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Joe Biden’s ‘Vote Joe’ website defaced by Turkish Hackers

The Vote Joe site set up by Biden Presidential campaign was hacked this week and defaced by a Turkish group called RootAyyıldız. The defacement appears to have lasted for over 24 hours. […]

20 Nov

The Week in Ransomware – November 20th 2020 – Don’t mess with the turkey

This week we saw two massive attacks that had a signifcant impact on the food supply industry, as well as a demonstration of Egregor’s annoying ransom note print bombs. […]

20 Nov

FBI warns of increasing Ragnar Locker ransomware activity

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Division has warned private industry partners of increased Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. […]

20 Nov

LightBot: TrickBot’s new reconnaissance malware for high-value targets

The notorious TrickBot has gang has released a new lightweight reconnaissance tool used to scope out an infected victim’s network for high-value targets. […]

20 Nov

VMWare releases fix for critical ESXi, Workstation vulnerability

VMware has released security updates to fix critical and high severity vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation, allowing for code execution and privilege escalation. […]

19 Nov

Kali Linux 2020.4 switches the default shell from Bash to ZSH

Kali Linux 2020.4 was released yesterday by Offensive Security, and it takes the big step of changing the default shell from Bash to ZSH. […]

19 Nov

Mount Locker ransomware now targets your TurboTax tax returns

The Mount Locker ransomware operation is gearing up for the tax season by specifically targeting TurboTax returns for encryption. […]

19 Nov

Facebook Messenger bug allowed Android users to spy on each other

Facebook fixed a critical flaw in the Facebook Messenger for Android messaging app that allowed callers to listen to other users’ surroundings without permission before the person on the other end picked up the call. […]

19 Nov

Scammer sentenced for stealing $9M from adoption, automotive firms

A Florida man was sentenced to 37 months in prison earlier this week for his involvement in a business account takeover scheme that resulted in more than $9 million in total financial losses. […]

18 Nov

Egregor ransomware bombards victims’ printers with ransom notes

The Egregor ransomware uses a novel approach to get a victim’s attention after an attack – shoot ransom notes from all available printers. […]

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Joe Biden’s ‘Vote Joe’ website defaced by Turkish Hackers

The Week in Ransomware – November 20th 2020 – Don’t mess with the turkey

FBI warns of increasing Ragnar Locker ransomware activity

LightBot: TrickBot’s new reconnaissance malware for high-value targets

VMWare releases fix for critical ESXi, Workstation vulnerability

Kali Linux 2020.4 switches the default shell from Bash to ZSH

Mount Locker ransomware now targets your TurboTax tax returns

Facebook Messenger bug allowed Android users to spy on each other

Scammer sentenced for stealing $9M from adoption, automotive firms

Egregor ransomware bombards victims’ printers with ransom notes