July 2022 - Page 2 of 14

Ransom payments fall as fewer victims choose to pay hackers

Ransomware statistics from the second quarter of the year show that the ransoms paid to extortionists have dropped in value, a trend that continues since the last quarter of 2021. […]

28 Jul

Microsoft releases Windows 10 22H2 preview for enterprise testing

Microsoft has released the first preview build of Windows 10, version 22H2, to Windows Insiders for enterprise testing before the general release later this year. […]

28 Jul

Microsoft SQL servers hacked to steal bandwidth for proxy services

Threat actors are generating revenue by using adware bundles, malware, or even hacking into Microsoft SQL servers, to convert devices into proxies that are rented through online proxy services. […]

28 Jul

MS-SQL servers hacked to steal bandwidth with proxyware

Threat actors have been adopting a less common method to generate revenue and are leveraging payloads to install proxyware services on target systems. […]

28 Jul

Microsoft 365 outage knocks down admin center in North America

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident impacting administrators in North America who report seeing blank pages and 404 errors when trying to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. […]

28 Jul

LibreOffice addresses security issues with macros, passwords

The LibreOffice suite has been updated to address several security vulnerabilities related to the execution of macros and the protection of passwords for web connections. […]

28 Jul

Cyberspies use Google Chrome extension to steal emails undetected

A North Korean-backed threat group tracked as Kimsuky is using a malicious browser extension to steal emails from Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge users reading their webmail. […]

28 Jul

Akamai blocked largest DDoS in Europe against one of its customers

The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that Europe has ever seen occurred earlier this month and hit an organization in Eastern Europe. […]

28 Jul

Malicious npm packages steal Discord users’ payment card info

Multiple npm packages are being used in an ongoing malicious campaign to infect Discord users with malware that steals their payment card information. […]

27 Jul

Spain arrests suspected hackers who sabotaged radiation alert system

The Spanish police have announced the arrest of two hackers believed to be responsible for cyberattacks on the country’s radioactivity alert network (RAR), which took place between March and June 2021. […]

Month: July 2022

Ransom payments fall as fewer victims choose to pay hackers

Microsoft releases Windows 10 22H2 preview for enterprise testing

Microsoft SQL servers hacked to steal bandwidth for proxy services

MS-SQL servers hacked to steal bandwidth with proxyware

Microsoft 365 outage knocks down admin center in North America

LibreOffice addresses security issues with macros, passwords

Cyberspies use Google Chrome extension to steal emails undetected

Akamai blocked largest DDoS in Europe against one of its customers

Malicious npm packages steal Discord users’ payment card info

Spain arrests suspected hackers who sabotaged radiation alert system