Acer has suffered a second cyberattack in just a week by the same hacking group that says other regions are vulnerable. [...]

A free decryptor for the BlackByte ransomware has been released, allowing past victims to recover their files for free. [...]

The REvil ransomware operation has likely shut down once again after an unknown person hijacked their Tor payment portal and data leak blog. [...]

This week, senior officials from over thirty countries held virtual conferences on disrupting ransomware operations and attacks. [...]

​WhatsApp is rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups on iOS and Android to prevent anyone from accessing your chats, regardless of where they are stored. [...]

Microsoft has released a Linux version of the very popular Sysmon system monitoring utility for Windows, allowing Linux administrators to monitor devices for malicious activity. [...]

Today is Microsoft's October 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for four zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 74 flaws. [...]

Ecuador's largest private bank Banco Pichincha has suffered a cyberattack that disrupted operations and taken the ATM and online banking portal offline. [...]

GitHub has revoked weak SSH authentication keys generated using a library that incorrectly created duplicate RSA keypairs. [...]

Apple has released iOS 15.0.2 and iPadOS 15.0.2 to fix a zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in the wild in attacks targeting Phones and iPads. [...]

This week's big news is the arrests of two ransomware operators in Ukraine responsible for hundreds of attacks targeting organizations worldwide. [...]

On Twitch's website's game pages today appeared a close up of Jeff Bezos' face, in what appears to be a mysterious defacement attack. [...]

​Microsoft will soon begin disabling Excel 4.0 XLM macros by default in Microsoft 365 tenants to protect customers from malicious documents. [...]

Apache Software Foundation has released HTTP Web Server 2.4.51 after researchers discovered that a previous security update didn't correctly fix an actively exploited vulnerability. [...]

Google announced today that they plan on auto-enrolling 150 million accounts into two-factor authentication by the end of 2021. [...]

Industry publication giant Sandhills Global has suffered a ransomware attack, causing hosted websites to become inaccessible and disrupting their business operations. [...]

This week comes with reports of a hospital ransomware attack that led to the death of a baby and new efforts by governments worldwide to combat ransomware. [...]

Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed that a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers after using a vulnerability to bypass the company's SMS multi-factor authentication security feature. [...]

Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.71 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited by attackers. [...]

JVCKenwood has suffered a Conti ransomware attack where the threat actors claim to have stolen 1.7 TB of data and are demanding a $7 million ransom. [...]

Cybersecurity firm Profero has discovered that the RansomExx gang does not correctly lock Linux files during encryption, leading to potentially corrupted files. [...]

Trucking giant Forward Air has disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that allowed threat actors to access employees' personal information. [...]

Bandwidth.com has become the latest victim of distributed denial of service attacks targeting VoIP providers this month, leading to nationwide voice outages over the past few days. [...]

This week's biggest news is the USA sanctioning a crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs to convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency. By targeting rogue exchanges, the US government is hoping to disrupt ransomware's payment system. [...]

​California-based United Health Centers suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly disrupted all of their locations and resulted in patient data theft. [...]