The Week in Ransomware – September 3rd 2021 – Targeting Exchange Over the past two weeks, it has been busy with ransomware news ranging from a gang shutting down and releasing a master decryption key to threat actors turning to Microsoft Exchange exploits to breach networks. The biggest news is the Ragnarok ransomware operation shutting down and
Microsoft Breaks Windows 11 Start Menu, Taskbar with Teams Promo Microsoft accidentally broke the Start menu and taskbar on systems of Windows Insiders after pushing a Teams promo to the desktops of users running Windows 11 preview builds. While the company didn’t explain the reason behind Dev and Beta Channel Insiders experiencing Start menu and
US Govt Warns Orgs to Patch Massively Exploited Confluence Bug US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has issued a rare alert today urging US organizations to patch a massively exploited Atlassian Confluence critical vulnerability immediately. “Mass exploitation of Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 is ongoing and expected to accelerate,” said Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF). This warning comes after Deputy National
Babuk Ransomware’s Full Source Code Leaked on Hacker Forum A threat actor has leaked the complete source code for the Babuk ransomware on a Russian-speaking hacking forum. Babuk Locker, also known internally as Babyk, is a ransomware operation launched at the beginning of 2021 when it began targeting businesses to steal and encrypt their data in double-extortion
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