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Bandwidth.com is latest victim of DDoS attacks against VoIP providers

Bandwidth.com has become the latest victim of distributed denial of service attacks targeting VoIP providers this month, leading to nationwide voice outages over the past few days. […]

27 Sep

Microsoft: Nobelium uses custom malware to backdoor Windows domains

Microsoft has discovered new malware used by the Nobelium hacking group to deploy additional payloads and steal sensitive info from Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) servers. […]

27 Sep

Ethereum dev admits to helping North Korea evade crypto sanctions

Cryptocurrency expert Virgil Griffith pled guilty today to assisting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in evading U.S. sanctions by conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Executive Order 13466. […]

27 Sep

Malicious ‘Safepal Wallet’ Firefox add-on stole cryptocurrency

A malicious Firefox add-on named “Safepal Wallet” lived on the Mozilla add-ons site for seven months and scammed users by emptying out their wallets. Safepal is a cryptocurrency wallet application capable of securely storing a variety of crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. […]

26 Sep

Hands on with Windows 11’s new Settings and File Explorer

In addition to the new Start Menu and taskbar design overhauls, Windows 11 also comes with a new File Explorer and Settings app. […]

26 Sep

Microsoft will disable Basic Auth in Exchange Online in October 2022

Microsoft announced that Basic Authentication will be turned off for all protocols in all tenants starting October 1st, 2022, to protect millions of Exchange Online users. […]

25 Sep

Windows 10 emergency update resolves KB5005565 app freezes, crashes

Microsoft has released an emergency fix for freezing and crashing app issues caused by September’s KB5005565 and KB5005101 cumulative updates. […]

25 Sep

Microsoft WPBT flaw lets hackers install rootkits on Windows devices

Security researchers have found a flaw in the Microsoft Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT) that could be exploited in easy attacks to install rootkits on all Windows computers shipped since 2012. […]

25 Sep

Bitcoin.org hackers steal $17,000 in ‘double your cash’ scam

This week, threat actors hijacked Bitcoin.org, the authentic website of the Bitcoin project, and altered parts of the website to push a cryptocurrency giveaway scam that unfortunately some users fell for. Although the hack lasted for less than a day, hackers seem to have walked away with a little over $17,000. […]

24 Sep

The Week in Ransomware – September 24th 2021 – Targeting crypto

This week’s biggest news is the USA sanctioning a crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs to convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency. By targeting rogue exchanges, the US government is hoping to disrupt ransomware’s payment system. […]