Ransomware has been dominating the news for several weeks, and is likely to stay in the news for most of the year. Ransomware is a distinct type of cyber attack, in that it extorts payment from the victim in exchange […]
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2015 was quite a year! Hacks and ransomware got personal. APT attacks and cybercrime-as-a service became widespread. The scary future of IoT hacking became a reality with the demonstration of self-driving car hacks. And, a new threat vector of mobile devices
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You’ve probably heard about the serious security problems flowing from email phishing scams. As we find ourselves embedded in the Christmas season, security teams around the globe are now on high alert regarding phishing attempts within their organizations and targeted
We phish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Read More »
Episode #8 of The Almost Internet Famous Weekly TechSpective Happy Hour features Beck’s Sapphire–which I expected to be a darker, bolder beer for some reason. The tech topics discussed in this week’s episode include: Release of The Martian on digital
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When your everyday life is all about information security, you start to see patterns that may not be so obvious to others. Each year, I take my best shot at describing these trends and making predictions for the coming year.
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Ransomware has come back into the spotlight, with a Krebs on Security report highlighting a recent attack targeting Linux Web servers—in addition to consumers and business users. Though ransomware itself isn’t anything new, this approach is unique in that after
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Ransomware is nothing new. The first known ransomware surfaced in 1989. However, it took the Internet revolution along with automated online payment systems before organized cyber gangs saw that ransomware could become a giant cash cow. We’re talking big money
Chimera changes the ransomware game Read More »
The days of the traditional mafia seem to be numbered–at least as its depicted in movies or on TV. Goodfellas has been replaced by Blackhat as organized crime syndicates evolve to master online crime. It is safer and offers an equal
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Another month and another new cyber-attack, and this time the victim is the media server company, Plex. The company revealed that its forum and blog server were compromised and the attacker gained access to personal information such as email addresses,
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‘Pay up or we’ll take your Website down’, so goes the adage that usually accompanies ransom-based cyber-attacks. Top of the news agenda in recent weeks, well-known names such as Evernote and Feedly have all fallen victim to extortion attacks, but
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