New Mexico’s Bernalillo County Investigates Ransomware Attack
New Mexico's Bernalillo County closed most county buildings on Jan. 5 after a suspected ransomware attack targeted its systems.Bernalillo County is the most populous in New Mexico and includes...
Attackers Exploit Flaw in Google Docs’ Comments Feature
A wave of phishing attacks identified in December targeting mainly Outlook users are difficult for both email scanners and victims to flag, researchers said.
Attackers are using the “Comments” feature...
Partially Unpatched VMware Bug Opens Door to Hypervisor Takeover
ESXi version 7 users are still waiting for a full fix for a high-severity heap-overflow security vulnerability, but Cloud Foundation, Fusion and Workstation users can go ahead and patch....
Deposits to illicit crypto addresses nearly doubled in 2021, Chainalysis finds
Written by Tonya Riley Jan 6, 2022 |...
Malware hidden in a torrent of Spider-Man: No Way Home
Malicious hackers often hide malware in pirated content. Researchers from ReasonsLab found a Monero cryptominer on the torrent of a new Spider-Man movie.
Spider-Man: No Way Home hit the movie...
Kronos ransomware fallout: Electrolux workers still not receiving full pay
It appears that the aftershock effects of the ransomware attack on Kronos are still felt by real people who are not getting their full paychecks weeks after the incident...
Chinese hackers exposed leveraging Log4j vulnerability to hack academic institution
Crowdstrike witnessed a Chinese espionage group, AQUATIC PANDA, using the Log4j bug (dubbed Log4Shell) to attack an unnamed academic institution.
The Crowdstrike Falcon OverWatch team uncovered suspicious activity stemming from...
Google hit with 150 million euro French fine for cookie breaches
France's data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet's Google a record 150 million euros ($169 million) for making it difficult for internet users to refuse...
Attackers exploit Google Docs to catch you off guard
Google Docs has become an attack vector for malicious hackers. Avanan, a Check Point company, observed a new, massive wave of hackers leveraging the comment feature in Google Docs,...
