Ransomware hits Technion university to protest tech layoffs and Israel
A new ransomware group going by the name ‘DarkBit’ has hit Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, one of Israel’s leading research universities. The ransom note…
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Pepsi Bottling Ventures suffers data breach after malware attack
Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC suffered a data breach caused by a network intrusion that resulted in the installation of information-stealing malware and the extraction of…
Ransomware hits Technion university, protests tech layoffs and Israel
A new ransomware group going by the name ‘DarkBit’ has hit Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, one of Israel’s leading research universities. The ransom note…
NameCheap’s email hacked to send Metamask, DHL phishing emails
Domain registrar Namecheap had their email account breached Sunday night, causing a flood of MetaMask and DHL phishing emails that attempted to steal recipients’ personal…
Devs targeted by W4SP Stealer malware in malicious PyPi packages
Five malicious packages were found on the Python Package Index (PyPI), stealing passwords, Discord authentication cookies, and cryptocurrency wallets from unsuspecting developers. PyPI is a…
Microsoft WinGet package manager failing from expired SSL certificate
Microsoft’s WinGet package manager is currently having problems installing or upgrading packages after WinGet CDN’s SSL/TLS certificate expired. Released in May 2020, the open source Windows…
Microsoft is adding native RGB lighting controls to Windows 11
Microsoft will soon add native support to Windows 11 for controlling the RGB lighting on computer peripherals, like mice and gaming keyboards. As a result,…
Microsoft adding native RGB lighting controls in Windows 11
Microsoft will soon add native controls to Windows 11 for controlling the RGB lighting on computer peripherals, like mice and gaming keyboards. As a result,…
Microsoft says Intel driver bug crashes apps on Windows PCs
Microsoft says apps using DirectX are crashing on Windows systems with outdated Intel drivers after installing November 2022 cumulative updates. On affected systems, users will…
Clop ransomware claims it breached 130 orgs using GoAnywhere zero-day
The Clop ransomware gang claims to be behind recent attacks that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool, saying they…
The Week in Ransomware – February 10th 2023
From ongoing attacks targeting ESXi servers to sanctions on Conti/TrickBot members, it has been quite a busy week regarding ransomware. The worldwide ESXiArgs ransomware attacks continued to…
City of Oakland systems offline after ransomware attack
The City of Oakland was hit by a ransomware attack on Wednesday night that forced it to take all systems offline until the network is…