08 Sep Microsoft September 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 129 vulnerabilities Today is Microsoft’s September 2020 Patch Tuesday, and your Windows administrators will be scrambling as they install updates and try to resolve bugs caused by them. Be nice! […]
07 Sep France warns of Emotet attacking companies, administration The French national cyber-security agency today published an alert warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities throughout the country. […]
07 Sep Ransomware gang says they are behind Newcastle University attack UK research university Newcastle University says that it will take several weeks to get IT services back online after DoppelPaymer ransomware operators breached its network and took systems offline on the morning of August 30th. […]
07 Sep Windows 10 Sandbox activation enables zero-day vulnerability A reverse engineer discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in most Windows 10 editions that allows creating files in restricted areas of the operating system. […]
07 Sep Windows 10 themes can be abused to steal Windows accounts Specially crafted Windows 10 themes and theme packs can be used in ‘Pass-the-Hash’ attacks to steal Windows account credentials from unsuspecting users. […]
06 Sep Netwalker ransomware hits Argentinian government, demands $4 million Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, suffered a Netwalker ransomware attack that temporarily halted border crossing into and out of the country. […]
06 Sep Ransomware attack halts Argentinian border crossing for four hours Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, suffered a Netwalker ransomware attack that temporarily halted border crossing into and out of the country. […]
05 Sep Visa warns of new Baka credit card JavaScript skimmer Visa issued a warning regarding a new JavaScript e-commerce skimmer known as Baka that will remove itself from memory after exfiltrating stolen data and analysis. […]
04 Sep The Week in Ransomware – September 4th 2020 – Stay Alert! In this action-packed two-week edition of the ‘Week in Ransomware’, we see many new variants, with some being actively distributed. We have also seen some recent reports regarding existing ransomware, such as Conti and Dharma. […]
04 Sep FBI issues second alert about ProLock ransomware stealing data The FBI issued a second warning this week to alert US companies of ProLock ransomware operators stealing data from compromised networks before encrypting their victims’ systems. […]