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December 8, 2020

Patch Tuesday, Good Riddance 2020 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft today issued its final batch of security updates for Windows PCs in 2020, ending the year with a relatively light patch load. Nine of the 58 security vulnerabilities addressed this month earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” label, meaning they can be abused by malware or miscreants to seize remote control over PCs without any help from users. Mercifully, it does not appear that any of the flaws fixed this month are being actively exploited, nor have any them been detailed publicly prior to today. The critical bits reside in updates for Microsoft Exchange […]
September 27, 2023

‘Snatch’ Ransom Group Exposes Visitor IP Addresses

This post was originally published on this siteThe victim shaming site operated by the Snatch ransomware group is leaking data about its true online location and internal operations, as well as the Internet addresses of its visitors, KrebsOnSecurity has found. The leaked data suggest that Snatch is one of several ransomware groups using paid ads on Google.com to trick people into installing malware disguised as popular free software, such as Microsoft Teams, Adobe Reader, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Discord. First spotted in 2018, the Snatch ransomware group has published data stolen from hundreds of organizations that refused to pay a ransom […]