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UK intelligence agency warns of cybercriminals exploiting the Coronavirus outbreak
A division of GCHQ (Britain’s equivalent to the NSA) has warned the public to be on their guard against cybercriminals exploiting the Coronavirus outbreak. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has described ...
IT Admins Allegedly Offer Hackers ‘Naked Photos of Boss’s Secretary’ in Exchange for Ransomware Decryption Keys
The infamous ransomware operatives known as the Maze Team have issued a “press release” condemning IT administrators who tried to use bribery to cover up their failure to protect their employers from ...
Cloudflare Worker Employed as C&C Server by BlackWater Malware
Security researchers spotted BlackWater malware leveraging a Cloudflare Worker for command-and-control (C&C) functionality. MalwareHunterTeam observed that the threat activity began with an RAR file called “Important – COVID-19.rar.” The file pretended to ...
Microsoft Sets Proper Example With Necurs Botnet Takedown
I like to watch old westerns, and there is a common thread that weaves through them that showcases that the lack of cooperation between the states led to profitable criminal organizations, which ...
Clearview AI Case’s Impact on Consumers | Avast
Entering 2020, few had ever heard of facial recognition startup Clearview AI. Several weeks and a series of negative news cycles later, the company has drawn the ire of lawmakers and privacy ...
SMBGhost Details Leaked in Microsoft Snafu | Avast
In advance of this week’s Patch Tuesday for Microsoft users, details leaked online regarding a new vulnerability inherent in Windows 10 that can be exploited as a “wormable” bug, meaning it can ...
Corona and How We Work From Home
We are asked in quite some calls, how we handle the pandemic situation at Microsoft. As a lot of us are used to home office, the change is intense but not that ...
Illinois Public Health Dept’s Website Went Down After NetWalker Attack
The website for a public health department in Illinois went down after the agency suffered a NetWalker ransomware attack. According to local media reports, officials at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (C-UPHD) ...
Latest Firefox Version Unveils and Fixes an AirPod Vulnerability
The latest Firefox version fixes quite a few problems, but one of the more interesting fixes was for a vulnerability that affected people using AirPods connected to an iPhone, which is not ...
FBI to Internet Users: Don’t Let Your Browser Remember Your Password
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation this week offers some radical tips for private Internet users and businesses alike. Chief among them: disable autofill and remembering passwords. It’s not entirely clear whether ...
