News Archives - Page 612 of 936

Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices

A massive ransomware campaign targeting QNAP devices worldwide is underway, and users are finding their files now stored in password-protected 7zip archives. […]

21 Apr

Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code

Linux kernel project maintainers have imposed a ban on the University of Minnesota (UMN) from contributing to the open-source Linux project after a group of UMN researchers were caught submitting a series of malicious code commits, or patches that deliberately introduced security vulnerabilities in the official Linux project. […]

21 Apr

Google fixes exploited Chrome zero-day dropped on Twitter last week

Google has released Chrome 90.0.4430.85 to address an actively exploited zero-day and four other high severity security vulnerabilities impacting today’s most popular web browser. […]

20 Apr

REvil gang tries to extort Apple, threatens to sell stolen blueprints

The REvil ransomware gang asked Apple to “buy back” stolen product blueprints to avoid having them leaked on REvil’s leak site before today’s Apple Spring Loaded event where the new iMac was introduced. […]

20 Apr

SonicWall warns customers to patch 3 zero-days exploited in the wild

Security hardware manufacturer SonicWall is urging customers to patch a set of three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting both its on-premises and hosted Email Security products. […]

20 Apr

Eversource Energy data breach caused by unsecured cloud storage

Eversource, the largest power supplier in New England, has suffered a data breach after customers’ personal information was exposed on an unsecured cloud server. […]

20 Apr

Microsoft partially fixes Windows 7, Server 2008 vulnerability

Microsoft has silently issued a partial fix for a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting all Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 devices. […]

20 Apr

Pulse Secure VPN zero-day used to hack defense firms, govt orgs

Pulse Secure has shared mitigation measures for a zero-day authentication bypass vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) SSL VPN appliance actively exploited in attacks against worldwide organizations and focused on US Defense Industrial base (DIB) networks. […]

19 Apr

Google Alerts continues to be a hotbed of scams and malware

Google Alerts continues to be a hotbed of scams and malware that threat actors are increasingly abusing to promote malicious websites. […]

19 Apr

Windows 10’s multitasking feature is getting downgraded

In 2018, Microsoft introduced a multitasking feature called “Windows Timeline” that lets you see a timeline of activities that you performed in Windows 10 including the webpages you visited, documents you created/opened, photos you added, and more. […]

Category: News

Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices

Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code

Google fixes exploited Chrome zero-day dropped on Twitter last week

REvil gang tries to extort Apple, threatens to sell stolen blueprints

SonicWall warns customers to patch 3 zero-days exploited in the wild

Eversource Energy data breach caused by unsecured cloud storage

Microsoft partially fixes Windows 7, Server 2008 vulnerability

Pulse Secure VPN zero-day used to hack defense firms, govt orgs

Google Alerts continues to be a hotbed of scams and malware

Windows 10’s multitasking feature is getting downgraded