Monti Ransomware Unleashes a New Encryptor for Linux

Credit to Author: Nathaniel Morales| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The Monti ransomware collective has restarted their operations, focusing on institutions in the legal and governmental fields. Simultaneously, a new variant of Monti, based on the Linux platform, has surfaced, demonstrating notable differences from its previous Linux-based versions.

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As VR headset adoption grows, privacy issues could emerge

Head and hand motion data gathered from virtual reality (VR) headsets could be as effective at identifying individuals as fingerprints or face scans, research studies have shown, potentially compromising user privacy when interacting in immersive virtual environments.

Two recent studies by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, showed how data gathered by VR headsets could be used to identify individuals with a high level of accuracy, and potentially reveal a host of personal attributes, including height, weight, age, and even marital status, according to a Bloomberg report Thursday.

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Several hospitals still counting the cost of widespread ransomware attack

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A widespread ransomware attack affecting 16 hospitals last week has led to ongoing cleanup efforts.

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