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Sportswear manufacturer Puma was hit by a data breach following the ransomware attack that hit Kronos, one of its North American workforce management service providers, in December 2021. The data breach notification filed with several attorney generals’ offices earlier this month says the attackers also stole personal information belonging to Puma employees and their dependents from the
Microsoft Plans to Kill Malware Delivery via Office Macros Microsoft announced today that it will make it difficult to enable VBA macros downloaded from the Internet in several Microsoft Office apps starting in early April, effectively killing a popular distribution method for malware. Using VBA macros embedded in malicious Office documents is a very popular
Free Decryptor Released for TargetCompany Ransomware Victims Czech cybersecurity software firm Avast has released a decryption utility to help TargetCompany ransomware victims recover their files for free. However, as Avast warns, this decryptor can only be used to restore encrypted files “under certain circumstances.” Victims who want to recover their files using this decrypting tool should
Google Cloud Hypervisor Modified to Detect Cryptominers Without Agents Google has announced the public preview of a new Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) system that can detect cryptocurrency miners and other malware without the need for software agents. A significant problem for developers and enterprises using cloud-based virtual machines is the constant targeting of threat actors who