The Week in Ransomware – September 24th 2021 – Targeting Crypto This week’s biggest news is the USA sanctioning a crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs to convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency. By targeting rogue exchanges, the US government is hoping to disrupt ransomware’s payment system. This other interesting news this week is a list of vulnerabilities commonly used
United Health Centers Ransomware Attack Claimed by Vice Society California-based United Health Centers suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly disrupted all of their locations and resulted in patient data theft. United Health Centers is a health care provider in California with twenty-one community health centers servicing Fresno, Kings, and Tulare counties. On August 31st, BleepingComputer was told
Google Apologizes For Scaring Cloud Users With ‘past due’ Emails Google has apologized for a wave of emails warning Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, or API customers that their accounts may be suspended for a past due balance. Users began receiving these emails on September 22nd, which warned that their account was “past due or does not
Emergency Google Chrome Update Fixes Zero-day Exploited In The Wild Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, an emergency update addressing a high-severity zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2021-37973 exists in the wild,” the browser vendor revealed in today’s security advisory. This Chrome update has started rolling out
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