[BleepingComputer] Fake DarkSide gang targets energy, food industry in extortion emails

Ransomware attackers are now demanding cash from the customers of victims too.   Source: Read More (Threatpost)

Google’s top security teams unilaterally shut down a counterterrorism operation www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/26/1021318/google-security-shut-down-counter-terrorist-us-ally/ Google’s Project Zero and Threat Analysis Group teams found the hacking group exploiting 11 zero-day vulnerabilities in just nine months, a high number of exploits over a short period. Software that was attacked included the Safari browser on iPhones but also many Google products, […]

Microsoft’s Windows 10, Exchange, and Teams hacked at Pwn2Own www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsofts-windows-10-exchange-and-teams-hacked-at-pwn2own/ During the first day of Pwn2Own 2021, contestants won $440, 000 after successfully exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities to hack Microsoft’s Windows 10 OS, the Exchange mail server, and the Teams communication platform. The first to fall was Microsoft Exchange in the Server category after the […]