Cybercrime group exploits Windows zero-day in ransomware attacks

Microsoft has addressed a zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) actively exploited in ransomware attacks. Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28252, in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS), which is actively exploited in ransomware attacks. Microsoft fixed the issue with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates for […]

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April 12, 2023
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Yum! Brands, the owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, discloses data breach

Yum! Brands, the company that owns the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, disclosed a data breach after the January ransomware attack. On January 13, 2023, Yum! Brands suffered a cyberattack that forced the company to take its systems offline closing roughly 300 restaurants in the UK for one day. Now the company, which owns the […]

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April 11, 2023
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Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Andrey Shevlyakov, an Estonian national, was charged in the US with conspiracy and other charges related to acquiring U.S.-made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. The defendant was arrested in Estonia on […]

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April 9, 2023
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