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Microsoft Shares Mitigations For Windows PrintNightmare Zero-day Bug Microsoft has provided mitigation guidance to block attacks on systems vulnerable to exploits targeting the Windows Print Spooler zero-day vulnerability known as PrintNightmare. This remote code execution (RCE) bug—now tracked as CVE-2021-34527—impacts all versions of Windows per Microsoft, with the company still investigating if the vulnerability is exploitable on all
Babuk Ransomware is Back, Uses New Version On Corporate Networks After announcing their exit from the ransomware business in favor of data theft extortion, the Babuk gang appears to have slipped back into their old habit of encrypting corporate networks. The criminals are currently using a new version of their file-encrypting malware and have moved
Trickbot Cybercrime Group Linked to New Diavol Ransomware FortiGuard Labs security researchers have linked a new ransomware strain dubbed Diavol to Wizard Spider, the cybercrime group behind the Trickbot botnet. Diavol and Conti ransomware payloads were deployed on different systems in a ransomware attack blocked by the company’s EDR solution in early June 2021. The
VirusTotal Ordered to Reveal Private Info of Stolen HSE Data Downloaders An Irish court has ordered VirusTotal to provide the information of subscribers who downloaded or uploaded confidential data stolen from Ireland’s national health care service during a ransomware attack. In May, Ireland’s HSE, the country’s publicly funded healthcare system, was the target of a Conti