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The Week in Ransomware – January 14th 2022 – Russia Finally Takes Action Today, the Russian government announced that they arrested fourteen members of the REvil ransomware gang on behalf of US authorities. While the ransomware gang members are only being charged with “illegal circulation of means of payment,” the arrests are the first public action by
Microsoft Brings Back January 2022 Windows Server Updates The January 2022 Windows Server cumulative updates are once again available via Windows Update after being pulled yesterday without an official reason from Microsoft. On Tuesday, Microsoft released the January 2022 Patch Tuesday cumulative updates, with the KB5009624 update for Windows Server 2012 R2, KB5009557 for Windows Server 2019, and KB5009555 for Windows
American nonprofit Goodwill has disclosed a data breach that affected the accounts of customers using its ShopGoodwill.com e-commerce auction platform. ShopGoodwill’s Vice President Ryan Smith said in data breach notification letters sent to impacted individuals that some of their personal contact information was exposed due to a site vulnerability. Smith added that no payment information was exposed in
Former DHS Official Charged with Stealing Govt Employees’ PII A former Department of Homeland Security official pleaded guilty today to stealing confidential and proprietary software and sensitive databases from the US government containing employees’ personal identifying information (PII). 61-year-old Charles Kumar Edwards coordinated the scheme while working for DHS-OIG (Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General) as