The Week in Ransomware – May 17th 2024
This week was pretty quiet on the ransomware front, with most of the attention on the seizure of the BreachForums data theft forum. However, that…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Microsoft to start enforcing Azure multi-factor authentication in July
Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources. After first completing the rollout…
Financial orgs have 30 days to send data breach notifications
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to Regulation S-P that require certain financial institutions to disclose data breach incidents to impacted individuals…
US woman helped North Korean IT workers infiltrate 300 companies
The U.S. Justice Department charged five individuals today, a U.S. Citizen woman, a Ukrainian man, and three foreign nationals, for their involvement in cyber schemes…
US arrests suspects behind $73M ‘pig butchering’ laundering scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice charged two suspects for allegedly leading a crime ring that laundered at least $73 million from cryptocurrency investment scams, also…
WebTPA data breach impacts 2.4 million insurance policyholders
The WebTPA Employer Services (WebTPA) data breach disclosed earlier this month is impacting close to 2.5 million individuals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
Norway recommends replacing SSL VPN to prevent breaches
The Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recommends replacing SSLVPN/WebVPN solutions with alternatives due to the repeated exploitation of related vulnerabilities in edge network devices to…
Five charged for cyber schemes to benefit North Korea’s weapons program
The U.S. Justice Department charged five individuals today, a U.S. Citizen woman, a Ukrainian man, and three foreign nationals, for their involvement in cyber schemes…
Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook encrypted email reply issues
Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue preventing Microsoft 365 customers from replying to encrypted emails using the Outlook Desktop client. This…
MediSecure e-script firm hit by ‘large-scale’ ransomware data breach
Electronic prescription provider MediSecure in Australia has shut down its website and phone lines following a ransomware attack believed to originate from a third-party vendor.…
Russian hackers use new Lunar malware to breach a European govt’s agencies
Security researchers discovered two previously unseen backdoors dubbed LunarWeb and LunarMail that were used to compromise a European government’s diplomatic institutions abroad. The pieces of malware have been…
Windows Server 2019 updates fail with 0x800f0982 errors
Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue causing this month’s KB5037765 security update for Windows Server 2019 to fail to install with 0x800f0982 errors. “Windows…