June 30, 2019
Sting Catches Another Ransomware Firm — Red Mosquito — Negotiating With “Hackers” — ProPublica
We recently wrote about two U.S. firms that promised high-tech ransomware solutions but instead paid the cyber-attacker. A U.K. company appears to do the same. Source: Sting Catches Another Ransomware Firm — Red Mosquito — Negotiating With “Hackers” — ProPublica
Source: Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Windows 10 – OSnews
In comments submitted to the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft Corp. is arguing that repairing its devices could jeopardize the cyber security of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security chip. Don&… Source: Microsoft tells FTC Repair poses a Cyber Risk. It doesn’t.
Researchers find new OSX/Linker malware abusing still-unpatched macOS Gatekeeper bypass. Source: New Mac malware abuses recently disclosed Gatekeeper zero-day | ZDNet
Source: The Morning After: SIM-swap cell phone hacking horror stories