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DOJ: Pirated sports streamer hacked accounts, extorted MLB

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has charged a man for illegally streaming MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL games via the web and hacking into sports leagues’ customer accounts. […]

29 Oct

Microsoft: Windows web content filtering now generally available

Microsoft has announced that web content filtering has reached general availability and is now available for all Windows enterprise customers. […]

29 Oct

Google Chromebooks failing to enroll due to network issue

Since Thursday evening, Google has been investigating reports of customers having issues enrolling their Chromebooks with a network error. […]

29 Oct

Police arrest hackers behind over 1,800 ransomware attacks

The Europol has announced the arrest of 12 individuals who are believed to be linked to ransomware attacks against 1,800 victims in 71 countries. […]

29 Oct

TrickBot malware dev extradited to U.S. faces 60 years in prison

A Russian national believed to be a member of the TrickBot malware development team has been extradited to the U.S. and is currently facing charges that could get him 60 years in prison. […]

28 Oct

Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-days used in attacks

Google has released Chrome 95.0.4638.69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that attackers have actively exploited. […]

28 Oct

All Windows versions impacted by new LPE zero-day vulnerability

A security researcher has disclosed technical details for a Windows zero-day privilege elevation vulnerability and a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that gives SYSTEM privileges under certain conditions. […]

28 Oct

WordPress plugin bug impacts 1M sites, allows malicious redirects

The OptinMonster plugin is affected by a high-severity flaw that allows unauthorized API access and sensitive information disclosure on roughly a million WordPress sites. […]

28 Oct

New AbstractEmu malware roots Android devices, evades detection

New Android malware can root infected devices to take complete control and silently tweak system settings, as well as evade detection using code abstraction and anti-emulation checks. […]

28 Oct

Ransomware gangs use SEO poisoning to infect visitors

Researchers have spotted two campaigns linked to either the REvil ransomware gang or the SolarMarker backdoor that use SEO poisoning to serve payloads to targets. […]

Tag: security

DOJ: Pirated sports streamer hacked accounts, extorted MLB

Microsoft: Windows web content filtering now generally available

Google Chromebooks failing to enroll due to network issue

Police arrest hackers behind over 1,800 ransomware attacks

TrickBot malware dev extradited to U.S. faces 60 years in prison

Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-days used in attacks

All Windows versions impacted by new LPE zero-day vulnerability

WordPress plugin bug impacts 1M sites, allows malicious redirects

New AbstractEmu malware roots Android devices, evades detection

Ransomware gangs use SEO poisoning to infect visitors