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The Week in Ransomware – April 30th 2021 – Attacks Escalate Ransomware gangs continue to target organizations large and small, including a brazen attack on the Washington DC police department. This week, we learned of attacks affecting the Metropolitan Police Department, Merseyrail UK rail operator, the Whistler Resort Municipality, and an attack on Brazil’s court systems in Rio Grande do
First Horizon Bank Online Accounts Hacked To Steal Customers’ Funds Bank holding company First Horizon Corporation disclosed the some of its customers had their online banking accounts breached by unknown attackers earlier this month. First Horizon is a regional financial services company with $84 billion in assets that offers banking, capital market, and wealth management
Babuk Quits Ransomware Encryption, Focuses On Data-Theft Extortion A new message today from the operators of Babuk ransomware clarifies that the gang has decided to close the affiliate program and move to an extortion model that does not rely on encrypting victim computers. The explanation comes after yesterday the group posted and deleted two announcements
Microsoft Is Bringing The AAC Bluetooth Audio Codec To Windows 10 Microsoft has added AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) support for Bluetooth audio devices to the latest Windows 10 build released for Insiders in the Dev Channel. AAC is a lossy audio codec used by Apple devices (e.g., iPhones, iPads) and audio streaming platforms to provide