Codecov Starts Notifying Customers Affected By Supply-Chain Attack As of a few hours ago, Codecov has started notifying the maintainers of software repositories affected by the recent supply-chain attack. These notifications, delivered via both email and the Codecov application interface, state that the company believes the affected repositories were downloaded by threat Read more…
Brazil’s Rio Grande Do Sul Court System Hit By REvil Ransomware Brazil’s Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul was hit with an REvil ransomware attack yesterday that encrypted employee’s files and forced the courts to shut down their network. Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Read more…
New Ransomware Group Uses SonicWall Zero-Day To Breach Networks A financially motivated threat actor exploited a zero-day bug in SonicWall SMA 100 Series VPN appliances to deploy new ransomware known as FiveHands on the networks of North American and European targets. The group, tracked by Mandiant threat analysts as UNC2447, Read more…
Disabling Windows 10 Experiments Blocks Known Issue Rollback Fixes As Microsoft begins to utilize its Known Issue Rollback feature to release Windows 10 fixes quickly, users are discovering that modifying privacy settings may prevent these fixes from being installed. Microsoft routinely conducts experiments with Windows 10 users to determine if Read more…
Babuk Ransomware Readies ‘Shut Down’ Post, Plans To Open Source Malware After just a few months of activity, the operators of Babuk ransomware briefly posted a short message about their intention to quit the extortion business after having achieved their goal. Unlike other gangs that chose to release decryption keys Read more…
Whistler Resort Municipality Hit By New Ransomware Operation The Whistler municipality in British Columbia, Canada, has suffered a cyberattack at the hands of a new ransomware operation. The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is a resort community with approximately 12,000 residents and over three million visitors annually. The ski resort Read more…
Security Expert Coalition Shares Actions To Disrupt Ransomware The Ransomware Task Force, a public-party coalition of more than 50 experts, has shared a framework of actions to disrupt the ransomware business model. One of the priority recommendations refers to better regulating the cryptocurrency sector, which plays an essential part in Read more…
Microsoft Is Preparing To Release The Windows 10 May 2021 Update Microsoft has announced that the Windows May 10th 2021 Update (21H1) is complete and being prepared for release. Brandon LeBlanc, Senior Program Manager for the Windows Insider program, states that Microsoft believes build 19043.928 is the final build for Read more…
Windows 10 20H2 KB5001391 Cumulative Update Preview Released Microsoft has released the optional KB5001391 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 2004 and Windows 10 20H2. This cumulative update is Microsoft’s April 2021 monthly “C” update that allows users and admins to preview the upcoming fixes scheduled for release in the Read more…
DigitalOcean Data Breach Exposes Customer Billing Information Cloud hosting provider DigitalOcean has disclosed a data breach after a flaw exposed customers’ billing information. An email sent out to affected customers by DigitalOcean states that a “flaw” allowed an unauthorized user to access customers’ billing details between April 9th, 2021, and Read more…
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