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New Ransomware Vaccine Kills Programs Wiping Windows Shadow Volumes A new ransomware vaccine program has been created that terminates processes that try to delete volume shadow copies using Microsoft’s vssadmin.exe program, Every day, Windows will create backups of your system and data files and store them in Shadow Volume Copy snapshots. These snapshots can then be
Online Avatar Service Gravatar Allows Mass Collection Of User Info A user enumeration technique discovered by security researcher Carlo Di Dato demonstrates how Gravatar can be abused for mass data collection of its profiles by web crawlers and bots. Gravatar is an online avatar service that lets users set and use a profile picture (avatar) across multiple websites that support
The Week in Ransomware – October 2nd 2020 – Healthcare Under Attack This week started with a bang as a large hospital chain was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted the healthcare industry. We first learned of this Ryuk Ransomware attack on Universal Health Services (UHS) on Monday morning when doctors, nurses, and employees reported on Reddit
Grindr Fixed A Bug Allowing Full Takeover Of Any User Account Grindr has fixed a security flaw that could have allowed attackers to easily hijack any Grindr account if they knew the user’s email address. Grindr is a social networking platform for gay, bi, trans, and queer people active since its launch in 2009, with roughly 4.5