The Week in Ransomware – October 22nd 2021 – Striking Back Between law enforcement operations, REvil’s second shut down, and ransomware gangs’ response to the hacking of their servers, it has been quite the week. This week’s biggest news is the Reuters report that international law enforcement operation took over Read more…
SCUF Gaming Store Hacked To Steal Credit Card Info of 32,000 Customers Image: SCUF Gaming SCUF Gaming International, a leading manufacturer of custom PC and console controllers, is notifying customers that its website was hacked in February to plant a malicious script used to steal their credit card information. SCUF Gaming Read more…
DarkSide Ransomware Rushes To Cash Out $7 Million in Bitcoin Almost $7 million worth of Bitcoin in a wallet controlled by DarkSide ransomware operators has been moved in what looks like a money laundering rollercoaster. The funds have been moving to multiple new wallets since yesterday, a smaller amount being Read more…
Groove Ransomware Calls On All Extortion Gangs To Attack US Interests The Groove ransomware gang is calling on other extortion groups to attack US interests after law enforcement took down REvil’s infrastructure last week. Over the weekend, BleepingComputer reported that the REvil ransomware operation shut down again after an unknown third party Read more…
Microsoft: WizardUpdate Mac Malware Adds New Evasion Tactics Microsoft says it found new variants of macOS malware known as WizardUpdate (also tracked as UpdateAgent or Vigram), updated to use new evasion and persistence tactics. As Microsoft security experts found, the latest variant — spotted earlier this month — is likely Read more…
Google Cuts Play Store Dev Fees to 15% For All Subscriptions Google announced that they are dropping the 30% flat service fee for in-app purchases or app sales to 15% starting January 1, 2022. The tech giant previously offered this discount after 12 months of a recurring subscription, but with Read more…
Italian Celebs’ Data Exposed In Ransomware Attack On SIAE The Italian data protection authority Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (GPDP) has announced an investigation into a data breach of the country’s copyright protection agency. Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE) is a government agency responsible for protecting the intellectual Read more…
Microsoft Teams Adds End-to-end Encryption For One-to-one Calls Microsoft has announced the public preview roll-out of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for one-to-one Microsoft Teams calls. While Teams already encrypts data in transit and at rest, it also allows IT administrators to set up automatic recording and transcription of voice calls. Read more…
CISA: GPS Software Bug May Cause Unexpected Behavior This Sunday The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that GPS deices might experience issues over the weekend because of a timing bug impacting Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers running the GPS Daemon (GPSD) software. “The Network Time Protocol (NTP) has Read more…
Microsoft: Windows 11 Printing Issues Fixed In The KB5006746 Update Microsoft has fixed multiple known issues impacting printing on Windows 11 with the release of the optional KB5006746 cumulative update preview on Thursday. This update was released for customers who want to test fixes and performance improvements coming on November 9th, as part Read more…
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