Closer look at Windows 11’s New Task Manager Microsoft has finally started testing a new version of Task Manager with users in the Windows Insider Program. Task Manager continues to be one of the most popular tools for Windows and it is the easiest way to identify troublesome apps and Read more…
CISA Compiles List of Free Cybersecurity Tools and Services The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a list of free cybersecurity services and tools to help organizations increase their security capabilities and better defend against cyberattacks. While the set is neither comprehensive nor impervious to change, it Read more…
CISA Warns of Hybrid Operations Threat to US Critical Infrastructure CISA urged leaders of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations on Friday to increase their orgs’ resilience against a growing risk of being targeted by foreign influence operations using misinformation, disinformation, and malformation (MDM) tactics. Multiple influence operations coordinated by foreign actors Read more…
The Week in Ransomware – February 18th 2022 – Mergers & Acquisitions The big news this week is that the Conti ransomware gang has recruited the core developers and managers of the TrickBot group, the developers of the notorious TrickBot malware. This recruitment drive now allows the Conti ransomware gang Read more…
White House Pins Ukraine DDoS Attacks on Russian GRU Hackers Today, the White House has linked the recent DDoS attacks that knocked down the sites of Ukrainian banks and defense agencies to Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU). “The US government Read more…
New Golang Botnet Empties Windows Users’ Cryptocurrency Wallets A new Golang-based botnet under active development has been ensnaring hundreds of Windows devices each time its operators deploy a new command and control (C2) server. First spotted in October 2021 by ZeroFox researchers who dubbed it Kraken, this previously unknown botnet uses the SmokeLoader backdoor Read more…
Iranian Hackers Target VMware Horizon Servers with Log4j Exploits An Iranian-aligned hacking group tracked as TunnelVision was spotted exploiting Log4j on VMware Horizon servers to breach corporate networks in the Middle East and the United States. Security analysts at SentinelLabs who have been tracking the activity chose that name due Read more…
FCC Proposes $45 million Fine for Health Insurance Robocaller The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed the largest-ever fine against a robocaller for Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations. The Commission wants to hit Florida-based lead generator Interstate Brokers with a $45 million TCPA fine for making more than 500,000 unlawful robocalls without an emergency purpose Read more…
WordPress Force Installs UpdraftPlus Patch on 3 million Sites WordPress has taken the rare step of force-updating the UpdraftPlus plugin on all sites to fix a high-severity vulnerability allowing website subscribers to download the latest database backups, which often contain credentials and PII. Three million sites use the popular WordPress plugin, Read more…
Conti Ransomware Gang Takes Over TrickBot Malware Operation After four years of activity and numerous takedown attempts, the death knell of TrickBot has sounded as its top members move under new management, the Conti ransomware syndicate, who plan to replace it with the stealthier BazarBackdoor malware. TrickBot is a Windows Read more…
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