US Charges NetWalker Ransomware Affiliate, Seizes Ransom Payments The U.S. Justice Department announced today the disruption of the Netwalker ransomware operation and the indictment of a Canadian national for alleged involvement in the file-encrypting extortion attacks. Earlier today, BleepingComputer reported that law enforcement in the U.S. and Bulgaria seized Netwalker sites on Read more…
Otter Enables Transcription For Google Meet With New Chrome Extension Speech to text transcription service Otter.ai has seen heavy use during 2020 and the rise of video conferencing tools Zoom and Teams. In the last year, Otter launched Otter Live Video Meeting Notes for Teams and Zoom Pro subscribers or higher, and live transcription for Read more…
Europol: Emotet Malware Will Uninstall Itself On March 25th Law enforcement has started to distribute an Emotet module to infected devices that will uninstall the malware on March 25th, 2021. Today, Europol announced the disruption of the infamous Emotet email spamming botnet used to distribute malicious Word spam attachments that install malware Read more…
Netwalker Ransomware Dark Web Sites Seized By Law Enforcement The dark web websites associated with the Netwalker ransomware operation have been seized by law enforcement from the USA and Bulgaria. Netwalker is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation that began operating in late 2019, where affiliates are enlisted to distribute the ransomware and infect victims in Read more…
Linux Malware Uses Open-source Tool To Evade Detection AT&T Alien Labs security researchers have discovered that the TeamTNT cybercrime group upgraded their Linux crypto-mining with open-source detection evasion capabilities. TeamTNT is mostly known for targeting and compromising Internet-exposed Docker instances for unauthorized Monero (XMR) mining. However, the group has also shifted tactics by updating Read more…
Emotet Botnet Disrupted After Global Takedown Operation The infrastructure of today’s most dangerous botnet built by cybercriminals using the Emotet malware was taken down following an international coordinated action coordinated by Europol and Eurojust. The joint effort between law enforcement agencies and authorities from Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the Read more…
Here’s How A Researcher Broke Into Microsoft VS Code’s GitHub This month a researcher has disclosed how he broke into the official GitHub repository of Microsoft Visual Studio Code. A vulnerability in VS Code’s issue management function and a lack of authentication checks enabled the researcher to obtain push access, and write Read more…
Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Intel CPU Microcode Updates Microsoft has released a new set of Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 20H2, 2004, 1909, and older versions to fix bugs impacting multiple Intel CPU families. Microcode updates are released by Intel after discovering bugs in their CPUs to allow OS vendors to Read more…
New Linux SUDO Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges A now-fixed Sudo vulnerability allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without requiring authentication. Sudo is a Unix program that enables system admins to provide limited root privileges to normal users listed in the sudoers file, Read more…
Pan-Asian Retail Giant Dairy Farm Suffers REvil Ransomware Attack Massive pan-Asian retail chain operator Dairy Farm Group was attacked this month by the REvil ransomware operation. The attackers claim to have demanded a $30 million ransom. The Dairy Farm Group operates over 10,000 outlets and has 230,000 employees throughout Asia. Read more…
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