Computer Security
Police Arrests Cybercrime Gang Operating in Europe
In a recent announcement, Europol and Italian authorities reported the arrest of eighteen members of a cybercriminal ring that operated primarily out of the Canary Islands. The cybercrime organization is said to have... Read more
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Yts dot mx is a website that is primarily used for downloading torrents. As with most websites that deal with torrents, the overwhelming majority of the content shared there is illegally distributed and copyrighted.... Read more
Microsoft Deploys Windows Patch for Actively Exploited Zero-Day, More Bugs
In the latest patch for their operating system released just this week, Microsoft fixed as many as 66 documented bugs. As expected, not all of them are critical but several have received 'critical' ratings on their... Read more
Fortinet Reports Leak of Thousands of VPN User Login Credentials
American cybersecurity company Fortinet published a blog post on September 8, 2021 informing the public of the leak of around 87,000 SSL-VPNs FortiGate devices produced by the company. The leak originated from devices... Read more
Hackers Look for Easy Money in Victim Email Inboxes
A recent article published by independent security researcher Brian Krebs shed light on a long-term scheme run by a group of hackers, to steal gift cards from victim email inboxes. Krebs used information supplied by a... Read more
DeFi Platform Cream Finance Hacked, Millions in Crypto Tokens Stolen
Decentralized finance platform Cream Finance became the target of a successful hack. The attack resulted in a total of over $30 million in stolen AMP and ETH tokens. Cream Finance has already stated that any losses... Read more
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O2tvseries dot com is the name of a website that serves up torrents and is used primarily for the illegal distribution of pirated licensed content. Like a lot of similar websites, it will serve up a ton of advertising... Read more
Ryuk Ransomware Used in Attacks Abusing Windows MSHTML Bug
Working jointly with security RiskIQ, Microsoft security researchers announced that the recently detailed and patched vulnerability CVE-2021-40444 has been actively exploited by threat actors who later deployed the... Read more
Japanese Medical Equipment Manufacturer Olympus Hit by Ransomware
A new successful ransomware attack took place on September 8 and hit Japanese medical and precision optical equipment manufacturer Olympus. The company reported that it is still investigating the fallout of the... Read more
Threat Actors Need Increasingly Less Time for Network Takeovers
Security firm CrowdStrike recently published an interesting new "threat hunting" report that sheds light on a worrying trend among threat actors. The report shows that hackers need increasingly less time to go from... Read more
Researchers Detail Now-Patched WhatsApp Vulnerability
In a recent post made by the security researchers working with Check Point, a team disclosed an old vulnerability in a now-outdated version of WhatsApp that could have led to potential exposure of personal information... Read more
LockFile Ransomware Employs Novel Encryption Technique
Researchers working with security firm Sophos published a report on a new strain of ransomware called LockFile. What makes the new threat unique is the way it encrypts files on victim systems. LockFile is a new name... Read more
US Company TTEC Suffers Ransomware Attack
TTEC, an American-based customer experience company with tens of thousands of employees and operations in over 20 countries worldwide, suffered a ransomware attack. The incident was reported by independent security... Read more
REvil and Sodinokibi Ransomware Receives Free Decryptor
Still struggling with a system scrambled by the REvil, aka Sodinokibi ransomware? Worry no more, as a free, universal decryption tool is now available for free, and is easily accessible online. Romanian security firm... Read more
Massive Botnet Attack Targets Biggest Russian Web Portal
According to reports Russian website Yandex was hit by a distributed denial of service attack by a botnet. Yandex serves as something of a Russian-language analog of Google, offering all sorts of web tools ranging... Read more
Ragnar Ransomware Gang Tries to Scare Victims
The Ragnar ransomware gang, one of the relatively big threat actors in the ransomware landscape, has published a strange post on its dark web portal. The gang seems to be trying to use more cheap social engineering... Read more
Vulnerability in Comcast Voice Remotes Could Allow Listening In
Security researchers discovered a vulnerability that affected Comcast voice-controlled remote controls until recently. The issue allowed bad actors to take control of the devices and use them to listen in on anything... Read more
Ragnarok Threat Actor Shuts Down Operations, Decryptor Released
After a series of news reports about huge ransomware hits, disastrous network takedowns and painful recoveries, the clouds seem to finally be dispersing a bit. Researchers reported that the ransomware gang known under... Read more
