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DarkSide Ransomware Gang Extorted $90 Million from Several Victims in 9 Months
DarkSide, the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack earlier this month, received $90 million in bitcoin payments following a nine-month ransomware spree, making it one of the most profitable cybercrime groups. "In total, just over $90 million in...
Mozilla Begins Rolling Out ‘Site Isolation’ Security Feature to Firefox Browser
Mozilla has begun rolling out a new security feature for its Firefox browser in nightly and beta channels that aims to protect users against a new class of side-channel attacks from malicious sites. Called "Site Isolation," the implementation loads each website...
Online is the new frontline in fight against organised crime– says NCA on publication of annual threat assessment
Criminals are exploiting advances in technology to drive serious and organised crime, the NCA says in the 2021 National Strategic Assessment – with increased online usage leading to a rise in offending. The National Crime Agency has released the 2021 National...
How Apple Gave Chinese Government Access to iCloud Data and Censored Apps
In July 2018, when Guizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD) agreed to a deal with state-owned telco China Telecom to move iCloud data belonging to Apple's China-based users to the latter's servers, the shift raised concerns that it could make user data vulnerable to state...
661 fines issued since GDPR became enforceable, totaling €292 million
3 years since rolling out in May 2018, there have been 661 GDPR fines issued by European data protection authorities. Every one of the 28 EU nations, plus the United Kingdom, has issued at least one GDPR fine. While GDPR sets out the regulatory framework that all EU...
Apple Patches Zero-Day Flaw in MacOS that Allows for Sneaky Screenshots
Security researchers at Jamf discovered the XCSSET malware exploiting the vulnerability, patched in Big Sur 11.4, to take photos of people’s computer screens without their knowing. Apple has patched a critical bug in macOS that could be exploited to take screenshots...
How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro for free
If you purchase a new PC with Windows 10 Home preinstalled, prepare to be annoyed. This down-market edition (maybe we should just call it Windows for Cheapskates) doesn't have the features you need for getting real work done: Remote Desktop server access, BitLocker...
How to Fix Outlook’s Blank Email Bug
Microsoft is rolling out an Outlook update to fix a strange bug for Microsoft 365 users that’s causing email text to disappear as it’s typed and incoming messages to show up blank. In other words: a productivity-killing nightmare, whether you rely on Outlook for work...
Microsoft Is Finally Killing Off Internet Explorer After 25 Years
Microsoft has announced that, after 25 years, it’s finally retiring its ageing Internet Explorer in 2022. The much-maligned web browser, which originally launched in 1995, has gone largely unused by consumers for some time; it currently commands just 3.8% of the...
MI5 chief criticises Facebook over encryption
The head of MI5, Ken McCallum, has accused Facebook of giving a 'free pass' to terrorists and criminals with its plans to introduce end-to-end encryption into Messenger and Instagram. In an interview with Times Radio, McCallum said that plans by Facebook CEO Mark...