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Ryuk ransomware hits 700 Spanish government labor agency offices By 08:35 AM The systems of SEPE, the Spanish government agency for labor, were taken down following a ransomware attack that hit more than 700 agency offices across Spain. "Currently, work is being done with the objective of restoring priority services as soon as possible, among which is the portal of the State Public Employment Service and then gradually other services to citizens, companies, benefit and employment offices," an announcement on the agency's website reads. "The application deadlines for benefits are extended by ...

Windows 10 crashes when printing due to Microsoft March updates By The Windows 10 KB5000802 and KB5000808 cumulative updates released yesterday are causing Blue Screen of Death crashes when printing to network printers. Since then, there has been a constant stream of complaints that printing is causing Windows 10 to crash with an "APC_INDEX_MISMATCH for win32kfull.sys" blue screen of death crash. Example APC_INDEX_MISMATCH for win32kfull.sys crash According to posts by system administrators on Reddit [1, 2], the Windows 10 crashes began immediately after installing yesterday's KB5000802 and ...

Norway's parliament, the Storting, has suffered another cyberattack after threat actors stole data using the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.

Google Chrome to block port 554 to stop NAT Slipstreaming attacks By 01:21 PM Google Chrome will block the browser's access to TCP port 554 to protect against attacks using the NAT Slipstreaming 2.0 vulnerability. Last year, security researchers disclosed a new version of the NAT Slipstreaming vulnerability that allows malicious scripts to bypass a website visitor's NAT firewall and access any TCP/UDP port on the visitor's internal network. Illustration of the NAT Slipstreaming 2.0 attack As this vulnerability only works on specific ports monitored by a router's Application Level Gateway...

Ransomware gang plans to call victim's business partners about attacks By 12:47 PM The REvil ransomware operation announced this week that they are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim's business partners to generate ransom payments. The REvil ransomware operation, also known as Sodinokibi, is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) where the ransomware operators develop the malware and payment site, and affiliates (adverts) compromise corporate networks to deploy the ransomware. As part of this deal, the REvil developers earn between 20-30% of ransom payments, and the affil...