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Windows 10 Search Is Broken and Shows Blank Results, How to Fix

A bug in the Windows 10 Search is causing blank results to be shown in both the Start Menu and in File Explorer.  This is making it impossible to search for and launch an application from the Start Menu. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-search-is-broken-and-shows-blank-results-how-to-fix/
New Ransomware Strain Halts Toll Group Deliveries

Australian transportation and logistics company Toll Group confirmed today that systems across multiple sites and business units were encrypted by a new variant of the Mailto ransomware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ransomware-strain-halts-toll-group-deliveries/
Cisco Patches Critical CDP Flaws Affecting Millions of Devices

Five critical vulnerabilities found in various implementations of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) could allow attackers on the local network to take over tens of millions of enterprise devices as discovered by IoT security company Armis. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-patches-critical-cdp-flaws-affecting-millions-of-devices/
Mailto (NetWalker) Ransomware Targets Enterprise Networks

With the high ransom prices and big payouts of enterprise-targeting ransomware, we now have another ransomware known as Mailto or Netwalker that is compromising enterprise networks and encrypting all of the Windows devices connected to it. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mailto-netwalker-ransomware-targets-enterprise-networks/
Medicaid CCO Vendor Breach Exposes Health, Personal Info of 654K

Medicaid coordinated care organization (CCO) Health Share of Oregon today disclosed a data breach exposing the health and personal info of 654,362 individuals following the theft of a laptop owned by its transportation vendor GridWorks IC. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/medicaid-cco-vendor-breach-exposes-health-personal-info-of-654k/
BEC Scammers’ Interest in the Real Estate Sector Rises

Cybercriminals choose their targets by the profit they can make off them and the real estate business seems ripe for the picking, security researchers warn after looking at some 600 attacks focused on this sector. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bec-scammers-interest-in-the-real-estate-sector-rises/
Oscar Nominated Movies Featured in Phishing, Malware Attacks

Attackers are exploiting the hype surrounding this year's Oscar Best Picture nominated movies to infect fans with malware and to bait them to phishing websites designed to steal sensitive info such as credit card details and personal information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oscar-nominated-movies-featured-in-phishing-malware-attacks/
Ransomware Exploits GIGABYTE Driver to Kill AV Processes

The attackers behind the RobbinHood Ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to install a malicious and unsigned driver into Windows that is used to terminate antivirus and security software. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-exploits-gigabyte-driver-to-kill-av-processes/
DoJ Asks Victims of the Quantum DDoS Service to Come Forward

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) today issued a notification to raise awareness among victims of the Quantum Stresser Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) for-hire service operated by David Bukoski. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/doj-asks-victims-of-the-quantum-ddos-service-to-come-forward/
Phishing Attack Disables Google Play Protect, Drops Anubis Trojan

Android users are targeted in a phishing campaign that will infect their devices with the Anubis banking Trojan that can steal financial information from more than 250 banking and shopping applications. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-attack-disables-google-play-protect-drops-anubis-trojan/
Emotet Hacks Nearby Wi-Fi Networks to Spread to New Victims

A recently spotted Emotet Trojan sample features a Wi-Fi worm module that allows the malware to spread to new victims connected to nearby insecure wireless networks according to researchers at Binary Defense. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-hacks-nearby-wi-fi-networks-to-spread-to-new-victims/
TA505 Hackers Behind Maastricht University Ransomware Attack

Maastricht University (UM) disclosed that it paid the 30 bitcoin ransom requested by the attackers who encrypted some of its critical systems following a cyberattack that took place on December 23, 2019. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ta505-hackers-behind-maastricht-university-ransomware-attack/