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Gmail blocked 18M COVID-19-themed phishing emails in a week

Google says that the malware scanners built within the Gmail free email service blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last week. […]

16 Apr

Zoom to let you report Zoom-bombing attackers crashing meetings

Zoom’s efforts to improve the video conferencing platform’s privacy and security will continue next week with the introduction of a user report feature aimed at helping prevent future zoom-bombing attacks. […]

16 Apr

Windows Defender broken by recent updates, how to fix

When performing a full antivirus scan using Windows Defender, a recent definition update or Windows update is causing the program to crash in the middle of a scan. […]

15 Apr

Nemty Ransomware shuts down public RaaS operation, goes private

The Nemty Ransomware is shutting down its public Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation and switching to an exclusive private operation where affiliates are hand-selected for their expertise. […]

15 Apr

US issues guidance on North Korean hackers, offers $5M reward

The U.S. government has issued guidance on North Korean hacking activity in a joint advisory published by the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the FBI. […]

15 Apr

Exploit for Zoom Windows zero-day being sold for $500,000

An exploit for a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Zoom Windows client is currently being sold for $500,000, together with one designed to abused a bug in the video conferencing platform’s macOS client. […]

14 Apr

Intel April Platform Update fixes high severity security issues

Intel addressed nine security vulnerabilities with the April 2020 Platform Update, all of them being high and medium severity security flaws impacting multiple software products, firmware, and platforms. […]

14 Apr

Microsoft April 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 15 critical flaws

With the release of the April 2020 security updates, Microsoft has released fixes for 113 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Of these vulnerabilities, 15 are classified as Critical, 93 as Important, 3 as Moderate, and 2 as Low. Three of these vulnerability are classified as zero-days as they were publicly disclosed or exploited. […]

14 Apr

RagnarLocker ransomware hits EDP energy giant, asks for €10M

Attackers using the Ragnar Locker ransomware have encrypted the systems of Portuguese multinational energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP) and are now asking for a 1580 BTC ransom ($10.9M or €9.9M). […]

13 Apr

US consumers report $12M in COVID-19 scam losses since January

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that approximately $12 million were lost to Coronavirus-related scams according to consumer reports received since January 2020. […]

Tag: security

Gmail blocked 18M COVID-19-themed phishing emails in a week

Zoom to let you report Zoom-bombing attackers crashing meetings

Windows Defender broken by recent updates, how to fix

Nemty Ransomware shuts down public RaaS operation, goes private

US issues guidance on North Korean hackers, offers $5M reward

Exploit for Zoom Windows zero-day being sold for $500,000

Intel April Platform Update fixes high severity security issues

Microsoft April 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 15 critical flaws

RagnarLocker ransomware hits EDP energy giant, asks for €10M

US consumers report $12M in COVID-19 scam losses since January