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UK Jails Man for Spying on Teenagers, Stealing Photos Using RATs A Nottingham man was imprisoned this week for more than two years after hacking the computers and phones of dozens of victims, some of them underage, and spying on them using remote access trojans (RATs). 32-year-old Robert Davies used fake online social media profiles and Skype
Magniber Ransomware Using Signed APPX Files to Infect Systems The Magniber ransomware has been spotted using Windows application package files (.APPX) signed with valid certificates to drop malware pretending to be Chrome and Edge web browser updates. This distribution method marks a shift from previous approaches seen with this threat actor, which typically relies on exploiting Internet Explorer
TellYouThePass Ransomware Returns as a Cross-platform Golang Threat TellYouThePass ransomware has re-emerged as a Golang-compiled malware, making it easier to target more operating systems, macOS and Linux, in particular. The return of this malware strain was noticed last month, when threat actors used it in conjunction with the Log4Shell exploit to target vulnerable machines. Now, a
New Windows KB5009543, KB5009566 Updates Break L2TP VPN Connections Windows 10 users and administrators report problems making L2TP VPN connections after installing the recent Windows 10 KB5009543 and Windows 11 KB5009566 cumulative updates. Yesterday, Microsoft released Windows updates to fix security vulnerabilities and bugs as part of the January 2022 Patch Tuesday. These updates include KB5009566 for Windows