The Week in Ransomware – September 24th 2021 – Targeting crypto
This week's biggest news is the USA sanctioning a crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs to convert cryptocurrency…
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United Health Centers ransomware attack claimed by Vice Society
California-based United Health Centers suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly disrupted all of their locations and…
Hackers exploiting critical VMware vCenter CVE-2021-22005 bug
Exploit code that could be used for remote code execution on VMware vCenter Server vulnerable to…
Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-day exploited in the wild
Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, an emergency update addressing a high-severity zero-day vulnerability exploited…
Microsoft rushes to register Autodiscover domains leaking credentials
Microsoft is rushing to register Internet domains used to steal Windows credentials sent from faulty implementations…
EU officially blames Russia for 'Ghostwriter' hacking activities
The European Union has officially linked Russia to a hacking operation known as Ghostwriter that targets high-profile…
Researcher drops three iOS zero-days that Apple refused to fix
Proof-of-concept exploit code for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities (and a fourth one patched in July) was…
Cisco fixes highly critical vulnerabilities in IOS XE Software
Cisco has patched three critical vulnerabilities affecting components in its IOS XE internetworking operating system powering…
SonicWall fixes critical bug allowing SMA 100 device takeover
SonicWall has patched a critical security flaw impacting several Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series products…
Hacking group used ProxyLogon exploits to breach hotels worldwide
A newly discovered cyberespionage group has been targeting hotels worldwide around the world since at least…