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In a new incident, Maze ransomware claims to have stolen over 11 million credit card data and other bank data of Banco de Costa Rica (BCR). This was found by BleepingComputer on Maze ransomware’s leak site, as they claimed to have first accessed the bank’s network in August 2019 and later in February 2020, but did not encrypt any data as it would make it hard amidst this pandemic. There isn’t any official confirmation from the bank yet....

Maze ransomware group has posted the stolen data from AT San Antonio Aerospace, as they claim to have breached the network of ST Engineering in March this year. And since the AT San Antonio Aerospace is a part of ST Engineering group, they had their hands on its database, which is of 1.5TB. The group has posted over 100 documents to support their claims, which contained the company’s financials, contracts, and proposals....

Microsoft OneNote – the notes app from Windows OS maker, hasn’t been so popular as the other Office 365 apps. This is because Microsoft isn’t focusing on it much and left it abandoned. But now, the company announced making a slew of changes to its OneNote desktop app and polishing the UI of its Windows app counterpart . These will be seen over the course of months. OneNote Desktop App Coming Again For most apps out there, there are multiple versions of them to run on various machines, like Android, iOS, macOS, desktop, and Windows....

From the release notes of the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft stated a number of changes coming to its software – to revamp your experience. The company is working on bringing the volume mixer to the taskbar, letting users try the experimental features through an internal option, and redesigning File Explorer with deeper Microsoft 365 integration. Here’s all about them; Experimental Features in Windows 11 While it’s true that Windows 11 is a specific offering from Microsoft, the company hasn’t made some elements within it for an easy user experience....

Microsoft has shed some light on this year’s Office 365 suite for both personal and enterprise editions, as both are reported to be launched later this year. With a span of five years, both the editions are available for a one-time fee model, rather than the cloud-based service. Also, Microsoft mentioned that the commercial suite price will be increased by 10%. Microsoft Office 365 2021 Edition The Office 365 suite from Microsoft is a popular productivity package for all classes....

In its latest transparency report, Microsoft revealed that it had taken down over 125 million URLs from its Bing search results in 2020. All these were complained through DMCA notices, claiming of hosting infringing content. While this is a significant number, it’s actually reducing over the years for many reasons. The UK’s BPI is also reported to be the major sender of such takedown notices. Microsoft Bing Acting on DMCA Notices While Microsoft itself complains that many of its products are being used without permission, it has a lot of similar work to deal with every day....

The excitement for Windows 11 hasn’t lasted long, wt least for the budget community. As a result, Microsoft has set new hardware requirements for supporting Windows 11 and strictly enforces it. The company clarifies this is an official Q and A session on this topic and said it would block users who try to bypass the said requirements by making changes in Group Policy Editor. It says firmly that new obligations are meant for security and productivity....

Microsoft’s gaming head Phil Spencer vowed to bring the Call of Duty game to Nintendo Switch consoles, provided that their deal with Activision closed successfully. The deal is currently stuck with the FTC investigating the claims of potential antitrust intentions, where Microsoft is defending otherwise. Well, if the deal goes through sometime next year, Microsoft pledged to offer Activision’s popular game CoD to all other rivals for at least 10 years....

Xiaomi’s new update MIUI 11 has got many polished features. One such feature is the new in-built video editor. Though it’s not rolled for all Xiaomi devices yet, the feature is currently supported only for Xiaomi 10 and 10 Pro. This eliminates the need for a third-party app for editing videos. And we may hope this to be rolled out to all Xiaomi devices soon. Xiaomi Integrates Video Editor into Gallery App...

Mozilla has launched the next version of its browser, Firefox v81 today. This new upgrade has significant changes made to the Download section, tabs management, auto-filling credentials, notifications. Mozilla has included an in-app review prompt to ask users rare in on Play Store and tuned the browser to give new search experience. Firefox 81 Launched With Several New Features Mozilla has been discredited for its version 79 which bought few bugs....

