The Week in Ransomware – September 23rd 2022 – LockBit leak This week we saw some embarrassment for the LockBit ransomware operation when their programmer leaked a ransomware builder for the LockBit 3.0 encryptor. Running the ransomware builder is simple and quickly creates an encryptor, private/public encryption keys, and a Read more…
UK Police Arrests Teen Believed to be Behind Uber, Rockstar Hacks The City of London police announced on Twitter today the arrest of a British 17-year-old teen suspected of being involved in recent cyberattacks. In a short tweet shared by law enforcement, the teen was arrested in Oxfordshire as part of a Read more…
YouTube Down: Live Streams Hit by Worldwide Outage YouTube is currently experiencing a worldwide outage, with thousands of reports saying they cannot access live streams. While the company has yet to acknowledge the issue, user reports shared on DownDetector show that most of those affected by this ongoing outage have problems with Read more…
Sophos Warns of New Firewall RCE Bug Exploited in Attacks Sophos warned today that a critical code injection security vulnerability in the company’s Firewall product is being exploited in the wild. “Sophos has observed this vulnerability being used to target a small set of specific organizations, primarily in the South Read more…
npm Packages Used by Crypto Exchanges Compromised Multiple npm packages published by the crypto exchange, dYdX, and used by at least 44 cryptocurrency projects appear to have been compromised. Powered by the Ethereum blockchain, dydX is a decentralized exchange platform offering perpetual trading options for over 35 popular cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). At the Read more…
Signal Calls on Users to Run Proxies for Bypassing Iran Blocks Signal is urging its global community to help people in Iran stay connected with each other and the rest of the world by volunteering proxies to bypass the aggressive restrictions imposed by the Iranian regime. The end-to-end encrypted messaging Read more…
Microsoft: Windows KB5017383 Preview Update Added to WSUS by Mistake Microsoft says that KB5017383, this month’s Windows preview update, has been accidentally listed in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and may lead to security update install problems in some managed environments. The issue is that while WSUS allows admins to Read more…
Ukraine Dismantles Hacker Gang that Stole 30 million Accounts The cyber department of Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) has taken down a group of hackers that stole accounts of about 30 million individuals and sold them on the dark web. The hackers used malware to obtain credentials and other sensitive data available on Read more…
Microsoft Shares Workarounds for Windows Group Policy Issues Microsoft has acknowledged a known issue where copying files/shortcuts using Group Policy Preferences on Windows client devices might not work as expected after installing recent Windows cumulative updates released during this month’s Patch Tuesday. On affected systems, files or shortcuts will not Read more…
Multi-million Dollar Credit Card Fraud Operation Uncovered A massive operation that has reportedly siphoned millions of USD from credit cards since its launch in 2019 has been exposed and is considered responsible for losses for tens of thousands of victims. The site operators, thought to originate from Russia, operate an Read more…
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