Just a week after announcing it would no longer cover ransomware payments in France, global insurance company AXA has been hit with a targeted ransomware attack. The Avaddon ransomware group took credit for the attack, telling Bleeping Computer that it…
Researchers have identified a new strain of ransomware that is spreading around the globe. Bleeping Computer reported that MedusaLocker, as the new strain is called, was first observed in September 2019 and has been steadily infecting more computers ev…
This week the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions targeting North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups, including Lazarus, which paralyzed 300,000 computers in 150 countries with the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack.
A security researcher discovered an exposed server that contained several databases of information on over 419 million Facebook accounts, Tech Crunch reported. Predominantly listing users’ phone numbers and Facebook IDs, the server also exposed other b…
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Hackers grab your computer files – should you pay to get them back? A small Florida city did just that by agreeing to pay more than half a million dollars in ransom to regain access to files and data that were locked and encrypted.
One of the largest tech companies in the world, the U.S. government, and cybersecurity professionals are all fervently urging computer users to apply an easy patch that could prevent a vulnerability known as BlueKeep from becoming a major cybersecurity…
In December 2018, Chinese nationals Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong were indicted by the US Department of Justice for involvement with the APT10 hacking group. The APT epithet stands for Advanced Persistent Threat. It is used to specify an elite hacking grou…
As if tax season isn’t stressful enough, a new extortion email scam is currently underway to steal your personal details and commit fraudulent activities. Hackers are demanding two bitcoins from victims in exchange for keeping quiet about their presume…
Winter is coming for GoT pirates
With the popular HBO show returning this month, cybersecurity experts warn Game of Thrones fans that pirated episodes are among the most malware-infected files in the BitTorrent world. In 2018, 17% of all infected pira…