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The Week In Ransomware – May 7th 2021 – Attacking Healthcare While ransomware attacks continued throughout the week, for the most part, it has been quieter than usual, with only a few new variants released. The biggest news was the attack on health care giant Scripps Health whose operations were severely impacted by a ransomware attack. We
Microsoft: Business Email Compromise Attack Targeted Dozens Of Orgs Microsoft detected a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) campaign that targeted more than 120 organizations using typo-squatted domains registered a few days before the attacks started. BEC scammers use various tactics (including social engineering, phishing, or hacking) to compromise business email accounts, later used to redirect payments
Bulletproof Hosting Admins Plead Guilty To Running Cybercrime Safe Haven Four individuals from Eastern Europe face 20 years in prison for Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges after pleading guilty to running a bulletproof hosting service as a safe haven for cybercrime operations targeting US entities. The bulletproof hosting service was founded by Russian citizens
Microsoft Pauses Development Of Windows 10X, Its Chrome OS Competitor Microsoft has reportedly paused the development of Windows 10X, its Chrome OS competitor for single-screen and dual-screen devices. Windows 10X was announced way back in 2019 and it was set to launch later this year on a new range of 2-in-1s/notebooks from Microsoft partners. Unlike