October 2021 – Page 8

The Week in Ransomware – October 15th 2021 – Disrupting ransoms

This week, senior officials from over thirty countries held virtual conferences on disrupting ransomware operations and attacks. […]

15 Oct

US links $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified roughly $5.2 billion worth of outgoing Bitcoin transactions likely tied to the top 10 most commonly reported ransomware variants. […]

15 Oct

New Windows 10 KB5006670 update breaks network printing

Windows 10 users and administrators report widescale network printing issues after installing the KB5006670 cumulative update and other updates released this week. […]

15 Oct

Twitch downplays this month’s hack, says it had minimal impact

In an update regarding this month’s security incident, Twitch downplayed the breach saying that it had minimal impact and it only affected a small number of users. […]

15 Oct

Accenture confirms data breach after August ransomware attack

Global IT consultancy giant Accenture confirmed that LockBit ransomware operators stole data from its systems during an attack that hit the company’s systems in August 2021. […]

15 Oct

Russian cybercrime gang targets finance firms with stealthy macros

A new phishing campaign dubbed MirrorBlast is deploying weaponized Excel documents that are extremely difficult to detect to compromise financial service organizations […]

15 Oct

Brave web browser will add bounce tracking privacy protection

Brave, the privacy-conscious web browser, has announced plans to introduce additional privacy protections against ‘bounce tracking,’ a newer form of tracking that is not currently blocked by the browser. […]

15 Oct

Microsoft tests smarter delivery for Windows 11 update improvements

Microsoft is testing a new method to deliver Windows update improvements starting with Insiders in the Dev Channel running Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22478. […]

15 Oct

Governments worldwide to crack down on ransomware payment channels

Senior officials from 31 countries and the European Union said that their governments would take action to disrupt the cryptocurrency payment channels used by ransomware gangs to finance their operations. […]

15 Oct

Canonical launches Ubuntu 21.10 for desktop and server

The latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu 21.10, codenamed ‘Impish Indy’, has landed on Canonical’s download channels. […]

Month: October 2021

The Week in Ransomware – October 15th 2021 – Disrupting ransoms

US links $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware

New Windows 10 KB5006670 update breaks network printing

Twitch downplays this month’s hack, says it had minimal impact

Accenture confirms data breach after August ransomware attack

Russian cybercrime gang targets finance firms with stealthy macros

Brave web browser will add bounce tracking privacy protection

Microsoft tests smarter delivery for Windows 11 update improvements

Governments worldwide to crack down on ransomware payment channels

Canonical launches Ubuntu 21.10 for desktop and server