Microsoft Security Intelligence has sent out a new set of Tweets outlining an attack strategy that uses a number of Windows toolsets to install a …
To Pay or Not to Pay: That is the Question
Ransomware is targeting systems world-wide, big and small. And every unlucky victim faces the same dilemma: to pay or not to pay. Despite the US …
New Scam Targets 1.5 Billion Gmail Calendar Users
Scammers are using Google’s Calendar app to trick users into clicking on phishing links that upload malware hidden in a java script. Over 1.5 billion …
NY Senate Bill 224: The Next State Consumer Privacy Act?
Without a federal privacy law in place, individual states are starting to examine privacy legislation on their own. California already has the California Consumer Privacy …
Catastrophic ShadowGate Malware Reported
A new set of malware is locking down computers instantly and demanding hundreds of bitcoin to get access to your files and network back. Recent …
Second Ransomware Payout in Florida
A ransomware attack in Florida on June 10th has resulted in another payout for cybercriminals. Officials in Lake City voted to pay 42 bitcoins to …
Firefox Critical Patch
Mozilla released Firefox 67.0.3 and Firefox ESR 60.7.1 patches and you need to update ASAP. The patches repair a critical zero-day vulnerability that hackers have …
Russia-U.S. Cyberwar Brewing
The U.S. hack of Russia’s power grid could start a cyberwar. The Kremlin issued a formal warning of potential retaliation with attacks on businesses, agencies, …
Hefty Fines for CASL Violations
Canadian citizens suspected of spreading malicious software could be facing fines in the millions of dollars for their criminal activities. The passage of Canada’s Anti-Spam …
Google Joins Facebook & Twitter in Password Storage Issues
Twitter did it. Facebook did it. Now Google’s done it. Google revealed Tuesday in a blog post that it accidentally stored its users’ passwords unprotected …
Five Ways to Avoid a Ransomware Attack
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and while most attacks are aimed at large entities who can provide large payoffs, individuals are still at personal …
Ransomware Attacks Continue to Target US Cities
So far in 2019, there have been 22 reported public-sector ransomware attacks on US cities, signaling a rise in frequency since 2018. The attacks are …
Raised Stakes in Baltimore Ransomware Attack
The city of Baltimore was recently hit with a crippling ransomware attack, bringing most of the city’s servers down and affecting everything from bill payments …
Intel Zombieland Fix Threatens Processor Performance
“Zombieload” vulnerabilities of the microarchitectural data sampling (MDS) variety have been discovered by researchers Michael Schwarz, Moritz Lipp, and Daniel Gruss at Graz University of …
Hawkeye Uses NSA Cyberattack Tools
The mystery surrounding the misappropriation of some of the National Security Agency’s most effective cyberweapons deepened recently when a Chinese hacking group known as Buckeye, …
Homeland Security Warning for VPN Security Flaws
Companies use enterprise VPNs, or virtual private networks, to allow employees to work remotely. An alert from the Department of Homeland Security just announced, however, …
PayPal’s New Ransomware Detection
By now everyone should know that ransomware is a huge threat. PayPal aims to do something about that. What we can figure out from the …
Conflicting Information on Recent Microsoft Email Data Breach
Reports from Techcrunch a few days ago stated that an email breach occurred between January 1st and March 28th at Microsoft. The breach exposed email …