New extortion scam threatens to damage sites' reputation, leak data.
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New extortion scam threatens to damage sites’ reputation, leak data
An active extortion scam is targeting website owners and admins worldwide, claiming to have hacked their servers and demanding $2,500 not to leak data.
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Microsoft Defender network protection generally available on iOS, Android
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Canadian food retail giant Sobeys hit by Black Basta ransomware
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New BadBazaar Android malware linked to Chinese cyberspies
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- 11:26 AM
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Microsoft confirms gaming performance issues on Windows 11 22H2
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- NOVEMBER 11, 2022
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Royal Mail down: Tracking unavailable as outage exceeds 24 hours
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Windows 11 Task Manager will let you filter processes by name, PID
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Phishing drops IceXLoader malware on thousands of home, corporate devices
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Microsoft fixes Windows zero-day bug exploited to push malware
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US Health Dept warns of Venus ransomware targeting healthcare orgs
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Kaspersky to kill its VPN service in Russia next week
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- NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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FBI warns scammers now impersonate refund payment portals
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