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The Week in Ransomware – October 30th 2020 – Hospitals Under Siege This week we have seen a concerted attack against the healthcare industry by hacking groups utilizing the Ryuk ransomware. Also, we saw some large well-known companies suffer ransomware attacks that impacted their business operations. The biggest news this week is the U.S. government warning
Windows 10’s New Resource Monitor For Gamers Is Now Available Microsoft is rolling out a new tool called ‘Resources monitor’ that will allow you to free up resources in Windows 10 using Xbox’s Game Bar. This new resources monitor works just like the traditional Task Manager, but it sits on top of running games and allows you
Windows Kernel Zero-Day Vulnerability Used In Targeted Attacks Project Zero, Google’s 0day bug-hunting team, today disclosed a zero-day elevation of privileges (EoP) vulnerability found in the Windows kernel and actively exploited in targeted attacks. The flaw is a pool-based buffer overflow that exists in the Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver (cng.sys) and it is currently tracked as CVE-2020-17087.
Over 1M Lazada RedMart Accounts Sold Online After Data Breach Singapore’s largest online grocery store Lazada Redmart has suffered a data breach after 1.1 million user accounts were put up for sale on a hacker forum. The database dump containing sensitive customer is priced at $1,500. Lazada is a billion-dollar arm of Alibaba with over 8,000 employees