New “Yanluowang” ransomware variant discovered Named for the extension it adds to encrypted files, the new ransomware was discovered by Symantec during its investigation into an attack against an unnamed “large organization.” After deploying the command-line Active Directory query tool…

Windows 11 Patch Tuesday causes AMD performance issues Last week, Microsoft and AMD confirmed Windows 11 may cause increased L3 cache latency on Ryzen processors, resulting in 3-5% worse performance on most applications, but up to 15% on games. The…

Olympus suffers second cyberattack in 2021 Japanese tech manufacturer Olympus confirmed Tuesday that it was investigating a cyberattack on its IT systems in the US, Canada and Latin America. Olympus indicated they detected the incident on Sunday and have suspended…

Microsoft report details the changing cybercrime landscape The company recently published its second annual Microsoft Digital Defense Report, providing insights collected across its trillions of security signals on the evolving state of ransomware, malicious email, and malware. The rise of…

Google issues warning for 2 billion Chrome users Chrome’s 2.6 billion users again need to be on high alert (for the second time in a week), because Google has confirmed multiple new High-level hacks of the browser. Coming just days…

Twitch blames server error for massive data leak Livestreaming site Twitch says an “error” caused the unprecedented leak that posted vast amounts of sensitive data online this week. Twitch now says the breach was caused by a “server configuration change”…