December 2021 – Page 7

Facebook disrupts operations of seven surveillance-for-hire firms

Facebook has disrupted the operations of seven different spyware-making companies, blocking their Internet infrastructure, sending cease and desist letters, and banning them from its platform. […]

16 Dec

McMenamins breweries hit by a Conti ransomware attack

Portland brewery and hotel chain McMenamins suffered a Conti ransomware attack over the weekend that disrupted the company’s operations. […]

16 Dec

Cloudflare is experiencing widespread latency and timeouts

Cloudflare is experiencing “wide-spread” latency issues with their network and services, causing websites to load slowly and customers to experience performance issues accessing the customer dashboard. […]

16 Dec

Google Calendar now lets you block invitation phishing attempts

Google now makes it easy to block unwanted calendar invitations, commonly used by threat actors in phishing and malicious campaigns, from being added to your Google Calendar. […]

16 Dec

Microsoft: Khonsari ransomware hits self-hosted Minecraft servers

Microsoft urges admins of self-hosted Minecraft servers to upgrade to the latest release to defend against Khonsari ransomware attacks exploiting the critical Log4Shell security vulnerability. […]

15 Dec

Microsoft to set Windows Terminal as default console in Windows 11

Microsoft is working on making Windows Terminal the default terminal emulator program in Windows 11 instead of the Windows Console Host, starting next year. […]

15 Dec

Large-scale phishing study shows who bites the bait more often

A large-scale phishing study involving 14,733 participants over a 15-month experiment has produced some surprising findings that contradict previous research results that formed the basis for popular industry practices. […]

15 Dec

CISA warns critical infrastructure to stay vigilant for ongoing threats

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned critical infrastructure organizations today to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses against potential and ongoing threats. […]

15 Dec

State-sponsored hackers abuse Slack API to steal airline data

A suspected Iranian state-supported threat actor is deploying a newly discovered backdoor named ‘Aclip’ that abuses the Slack API for covert communications. […]

15 Dec

AWS down again, outage impacts Twitch, Zoom, PSN, Hulu, others

Amazon AWS is experiencing an outage that has impacted numerous online services, including Twitch, Zoom, PSN, Xbox Live, Doordash, Quickbooks Online, and Hulu. […]

Month: December 2021

Facebook disrupts operations of seven surveillance-for-hire firms

McMenamins breweries hit by a Conti ransomware attack

Cloudflare is experiencing widespread latency and timeouts

Google Calendar now lets you block invitation phishing attempts

Microsoft: Khonsari ransomware hits self-hosted Minecraft servers

Microsoft to set Windows Terminal as default console in Windows 11

Large-scale phishing study shows who bites the bait more often

CISA warns critical infrastructure to stay vigilant for ongoing threats

State-sponsored hackers abuse Slack API to steal airline data

AWS down again, outage impacts Twitch, Zoom, PSN, Hulu, others