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Microsoft Disrupts Nation-State Hacker Op Using Azure Cloud Service In a report this week, Microsoft said that it disrupted operations of a nation-state threat group that was using its Azure cloud infrastructure for cyber attacks. Microsoft refers to the actor by the name Gadolinium and says that it’s been active for about a decade targeting
The Windows XP Source Code Was Allegedly Leaked Online The source code for Windows XP SP1 and other versions of the operating system was allegedly leaked online today. The leaker claims to have spent the last two months compiling a collection of leaked Microsoft source code. This 43GB collection was then released today as a torrent on the 4chan forum .
Mount Locker Ransomware Joins the Multi-Million Dollar Ransom Game A new ransomware operation named Mount Locker is underway stealing victims’ files before encrypting and then demanding multi-million dollar ransoms. Starting around the end of July 2020, Mount Locker began breaching corporate networks and deploying their ransomware. From ransom notes shared with BleepingComputer by victims, the Mount
Microsoft Confirms Group Policy Editor Bug in Windows Server 2016 Microsoft has confirmed that a bug in Windows 10 version 1607 and Windows Server 2016 is causing the Group Policy Editor to display errors. In our September 2020 Windows health report, we reported that Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 users were experiencing errors when opening