PyPI Mandates 2FA for Critical Projects, Developer Pushes Back On Friday, the Python Package Index (PyPI), the official repository of third-party open-source Python projects announced plans to mandate two-factor authentication requirement for maintainers of “critical” projects. Although many community members praised the move, the developer of a popular Python project decided Read more…
Mangatoon Data Breach Exposes Data from 23 million Accounts Comic reading platform Mangatoon has suffered a data breach that exposed information belonging to 23 million user accounts after a hacker stole it from an unsecured Elasticsearch database. Mangatoon is also a very popular iOS and Android app used by millions Read more…
Microsoft Outlook Email Searches are Broken Again in Windows 11 Microsoft is investigating an issue causing Outlook search not to display recent emails in desktop apps running on Windows 11 systems. The problem affects POP, IMAP, and offline Exchange accounts because Outlook’s search feature uses the local Windows Search service Read more…
The Week in Ransomware – July 8th 2022 – One Down, Many to Go While we continue to see new ransomware operations launch, we also received some good news this week, with another ransomware shutting down. Earlier this week, the AstraLocker ransomware decided to shut down and release its decryptors after receiving Read more…
New 0mega Ransomware Targets Businesses in Double-extortion Attacks A new ransomware operation named ‘0mega’ targets organizations worldwide in double-extortion attacks and demands millions of dollars in ransoms. 0mega (spelled with a zero) is a new ransomware operation launched in May 2022 and has attacked numerous victims since then. What we Read more…
CEO Charged with Sale of Counterfeit Cisco Devices to Govt, Health Orgs Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of dozens of companies, was indicted for allegedly selling more than $1 billion worth of counterfeit Cisco network equipment to customers worldwide, including health, military, and government organizations. According to the criminal Read more…
Microsoft Fixes Bug Crashing Office Apps when Opening Cloud Documents Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing Office applications like Word and Excel to crash when working with cloud documents. The complete list of affected Office apps includes Excel for Microsoft 365, Word for Microsoft 365, and PowerPoint for Microsoft Read more…
Massive Rogers Outage Disrupts Mobile Service, Payments in Canada A massive Rogers outage is causing widespread disruption in Canada due to lack of mobile service, inability to process payment card transactions, and impacting 911 emergency services. According to DownDetector, the outage started at around 5 AM EST, with customers suddenly unable Read more…
Free Decryptor Released for AstraLocker, Yashma Ransomware Victims New Zealand-based cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool to help AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware victims recover their files without paying a ransom. The free tool is available for download from Emsisoft’s servers, and it allows you to recover encrypted files Read more…
Microsoft Rolls Back Decision to Block Office Macros by Default While Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would block VBA macros on downloaded documents by default, Redmond said on Thursday that it will roll back this change based on “feedback” until further notice. The company has also failed to Read more…
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