Ryuk ransomware laundering leads to guilty plea

Categories: News

Tags: ryuk

Tags: ransomware

Tags: guilty

Tags: encrypt

Tags: ransom

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: bitcoin

We take a look at a guilty plea made in relation to Ryuk ransomware proceeds, and how you can best protect yourself from the threat of ransomware.

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Update now! GoAnywhere MFT zero-day patched

Categories: News

Tags: GoAnywhere MFT

Tags: managed file transfer

Tags: Kevin Beaumont

Tags: Brian Krebs

Tags: emergency patch 7.1.2

Tags: Fortra

Tags: Cobalt Strike

Tags: Florian Hauser

Tags: Code White

A bug in GoAnywhere, a B2B management file transfer software, could lead to a serious supply chain attack if left unpatched. Update now!

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Encrypted messaging service eavesdropped on by police, users arrested

Categories: News

Tags: Exclu

Tags: end-to-end encryption

Tags: messaging

Tags: encrypted

Law enforcement eavesdropped on encrypted messaging service Exclu for five months before pulling the plug on it.

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Stalkerware-type app developers fined by NY Attorney General

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Tags: stalkerware

Tags: mobile

Tags: device

Tags: NYAG

Tags: monitoring

Tags: New York

Tags: app

Tags: developer

We take a look at news that the NYAG has penalised developers of stalkerware-type apps, and the ramifications for those developers further down the line.

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ION starts bringing customers back online after LockBit ransomware attack

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: LockBit

Tags: ransomware

Tags: LockBit ransomware group

Tags: FBI

Tags: Todd Conklin

Tags: Financial Conduct Authority

Tags: FCA

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Tags: Prudential Regulation Authority

Tags: PRA

Tags: Tom Kellermann

Tags: Joseph Schifano

Pernicious ransomware group, LockBit, is making headlines again. Less than a month after attacking HACLA, it hit the derivatives trading division of ION Group, a financial software company.

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[update]Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: VMware

Tags: ESXi

Tags: Nevada

Tags: ransomware

Tags: Linux

Tags: CVE-2021-21974

Over the weekend, several CERTs warned about ongoing ransomware attacks against unpatched VMware ESXi virtual machines.

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Florida hospital takes entire IT systems offline after ‘ransomware attack’

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Tallahassee Memorial

Tags: TMH

Tags: Mark O’Bryant

Tags: Max Henderson

Tags: Atlantic General Hospital

Tags: ransomware

Tags: healthcare ransomware attack

Tallahassee Memorial in Florida has reportedly been hit by a ransomware attack.

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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Categories: News

Tags: safer internet day

Tags: SID

Tags: 2004

Tags: 2005

Tags: 20th anniversary

Tags: security

Tags: windows

Tags: XP

Tags: XPSP2

Tags: 20 minutes

Come with us on a journey down memory lane.

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Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: VMware

Tags: ESXi

Tags: Nevada

Tags: ransomware

Tags: Linux

Tags: CVE-2021-21974

Over the weekend, several CERTs warned about ongoing ransomware attacks against unpatched VMware ESXi virtual machines.

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A week in security (January 30 – February 5)

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Tags: week in security

Tags: blog roundup

Tags: Roomba

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Eileen Gun

Tags: Lock and Code

Tags: data wiper

Tags: LearnPress

Tags: Riot Games

Tags: League of Legends

Tags: malvertising

Tags: dark patterns

Tags: supply chain attacks

Tags: GitHub

Tags: ransomware monthly

Tags: ransomware

Tags: AV-TEST top product

Tags: multi-threat ransomware

Tags: CISA

Tags: BEC

Tags: business email compromise

The most interesting security related news from the week of January 30 – February 5.

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