The international audience, however, did show a spike and this was pointed out by the executives. Reed Hastings, the CEO still believes that Netflix can grow a lot in untapped quarters like Asia and Australia. Image Credits- https://www.zerohedge.com 700 million households in China was cited by Reed who believes that steady returns will always come from there. The question, however, is whether they had enough content, relatable content to be shown in those circles due to the language being different....

Ever thought how NSA cyber experts deal with computer problems? Or at least how they’d be trained with NSA specifications? Here’s a guy who used the Freedom of Information Act to access the training materials of NSA’s Python course. And received a bulk 400-page redacted printout of NSA’s COMP 3321 Python training material. Obtain – Scan – Upload Cybersecurity is an important field. Any beginner trying to see their career in this field may go through a number of computer languages, and Python is one....

A team of Israeli academics has discovered a flaw in DNS servers , which could be used for launching DDoS attacks. The vulnerability exists in most of the DNS recursive servers and their DNS delegation process. This attack, named as NXNSAttack , can spoof DNS delegation and make fake queries under several subdomains under targeted DNS server, and make DDoS attack to crash the system. Operation flow Flaws in the Delegation Process DNS servers, the phone books of the internet may have DNS recursive servers that pass on the DNS queries to their superior servers for resolving....

AutoHz , an app specifically designed for controlling the screen refresh rates for OnePlus handsets, now adds support to its latest OnePlus Nord. This was reported by the developer who pushed a new update in the PlayStore and says the OnePlus Nord users can now manually set their desired refresh rate to each app. It’s a paid app and available only for OnePlus users. AutoHz Now Supports OnePlus Nord Screen refresh rates are important if you’re playing a high-end game and need to see things updating faster....

Platinum APT, a stealthy group that actively invades systems in the Asia Pacific region has now found a new backdoor to operate. This new method, as called by Microsoft, Titanium is now capable of downloading malware that stays within the system hiding and gaining access to the victim’s device. This Platinum group gained limelight in 2016 by abusing Microsoft’s hot patching method and later for exploiting Intel AMT’s Serial Over LAN capabilities....

Like every year, the popular password manager NordPass released its report on 2021’s most commonly used passwords. And the list isn’t surprising! We still have the dumb keyboard key sequences and numbers in general order as the commonly used passwords, which can put billions of user accounts at risk. This makes us think like we’re not evolving anywhere, even with robust security hardware. Common Passwords of 2021 Decades after being in the internet era and realizing the impacts of cyberattacks, we still don’t want to be secure in the simplest means possible!...

REMnux, a Linux-based malware analysis toolkit has just got an upgrade to version 7. The new kit has dumped several old tools and comes with hundreds of new tools for today’s malware analysis. The maker has given clear documentation of installing, using, and even finding the right tools quickly. Further, there’s even a webcast being conducted to explain the new changes. REMnux Version 7 Launched With Updated Tools Linux is preferred by many programmers and security researchers for coding and its analysis....

Single-use malware is turning old. Hackers in recent are developing with their knowledge and tools. The latest development in the malware space reveals the attackers using a package of malware being dumped into systems. A new malware named “ Hornet’s Nest ” that’s already in the wild and been deploying a bunch of malware to exploit every bit of victim. In what known as bunch dumping, hackers in this new age are developing the package of malware that can be dumped at once and cash on it frequently....

Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks , a law firm that specializes in dealing with A-listed starts, was hacked by REvil ransomware. The law firm confirmed the hack and BBC reported that there are notable names on the list. A snapshot of stolen files from ransomware authors show names like Lady Gaga, Madonna, Drake, etc. The total information was mounted to 756GB , containing contracts and contact information of those celebrities....

Samsung has quietly launched its Smart TV Plus streaming service to all through a web version and added support for Chromecast devices. Samsung hasn’t made any official announcement for this rollout but did so silently. However, the Smart TV Plus is previously available only to Samsung users and is ad-supported. Samsung Smart TV Plus Available For all Lately, the online streaming wars have heated up with the rise of new players like Peacock, HBO+, Disney, etc....