Former Microsoft Engineer Gets Prison for Role in Reveton Ransomware

The Hacker News Daily Updates 8 Human Skills Leaders Need to Navigate the Future of Work The future of work is not a concept, it is real and being created by our decisions and actions today. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Aug 15, 2018 Former Microsoft Engineer Gets Prison for Role in Reveton Ransomware A former Microsoft network engineer who was charged in April this year has now been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering in connection with the Reveton ransomware. Reveton malware is old ransomware, also known as scareware or police ransomware that instead of ... Read More Foreshadow Attacks — 3 New Intel CPU Side-Channel Flaws Discovered 2018 has been quite a tough year for Intel. While the chip-maker giant is still dealing with Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities, yet another major speculative execution flaw has been revealed in Intel's Core and Xeon lines of processors that may leave users vulnerable to cyber-attacks. ... Read More Microsoft Releases Patches for 60 Flaws—Two Under Active Attack Get your update caps on. Just a few minutes ago Microsoft released its latest monthly Patch Tuesday update for August 2018, patching a total of 60 vulnerabilities, of which 19 are rated as critical. The updates patch flaws in Microsoft Windows, Edge Browser, Internet Explorer, Office, ChakraCore, ... Read More Adobe releases important security patches for its 4 popular software Adobe has released August 2018 security patch updates for a total of 11 vulnerabilities in its products, two of which are rated as critical that affect Adobe Acrobat and Reader software. The vulnerabilities addressed in this month updates affect Adobe Flash Player, Creative Cloud Desktop ... Read More CompTIA IT Certification Training 2018 — 12 Course Bundle The Information Technology industry has witnessed exponential growth over the years, and if you want to be a part of this growing industry, it's important for you to earn certificates in this field. Organisations always prefer employees with strong internationally-recognized professional ... Read More 8 Human Skills Leaders Need to Navigate the Future of Work The future of work is not a concept, it is real and being created by our decisions and actions today. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India