Backups are one the most, if not the most, important defense against ransomware, but if not configured properly, attackers will use it against you.
0Microsoft released the March 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates with improvements and fixes for the Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Office 2013 and Office 2016.
0The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released guidance on how to correctly set up smart security cameras and baby monitors to avoid having them hacked by attackers.
0BSI, Germany's federal cybersecurity agency, recommends local governments and municipal institutions not to pay the ransoms asked by attackers after they get affected by ransomware attacks.
0Chinese security vendor Qihoo 360 says that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years, targeting various industry sectors and government agencies.
0SETI@home has announced that they will no longer be distributing new work to clients starting on March 31st as they have enough data and want to focus on completing their back-end analysis of the data.
0To make it easier for those who are impacted by the spread of Coronavirus/COVID-19, Cisco has enhanced its free Webex account offerings and offering free 90-day business licenses.
1The Nemty Ransomware is the latest cybercrime operation to create a data leak site to punish victims who refuse to pay ransoms.
0Two Chinese nationals were charged today by the US Dept of Justice and sanctioned by the US Treasury for allegedly laundering over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency out of the nearly $250 million stolen by North Korean actors known as Lazarus Group after hacking a cryptocurrency exchange in 2018.
0Microsoft has decided to change its annual in-person MVP Summit held in Seattle, Washington into a virtual online conference over concerns about the continuing spread of the Coronavirus outbreak.
0A bizarre bug could affect some Windows 10 users that try to install the latest Windows release on computers where the BIOS date is set to January 19, 3001, or later on AMD or Intel motherboards.
7Driven by the temptation of big ransom payments, a new ransomware called PwndLocker has started targeting the networks of businesses and local governments with ransom demands over $650,000.
0Ongoing scans for Apache Tomcat servers unpatched against the Ghostcat vulnerability that allows potential attackers to take over servers have been detected over the weekend.
0US drugstore chain giant Walgreens disclosed over the weekend that some of its mobile apps' users have been able to inadvertently access other users' sensitive information because of a bug.
0Ahead of schedule, Microsoft has started rolling out some of the new Fluent system icons to users running Windows 10 1909.
2A new Malware Evasion Encyclopedia has been launched that offers insight into the various methods malware uses to detect if it is running under a virtual environment.
0Windows 10 Home, Pro and Enterprise allow users to pause updates via the Settings, Group Policy and Registry to avoid reported critical bugs or compatibility issues in new updates.
2If you ever browsed the web and were disappointed when a page you were looking for no longer existed, you can use a Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browser extension to automatically retrieve the deleted pages from Archive.org.
0Microsoft hides file extensions in Windows by default even though it's a security risk that is commonly abused by phishing emails and malware distributors to trick people into opening malicious files.
4Over the past two weeks, we continue to see small towns, fire departments, hospitals, and companies being attacked by ransomware.
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