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The Week in Ransomware – April 14th 2023 – A Focus on Stolen Data

It has been mostly a quiet week regarding ransomware, with only a few bits of info released on older attacks and some reports released on existing organizations. […]

14 Apr

Vice Society ransomware uses new PowerShell data theft tool in attacks

The Vice Society ransomware gang is deploying a new, rather sophisticated PowerShell script to automate data theft from compromised networks. […]

14 Apr

Microsoft expands Start menu ads test with new ‘treatments’

Microsoft is testing new ads in the Windows Start menu, or what it describes as “new treatments,” for users logged into local accounts as part of a “badging” expansion. […]

14 Apr

Google Chrome emergency update fixes first zero-day of 2023

Google has released an emergency Chrome security update to address the first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year. […]

14 Apr

Darktrace: Investigation found no evidence of LockBit breach

Cybersecurity firm Darktrace says it found no evidence that the LockBit ransomware gang breached its network after the group added an entry to their dark web leak platform, implying that they stole data from the company’s systems. […]

14 Apr

Russia accuses NATO of launching 5,000 cyberattacks since 2022

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) has accused the United States and other NATO countries of launching over 5,000 cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in the country since the beginning of 2022. […]

13 Apr

Microsoft: Phishing attack targets accountants as Tax Day approaches

Microsoft is warning of a phishing campaign targeting accounting firms and tax preparers with remote access malware allowing initial access to corporate networks. […]

13 Apr

Microsoft: Windows LAPS is incompatible with legacy policies

Microsoft is investigating an interoperability bug between the recently added Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) feature and legacy LAPS policies. […]

13 Apr

Windows 11 is getting a new ‘Presence sensing’ privacy setting

Windows 11 is getting a new privacy setting that allows users to control whether applications can detect when actively interacting with the device. […]

13 Apr

Microsoft shares fix for Outlook issue blocking access to emails

Microsoft is working on fixing an issue affecting some Outlook for Microsoft 365 customers and preventing them from accessing emails and their calendars. […]

Author: We Fix PC

The Week in Ransomware – April 14th 2023 – A Focus on Stolen Data

Vice Society ransomware uses new PowerShell data theft tool in attacks

Microsoft expands Start menu ads test with new ‘treatments’

Google Chrome emergency update fixes first zero-day of 2023

Darktrace: Investigation found no evidence of LockBit breach

Russia accuses NATO of launching 5,000 cyberattacks since 2022

Microsoft: Phishing attack targets accountants as Tax Day approaches

Microsoft: Windows LAPS is incompatible with legacy policies

Windows 11 is getting a new ‘Presence sensing’ privacy setting

Microsoft shares fix for Outlook issue blocking access to emails