December 2021 – Page 11

Tor’s main site blocked in Russia as censorship widens

The Tor Project’s main website, torproject.org, is actively blocked by Russia’s largest internet service providers, and sources from the country claim that the government is getting ready to conduct an extensive block of the project. […]

08 Dec

SonicWall ‘strongly urges’ customers to patch critical SMA 100 bugs

SonicWall ‘strongly urges’ organizations using SMA 100 series appliances to immediately patch them against multiple security flaws rated with CVSS scores ranging from medium to critical. […]

07 Dec

Microsoft starts rolling out redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

Microsoft has started rolling out the new and completely redesigned Notepad for Windows 11 to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. […]

07 Dec

New Cerber ransomware targets Confluence and GitLab servers

Cerber ransomware is back, as a new ransomware family adopts the old name and targets Atlassian Confluence and GitLab servers using remote code execution vulnerabilities. […]

07 Dec

Google disrupts massive Glupteba botnet, sues Russian operators

Google announced today that it has taken action to disrupt the Glupteba botnet that now controls more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world, growing by thousands of new infected devices each day. […]

07 Dec

27 flaws in USB-over-network SDK affect millions of cloud users

Researchers have discovered 27 vulnerabilities in Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers to remotely mount a local USB device. […]

07 Dec

STOP Ransomware vaccine released to block encryption

German security software company G DATA has released a vaccine that will block STOP Ransomware from encrypting victims’ files after infection. […]

06 Dec

Eurostar tests facial recognition system on London train station

Eurostar is testing a new biometric facial recognition technology on passengers traveling from London’s St Pancras International station to continental Europe. […]

06 Dec

France warns of Nobelium cyberspies attacking French orgs

The French national cyber-security agency ANSSI said today that the Russian-backed Nobelium hacking group behind last year’s SolarWinds hack has been targeting French organizations since February 2021. […]

06 Dec

Hundreds of SPAR stores shut down, switch to cash after cyberattack

Approximately 330 SPAR shops in North East England face severe operational problems following a weekend cyberattack, forcing many stores to close or switch to cash-only payments. […]

Month: December 2021

Tor’s main site blocked in Russia as censorship widens

SonicWall ‘strongly urges’ customers to patch critical SMA 100 bugs

Microsoft starts rolling out redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

New Cerber ransomware targets Confluence and GitLab servers

Google disrupts massive Glupteba botnet, sues Russian operators

27 flaws in USB-over-network SDK affect millions of cloud users

STOP Ransomware vaccine released to block encryption

Eurostar tests facial recognition system on London train station

France warns of Nobelium cyberspies attacking French orgs

Hundreds of SPAR stores shut down, switch to cash after cyberattack