Day: January 7, 2021

Ransomware Victims’ Data Published via DDoSecrets

Activists behind Distributed Denial of Secrets has shared 1TB of data pulled from Dark Web sites where it was shared by ransomware attackers. …read more Source:: DarkReading


How the Shady Zero-Day Sales Game Is Evolving

Zero-day vulns are cold, while access-as-a-service is hot. Here’s how black market (and gray market) deals go down. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Away from the besuited world of the ThinkPad, Lenovo lets its hair down with refreshed IdeaPad and Yoga lineups

Revolving screens, 5G, and an Alexa-based Show Mode Lenovo’s IdeaPad and Yoga lineup is aimed at the consumer and prosumer camps, which allows it greater room to experiment than would otherwise be possible with the conservative ThinkPad range. Just look at the new crop of machines announced today in advance of 2021’s annual CES trade…


Fired Healthcare Exec Stalls Critical PPE Shipment for Months

A fired Stradis Healthcare employee sought revenge by tampering with shipping data for desperately needed healthcare PPE. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Hands-Free Page Turning

For people who can’t lift a finger to turn the page on their ebooks, a solution is at hand. Seoul based technology company Visual Camp has adapted their eye tracking algorithms to an ebook reader. (Video, embedded below.) Reportedly this is the first time an ebook reader has been so equipped. If your eye lingers…


Threatpost Poll: Weigh in on Ransomware Security

Provide your views on ransomware and how to deal with it in our anonymous Threatpost poll. …read more Source:: Threatpost


New Year Tech: The Jasons declare their 2021 resolutions

My Jason Squared co-host, Jason Cipriani, and I will be doing a few new and different things this year with our technology and our lives. Here’s what we both have planned. …read more Source:: ZDNet


MariaDB releases connector for Reactive Java developers

R2DBC uses declarative techniques to create ‘more powerful, efficient and scalable JVM solutions’ MariaDB has released a connector for R2DBC in a bid to make its open-source relational database more friendly to the Java developer community.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


New Year, New Ransomware: Babuk Locker Targets Large Corporations

Despite being a mostly run-of-the-mill ransomware strain, Babuk Locker’s encryption mechanisms and abuse of Windows Restart Manager sets it apart. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Acer’s gaming monitors at CES 2021 target consoles and speedsters – CNET

A new 28-inch Nitro incorporates HDMI 2.1 to support console VRR and a 240Hz Predator with Nvidia Reflex Latency Analyzer to help streamline your gameplay. …read more Source:: CNet