PC Security and Other Useful Information

The Taxman Cometh for ID Theft Victims “The unprecedented volume of unemployment insurance fraud witnessed in 2020 hasn’t abated, although news coverage of the issue has largely been pushed off the front pages by other events. But the ID theft problem is coming to the fore once again: Countless Americans will soon be receiving notices […]

SonicWall Breach Stems from ‘Probable’ Zero-Days Posted January 25, 2021: “SonicWall is investigating “probable” zero-day flaws in its remote access security products that have been targeted by “highly-sophisticated” attackers. The company says it is investigating the attack and will update customers within 24 hours.”

IObit forums hacked to spread ransomware to its members “Windows utility developer IObit was hacked over the weekend to perform a widespread attack to distribute the strange DeroHE ransomware to its forum members.”

DNSpooq bugs let attackers hijack DNS on millions of devices “Israel-based security consultancy firm JSOF disclosed today seven Dnsmasq vulnerabilities, collectively known as DNSpooq, that can be exploited to launch DNS cache poisoning, remote code execution, and denial-of-service attacks against millions of affected devices. Dnsmasq is a popular and open-source Domain Name System (DNS) forwarding software regularly used that adds […]

Free Ransomware Decryptors from Kaspersky “Welcome to No Ransom, the place to find the latest decryptors, ransomware removal tools, and information on ransomware protection. What is ransomware? It’s a malware (a Trojan or another type of virus) that locks your device or encrypts your files, and then tells you that you have to pay ransom […]

Security Mailer Volume 21 Number 2 Adobe patch Tuesday Mozilla updates Thunderbird Cisco Security Advisories Linux Updates and patches Linux Synopsis Microsoft Tuesday updates Security advisories Security updates revised General Security reviews last week EXCEL spreadsheet covering all Microsoft Tuesday releases both XLS and XLSX versions provided

Security Mailer Volume 21 Number 1 Browsers Firefox and Firefox ESR updated Linux Updates & patches New version of Mint Microsoft working on single version of Outlook General Security reviews last week Solar Winds Hack

Security Mailer Volume 20 #52 Cisco security advisories Linux updates and patches

IObit forums hacked to spread ransomware to its members “Windows utility developer IObit was hacked over the weekend to perform a widespread attack to distribute the strange DeroHE ransomware to its forum members.”

Joker’s Stash Carding Market to Call it Quits Joker’s Stash, by some accounts the largest underground shop for selling stolen credit card and identity data, says it’s closing up shop effective mid-February 2021. The announcement came on the heels of a turbulent year for the major cybercrime store, and just weeks after U.S. and European […]