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A ransomware attack is being blamed for halting pipeline activities for the Colonial Pipeline Company, which supplies the East Coast with roughly 45 percent of it liquid fuels. In a statement released Saturday, the Colonial Pipeline Company said it temporarily halted pipeline operations in response to a cyberattack impacting the company on Friday.
Microsoft has pulled an AMD driver from Windows Update after numerous people reported that it prevents Windows 10 from starting and displays an "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE" error. When hardware manufacturers release new drivers for Windows 10, they get added to the Windows Update as an optional driver update that users can install.
Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States, has shut down operations after suffering what is reported to be a ransomware attack. According to a report by CNBC, Colonial Pipeline suffered a ransomware attack yesterday that forced them to shut down their entire network to prevent the spread of the malware.
Since 2019, ransomware gangs have leaked the stolen data for 2,103 companies on dark web data leaks sites. A dark web security researcher known as DarkTracer has been keeping track of the data leak sites for thirty-four ransomware gangs and told BleepingComputer that they have now leaked the data for 2,103 organizations.
Colonial Pipeline halts all fuel pipeline operations in response to ransomware attack. A cyberattack has forced an operational shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline in the United States.
To make it easier to listen to Spotify playlists, you can use the Xbox Gamebar and its Spotify widget to control your music playback without ever leaving your game. Before you get started, you will need to download and install the Spotify desktop app or the Windows 10 Spotify app.
Microsoft has addressed the last remaining known issues affecting Windows 10 computers with Conexant or Synaptics devices causing errors and problems when updating to Windows 10 versions 2004 or 20H2. These issues impacting computers with Conexant ISST audio drivers and those with Conexant or Synaptics audio devices have been under investigation since May 2020, when the first version of Windows 10 2004 was released. Devices affected by Conexant issues can now upgrade to the latest released Windows 10 and Windows Server versions after Microsoft has removed the remaining safeguard holds, blocking them from updating.
Microsoft has addressed the last remaining known issues affecting Windows 10 computers with Conexant or Synaptics devices causing errors and problems when updating to Windows 10 versions 2004 or 20H2. These issues impacting computers with Conexant ISST audio drivers and those with Conexant or Synaptics audio devices have been under investigation since May 2020, when the first version of Windows 10 2004 was released. Devices affected by Conexant issues can now upgrade to the latest released Windows 10 and Windows Server versions after Microsoft has removed the remaining safeguard holds, blocking them from updating.
Researchers on Tuesday disclosed a novel malware that uses a variety of tricks to stay under the radar and evade detection, while stealthily capable of executing arbitrary commands on infected systems. Called 'Pingback,' the Windows malware leverages Internet Control Message Protocol tunneling for covert bot communications, allowing the adversary to utilize ICMP packets to piggyback attack code, according to an analysis published today by Trustwave.
Exim is a popular mail transfer agent used on Unix-like operating systems, with over 60% of the publicly reachable mail servers on the Internet running the software. A Shodan search reveals nearly four million Exim servers that are exposed online.