Chaos Ransomware Targets Gamers via Fake Minecraft Alt Lists The Chaos Ransomware gang encrypts gamers’ Windows devices through fake Minecraft alt lists promoted on gaming forums. Minecraft is a massively popular sandbox video game currently played by over 140 million people, and according to Nintendo sales numbers, it’s a top-seller Read more…
Microsoft: Windows KB5006674, KB5006670 Updates Break Printing Microsoft says Windows customers are experiencing issues with network printing after installing the Windows 11 KB5006674 and Windows 10 KB5006670 updates issued with this month’s Patch Tuesday, on October 12. Users attempting to connect to printers shared on Windows print servers might encounter multiple errors preventing them Read more…
The Week in Ransomware – October 29th 2021 – Making arrests This week, international law enforcement operations went on the offensive, making arrests in numerous countries for ransomware-related activities. Today, Europol announced that twelve individuals were arrested today for their links to over 1,800 ransomware attacks in 71 countries. Also Read: What Read more…
Snake Malware Biting Hard on 50 Apps For Only $25 Cybercriminals are flooding to use the Snake password-stealing trojan, making it one of the popular malware families used in attacks. Snake has been active since November 2020 and is a different project from the ransomware operation that used the same name in Read more…
Hive Ransomware Now Encrypts Linux and FreeBSD Systems The Hive ransomware gang now also encrypts Linux and FreeBSD using new malware variants specifically developed to target these platforms. However, as Slovak internet security firm ESET discovered, Hive’s new encryptors are still in development and still lack functionality. The Linux variant Read more…
Microsoft PowerToys Adds Windows 11 Theme, New Mouse Microsoft has added new utilities to the PowerToys toolset and updated the user interface with a new Windows 11 theme for PowerRename. The Windows PowerToys were initially tiny freeware utilities created by Windows developers as side projects during the Windows 95 era. Microsoft revived them Read more…
DOJ: Pirated Sports Streamer Hacked Accounts, Extorted MLB The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has charged a man for illegally streaming MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL games via the web and hacking into sports leagues’ customer accounts. Also Read: New Licensing Requirements For Cyber-Security Service Read more…
Microsoft: Windows Web Content Filtering Now Generally Available Microsoft has announced that web content filtering has reached general availability and is now available for all Windows enterprise customers. “The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint team is pleased to announce the general availability of web content filtering for our customers on Windows,” said Thomas Doucette, Read more…
Google Chromebooks Failing to Enroll Due to Network Issue Since Thursday evening, Google has been investigating reports of customers having issues enrolling their Chromebooks with a network error. According to user reports, “network not available” errors are displayed on the screen after booting into Chrome OS and trying to enroll Read more…
Police Arrest Hackers Behind Over 1,800 Ransomware Attacks Europol has announced the arrest of 12 individuals believed to be linked to ransomware attacks against 1,800 victims in 71 countries.According to the law enforcement report, the actors have deployed ransomware strains such as LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Dharma, as well as malware Read more…
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