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Month: July 2021
Busted! Fraud-as-a-Service gang that sold 2FA-proof phishing arrested
The Dutch police announced that they arrested two Dutch citizens, aged 24 and 15, for developing and selling phishing panels. The…
AvosLocker enters the ransomware scene, asks for partners
This blog post was authored by Hasherezade In mid-July we responded to an incident that involved an attack on a Microsoft…
CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack
Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using…
Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it
On July 18, a group of 17 newspaper and media organizations—aided by Amnesty International’s Security Lab and the research group Citizen…
Millions of Windows machines affected by ancient printer vulnerability
A very serious security flaw in immensely popular printer drivers has been disclosed and it could affect many millions of Windows…
5 years for swatter who caused a man’s death for a Twitter handle
Doxing (or doxxing) is in the news again, for an absolutely shocking story that ended with a man’s death caused by…
ID theft ghouls targeting Surfside victims is appalling, but no surprise
We’ve written at length about account compromise and identity theft, and how criminals will often hijack accounts belonging to dead people….
HiveNightmare zero-day lets anyone be SYSTEM on Windows 10 and 11
Users with low privileges can access sensitive Registry database files on Windows 10 and Windows 11, leaving them vulnerable to a…
US, EU, UK, NATO blame china for “reckless” Exchange attacks
Do you remember back when the latest urgent update was a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange? How is that only four months…