It is ransomware: Rackspace confirms outage was caused by ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com) Rackspace has now confirmed that the outage of Exchange email services for its clients is being caused by a ransomware infection inside their systems – but they refer to this as “isolated disruption”. Which I think is a …
DuckLogs MaaS enables low skill hackers
Anyone in business today and having anything to do with technology is very familiar with the acronym something-aaS – as-a-service. For smaller businesses it means we can access tools, systems and expertise that once were only available to businesses with the budget, infrastructure and pockets to support them. So we …
Google Chrome’s 9th zero-day vulnerability of 2022 now patched
Software is difficult and no matter how much vendors test, both black and white hackers will find vulnerabilities once the software has been released. The issue is how fast does the vendor respond with patches once a vulnerability has been found. Google Chrome emergency update fixes 9th zero-day of the …
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Fake Android app spotted by users but it still has a rating of 3.4 in the Google Play Store
Even though users are reporting that the app is fake in the reviews on Google Play Store, it is still available for download and getting positive ratings. Malicious Android app found powering account creation service (bleepingcomputer.com) The actions of the app to hijack account creation processes for major services such …
Windows malware that can attack your phone
This attack by the pro-North Korean APT 37 espionage group has been aimed at specific targets. The malware exploits a backdoor in Windows and steals sensitive data from the infected PC and exfiltrates it to a Google Drive. ESET researchers also discovered the malware shows the capability to steal data …
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