This Week in Ransomware: "We hacked the hackers."
Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cybercrime update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 28 January 2023, 1358 UTC. Content provided by "BleepingComputer.com."
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- JANUARY 28, 2023
- 08:27 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - January 27th 2023 - 'We hacked the hackers'
For the most part, this week has been relatively quiet regarding ransomware attacks and researcher — that is, until the FBI announced the disruption of the Hive ransomware operation.
- JANUARY 27, 2023
- 07:08 PM
- 0
Massive Microsoft 365 outage caused by WAN router IP change
Microsoft says this week's five-hour-long Microsoft 365 worldwide outage was caused by a router IP address change that led to packet forwarding issues between all other routers in its Wide Area Network (WAN).
- JANUARY 27, 2023
- 03:32 PM
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Ukraine: Sandworm hackers hit news agency with 5 data wipers
The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) found a cocktail of five different data-wiping malware strains deployed on the network of the country's national news agency (Ukrinform) on January 17th.
- JANUARY 27, 2023
- 01:10 PM
- 0
Microsoft fixes Windows 11 issue behind Remote Desktop freezes
Microsoft has addressed a known issue causing Remote Desktop app freezes on Windows 11 systems after installing the Windows 11 2022 Update.
- JANUARY 27, 2023
- 11:42 AM
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PlugX malware hides on USB devices to infect new Windows hosts
Security researchers have analyzed a variant of the PlugX malware that can hide malicious files on removable USB devices and then infect the Windows hosts they connect to.
- JANUARY 27, 2023
- 11:00 AM
- 3
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- JANUARY 27, 2023
- 07:15 AM
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Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 21H2 devices
Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 22H2 to systems running Windows 11 21H2 that are approaching their end-of-support (EOS) date on October 10, 2023.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 07:08 PM
- 9
Windows 11 KB5022360 preview update released with 15 improvements
Microsoft has released the Windows 11 22H2 KB5022360 preview cumulative update with fifteen fixes or improvements.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 07:05 PM
- 0
Microsoft urges admins to patch on-premises Exchange servers
Microsoft urged customers today to keep their on-premises Exchange servers patched by applying the latest supported Cumulative Update (CU) to have them always ready to deploy an emergency security update.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 06:02 PM
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Bitwarden password vaults targeted in Google ads phishing attack
Bitwarden and other password managers are being targeted in Google ads phishing campaigns to steal users' password vault credentials.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 04:40 PM
- 11
US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments
The U.S. Department of State today offered up to $10 million for information that could help link the Hive ransomware group (or other threat actors) with foreign governments.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 03:41 PM
- 0
New Mimic ransomware abuses ‘Everything’ Windows search tool
A new ransomware family named 'Mimic' has been spotted in the wild abusing the APIs of a legitimate Windows file search tool called 'Everything' to achieve file enumeration.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 03:22 PM
- 1
Lexmark warns of RCE bug affecting 100 printer models, PoC released
Lexmark has released a security firmware update to fix a severe vulnerability that could enable remote code execution (RCE) on more than 100 printer models.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 03:08 PM
- 0
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- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 02:11 PM
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Google nukes 50,000 accounts pushing Chinese disinformation
Google's Threat Analysis Group terminated tens of thousands of accounts linked to a group known as "Dragonbridge" or "Spamouflage Dragon" that is disseminating pro-Chinese disinformation across multiple online platforms.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 01:17 PM
- 4
UK warns of increased attacks from Russian, Iranian hackers
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning of Russian and Iranian state-sponsored hackers increasingly targeting organizations and individuals.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 12:19 PM
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Hive ransomware disrupted after FBI hacks gang's systems
Today, the Hive ransomware Tor payment and data leak sites were seized as part of an international law enforcement operation involving the US Department of Justice, FBI, Secret Service, Europol, and Germany's BKA and Polizei.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 10:14 AM
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Yandex denies hack, blames source code leak on former employee
A Yandex source code repository allegedly stolen by a former employee of the Russian technology company has been leaked as a Torrent on a popular hacking forum.
- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 09:44 AM
- 1
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- JANUARY 26, 2023
- 07:14 AM
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