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Wyze Exposes User Data via Unsecured ElasticSearch Cluster

Smart home tech maker Wyze Labs confirmed that the user data of over 2.4 million of its users were exposed by an unsecured database connected to an Elasticsearch cluster for over three weeks, from December 4 to December 26. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wyze-exposes-user-data-via-unsecured-elasticsearch-cluster/
Microsoft Takes North Korean Hacking Group Thallium to Court

Microsoft sued a cyber-espionage group with North Korean links tracked as Thallium for breaking into its customers' accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks with the end goal of stealing sensitive information, as shown by a complaint unsealed on December 27. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-takes-north-korean-hacking-group-thallium-to-court/
Special Olympics New York Hacked to Send Phishing Emails

Special Olympics of New York, a nonprofit organization focused on competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities, had its email server hacked around this year's Christmas holiday and later used to launch a phishing campaign against previous donors. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/special-olympics-new-york-hacked-to-send-phishing-emails/
How to Join the Windows Insider Program with a Local Account

To join the program and install the preview builds, you need a Microsoft account and a PC running Windows 10. An independent developer has now created a command-line script 'Offline Insider Enroll' to enroll Windows 10 PCs in the Insider program without a Microsoft account. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-join-the-windows-insider-program-with-a-local-account/
BleepingComputer's Ten Most Viewed Stories of 2019

2019 has come and gone and with it were many stories about new security improvements, data breaches, Windows improvements and bugs, vulnerabilities, fun software, and a wide range of interesting topics. This article lists the ten most viewed stories at BleepingComputer during 2019 with a brief summary of each. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/bleepingcomputers-ten-most-viewed-stories-of-2019/
Maze Ransomware Sued by Victim for Releasing Stolen Data

The anonymous operators behind the Maze Ransomware are being sued by a victim for illegally accessing their network, stealing data, encrypting computers, and publishing the stolen data after a ransom was not paid.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/maze-ransomware-sued-by-victim-for-releasing-stolen-data/
U.S. Government Issues Warning About Possible Iranian Cyberattacks

Christopher C. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a warning about a potential new wave of Iranian cyber-attacks targeting U.S. assets after Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was killed by a U.S. airstrike at the Baghdad airport in Iraq. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-government-issues-warning-about-possible-iranian-cyberattacks/
FBI Warns of Maze Ransomware Focusing on U.S. Companies

Organizations in the private sector received an alert from the F.B.I. about operators of the Maze ransomware focusing on companies in the U.S. to encrypt information on their systems after stealing it first. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-maze-ransomware-focusing-on-us-companies/
Microsoft Products Reaching End of Life in 2020

Several major Microsoft products will reach their end of support during 2020, with Office 2010, Visual Studio 2010, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 (including 2008R2), and multiple Windows 10 versions including 1803 and 1903 being some of the most important ones. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-products-reaching-end-of-life-in-2020/
Clop Ransomware Now Kills Windows 10 Apps and 3rd Party Tools

The Clop Ransomware continues to evolve with a new and integrated process killer that targets some interesting processes belonging to Windows 10 apps, text editors, programming IDEs and languages, and office applications. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clop-ransomware-now-kills-windows-10-apps-and-3rd-party-tools/
The Week in Ransomware - January 3rd 2020 - Busy Holiday Season

Normally ransomware activity slows down over the December break, but this year was an exception with a quite a few interesting, and sad, stories such as FBI alerts being issued, companies being shut down, and organizations being encrypted by a variety of ransomware, and stolen data being released. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-january-3rd-2020-busy-holiday-season/