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Telcos targeted by Chinese attackers
Researchers at McAfee report that a hacking group known as Mustang Panda and RedDelta, known to operate out of China,...
Microsoft shares one-click ProxyLogon mitigation tool for Exchange servers
Microsoft published the tool application on Monday that applies "all the necessary mitigations for the ProxyLogon...
Cyber criminals impacted by OVH data center fire
A fire in the Strasbourg data centers of OVHcloud disrupted a number of organizations, including cyber criminals....
DearCry ransomware using ProxyLogon exploits
Microsoft security researcher Phillip Misner has confirmed that DearCry, also known as DoejoCrypt, is being installed in human-operated attacks using...
Raided phone network Sky ECC says no, police didn’t break our encryption
On Wednesday, European police said they had arrested at least 80 people and...
Cloud hosting data centers burn down
Multiple data centers of the Strasbourg, France-based cloud computing company OVH, the largest hosting provider in Europe and third-largest...
Microsoft March Patch Tuesday fixes 82 flaws, 2 zero-days
Yesterday was Microsoft's March 2021 Patch Tuesday. With this update, "Microsoft has fixed 82 vulnerabilities, with...
SUPERNOVA malware linked to threat actor Spiral
A new report from the security firm Secureworks linked the SUPERNOVA web shell used as a backdoor on...
REvil ransomware gang uses extended voice calls to pressure victims
The group recently posted a notice on a hacker forum offering to their network of...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, March 1-5, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, John Overbaugh...
Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act signed into law
Virginia governor Ralph Northam signed the act into law, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Companies...
Microsoft announces end-to-end encryption support for Teams, plus passwordless logins
Microsoft announced that it is adding end-to-end encryption support to Microsoft Teams later this year....
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