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Travel company CWT avoids ransomware derailment by paying $4.5m blackmail demand
by Paul Ducklin According to reports, Minnesota-based business travel company CWT is the latest victim of the latest trend in ransomware. In fact, we’re probably at the point where we need to stop calling them just “ransomware” attacks, because...
Servers at risk from “BootHole” bug – what you need to know
by Paul Ducklin Another month, another BWAIN! That’s our tongue-in-cheek name for a cybersecurity vulnerability that not only gets assigned an identifier like CVE-2020-10713, but also aquires an impressive name plus a jaunty logo (and even, in one intriguing...
US tax service says, “2FA is a must!”
by Paul Ducklin The Beatles famously sang about The Taxman back in 1966, when Britain had much higher taxes on the rich than it does now: Let me tell you how it will be There's one for you, nineteen for me 'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman Should five per...
Firefox 79 is out – it’s a double-update month so patch now!
by Paul Ducklin You’ve probably heard of a Blue Moon, which is the second full moon in any calendar month. The last one was back in 2018; the next one is coming up in October 2020. Well, 28 July 2020 is a Blue Firefox Update event – the second major...
ProLock ransomware – new report reveals the evolution of a threat
by Paul Ducklin SophosLabs has just published a new report on a ransomware strain known as ProLock, which is interesting not so much for its implementation as for its evolution. Let’s start at the very top of the ransomware dilemma. Should you ever pay blackmail...
Monday review – our recent stories revisited
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ASUS routers could be reflashed with malware – patch now!
by Paul Ducklin If you’re interested in cybersecurity you’ve probably read any number of reports in recent years about the often tenuous state of security in consumer devices. From insecure doorbells to webcams, and from light bulbs to home routers,...
Sports team nearly paid a $1.25m transfer fee… to cybercrooks
by Paul Ducklin If you were about to spend more than a million dollars, how careful would you be about where you sent the money? More importantly, how would you check with the recipient of the money – and how would they check with you – that both ends of...
7 VPNs that leaked their logs – the logs that “didn’t exist”
by Paul Ducklin VPNs are all the rage these days, because they’re supposed to boost your privacy and stop you being tracked. In fact, “VPN” has become a word in its own right, pronounced vee-pee-en, and it’s a crowded market with companies...
