Sopra Steria Expects €50 Million Loss After Ryuk Ransomware Attack French IT services giant Sopra Steria said today in an official statement that the October Ryuk ransomware attack will lead to a loss of between €40 million and €50 million. Sopra Steria is a European information technology firm with 46,000 Read more…
TMT BEC Scammers Arrested After Compromising 50,000 Companies Following a year-long investigation led by Interpol, three members of a prolific cybergang with a confirmed victim count of about 50,000 organizations have been arrested recently in Lagos, Nigeria. The suspects are likely part of a larger organized group involved in business Read more…
Danish News Agency Ritzau Refuses To Pay After Ransomware Attack Ritzau, the largest independent news agency in Denmark founded in 1866 by Erik Ritzau, said in a statement that it will not pay the ransom demanded by a ransomware gang that hit its network on Tuesday morning. The Danish news agency audience Read more…
Windows 7 and Server 2008 Zero-Day Bug Gets A Free Patch An unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting all Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 devices received a free and temporary fix today through the 0patch platform. The zero-day bug affects all impacted devices, enrolled in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program or Read more…
Baltimore County Public Schools Hit By Ransomware Attack Baltimore County Public Schools has been hit today by a ransomware attack that led to a systemic shutdown of its network due to the number of systems impacted in the attack. The Baltimore County school district manages all public schools in Baltimore Read more…
Belden Networking Giant’s Company Data Stolen In Cyberattack Network device manufacturer Belden was hit with a cyberattack that allowed threat actors to steal files containing information about employees and business partners. Belden is a US-based manufacturer of network connectivity devices, including routers, firewalls, switches, cabling, and connectors. Belden generated $2.5 billion in Read more…
Google Chrome Now Lets You Execute Commands Via The Address Bar Google is slowly rolling out a new feature to Google Chrome 87 that allows you to type commands in the address bar that perform specific browser actions. This new feature is called ‘Chrome Actions’ and allows you to type Read more…
Passwords Exposed For Almost 50,000 Vulnerable Fortinet VPNs A hacker has now leaked the credentials for almost 50,000 vulnerable Fortinet VPNs. Over the weekend a hacker had posted a list of one-line exploits for CVE-2018-13379 to steal VPN credentials from these devices, as reported by BleepingComputer. Present on the list of vulnerable targets are IPs belonging to high street Read more…
How To Disable Microsoft’s New ‘Meet Now’ Feature In Windows 10 Earlier this year, Microsoft added the Skype Meet Now feature to Windows 10 preview builds, and this same feature is now gradually rolling out to non-Insider (general public) users. When Meet Now is added to Windows 10, it will display a Read more…
Crooks Impersonate US Govt Agencies Offering Financial Aid Cybercriminals looking to steal personal information are baiting U.S. citizens with emails purporting to be from government agencies offering federal assistance. Bad actors are sending out messages purporting to be from federal government entities offering financial aid or unemployment assistance during the Read more…
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