

22 Oct

Italian celebs’ data exposed in ransomware attack on SIAE

The Italian data protection authority Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (GPDP) has announced an investigation into a data breach of the country’s copyright protection agency. […]

22 Oct

Microsoft Teams adds end-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls

Microsoft has announced the public preview roll-out of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for one-to-one Microsoft Teams calls. […]

22 Oct

CISA: GPS software bug may cause unexpected behavior this Sunday

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that GPS deices might experience issues over the weekend because of a timing bug impacting Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers running the GPS Daemon (GPSD) software. […]

22 Oct

Microsoft: Windows 11 printing issues fixed in the KB5006746 update

Microsoft has fixed multiple known issues impacting printing on Windows 11 with the release of the optional KB5006746 cumulative update preview on Thursday. […]

21 Oct

Cybercrime matures as hackers are forced to work smarter

An analysis of 500 hacking incidents across a wide range of industries has revealed trends that characterize a maturity in the way hacking groups operate today. […]

21 Oct

RAT malware spreading in Korea through webhards and torrents

An ongoing malware distribution campaign targeting South Korea is disguising RATs (remote access trojans) as an adult game shared via webhards and torrents. […]

Month: October 2021

DarkSide ransomware rushes to cash out $7 million in Bitcoin

Groove ransomware calls on all extortion gangs to attack US interests

Microsoft: WizardUpdate Mac malware adds new evasion tactics

Google cuts Play Store dev fees to 15% for all subscriptions

Italian celebs’ data exposed in ransomware attack on SIAE

Microsoft Teams adds end-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls

CISA: GPS software bug may cause unexpected behavior this Sunday

Microsoft: Windows 11 printing issues fixed in the KB5006746 update

Cybercrime matures as hackers are forced to work smarter

RAT malware spreading in Korea through webhards and torrents