WordPress developers forcibly updated vulnerable Loginizer plugin
This week, the WordPress developers were forced to go to extreme measures and take a very rare step: they forcibly updated the Loginizer plugin...
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Egregor · October 21, 2020
Egregor ransomware attacked Barnes & Noble bookstore chain
The largest bookstore chain in the United States, Barnes & Noble (more than 600 stores in 50 states), which also operates the Nook Digital...
News · October 20, 2020
Darkside ransomware operators donate money to charity
ZDNet reports that the hackers behind the Darkside ransomware have donated money to charity. Recently $ 10,000 in ransoms went to Children International and...
News · October 19, 2020
Microsoft released emergency patches for Windows Codecs and Visual Studio
October's "Update Tuesday", which fixed 87 bugs, has already passed, and now Microsoft developers have released emergency patches for vulnerabilities in the Windows Codecs...
Egregor · October 16, 2020
Operators of the Egregor ransomware “leaked” data stolen from Ubisoft and Crytek into the network
This week, Egregor ransomware operators published on their website on the darknet data that allegedly was stolen from the largest game developers - Ubisoft...
News · October 15, 2020
FIN11 hack group is now engaged in ransomware attacks and is distributing the Clop ransomware
Experts from Mandiant (FireEye) have published a recent report that the FIN11 group, which has existed since 2016, usually pursuing financial gain in its...
News · October 14, 2020
Microsoft patched 87 vulnerabilities, including 21 RCE bugs
As part of October Patch Tuesday, Microsoft patched 87 vulnerabilities in its products, including 11 critical vulnerabilities and 21 remote code execution (RCE) issues....
News · October 13, 2020
More than $22 million in cryptocurrency stolen from Electrum wallets
The first reports of problems among users of Electrum cryptocurrency wallets began to appear back in December 2018, when criminals attacked the project's infrastructure...
News · October 12, 2020
The Clop ransomware attacked the German Software AG company
In early October 2020, The Clop ransomware operators attacked the German IT company Software AG and demanded a ransom about $23,000,000 (2,083,0069 BTC). journalists...
News · October 9, 2020
Research team uncovered 55 vulnerabilities in Apple products
A team of five independent researchers spent three months and hundreds of man-hours and discovered 55 vulnerabilities on Apple products. However, the researchers received...
News · October 8, 2020
Attackers hacked the IT systems of the Azerbaijan government
Security researchers from Cisco Talos have reported about a malware campaign, in which attackers secretly hacked IT systems of the Azerbaijan government and stole...
News · October 7, 2020
HEH malware destroys all data on IoT devices
Qihoo 360 specialists have warned of a new HEH malware, which infects IoT devices, can completely reset them and destroy all data, including the...
