New Ransomware Blocks Your DNS Connection And Forces Your Computer To Mine...
A new bit of malware, Linkup, is a clever girl. First it takes control of the DNS servers your computer pings to connect to the Internet and, while you’re wondering how to delete it, begins mining...
View ArticleWhite-Hat Hackers Create A Service To Save Files Hacked By CryptoLocker Malware
CryptoLocker is some nasty stuff. It is a type of malware that, when run, begins encrypting your entire disk and then requests a certain fraction of a bitcoin to decrypt it. The software began...
View ArticleLinux Ransomware Is Now Attacking Webmasters
A new bit of ransomware is now attacking Linux-based machines, specifically the folders associated with serving web pages. Called Linux.Encoder.1 the ransomware will encrypt your MySQL, Apache, and...
View ArticleLA Hospital Servers Shut Down By Ransomware
In what should be the best recommendation for backups ever in the history of computing a Los Angeles hospital has been struck by ransomware and cannot access patient records, x-rays, and other...
View ArticleApple has shut down the first fully-functional Mac OS X ransomware
Apple has shut down what appears to have been the first, fully-functional ransomware targeting Mac computers. This particular form of cyber threat involves malware that encrypts the data on your...
View ArticleHow to deal with the rising threat of ransomware
Of all the money-making schemes hackers employ, the most prevalent is perhaps ransomware, a malware that is usually delivered through infected email attachments and hacked websites or websites...
View ArticleCongress warned about cybersecurity after attempted ransomware attack on House
Congressional gridlock can usually be blamed on stubborn Representatives and Senators. But a new string of ransomware attacks on the House of Representatives could stall legislation more effectively...
View ArticleHow threat intelligence sharing can help deal with cybersecurity challenges
In the ever-shifting landscape of cyberthreats and attacks, having access to timely information and intelligence is vital and can make a big difference in protecting organizations and firms against...
View ArticleRansomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing master key
Ransomware makers TeslaCrypt have shut down after saying sorry for all the damage they caused. This move, which has allowed anti-ransomware researchers to create a fool-proof decryption app,...
View ArticleTrump’s wall misses the mark: We need a cyber wall, not a physical one
It’s 2016. There isn’t a wall high enough to keep out the fastest-growing threat to our national security: Cyberterrorism. It follows that our vulnerable corporate networks constitute the border we...
View ArticleThe gaming industry can become the next big target of cybercrime
Video-game-related crime is almost as old as the industry itself. But while illegal copies and pirated versions of games were the previous dominant form of illicit activities, recent developments and...
View ArticleWhat makes IoT ransomware a different and more dangerous threat?
Ransomware has already managed to carve itself a niche as one of the main cybersecurity threats of 2016. As individuals, organizations and government agencies, we’re taking precautionary steps to...
View ArticleThe ransomware dilemma
More than 90 percent of all phishing emails are now ransomware. The average amount paid via ransomware has grown from $40 in 2009 to $1,000 in 2016. This amount will grow even faster as ransomware...
View ArticleSan Francisco transit system hit with ransomware
San Francisco’s public transit riders were greeted with an unusual message at ticket kiosks over the weekend: “You hacked.” The city’s light rail system, MUNI, was compromised in what appears to be a...
View ArticleCrunch Report | Casey Neistat’s Beme Acquired by CNN
Casey Neistat’s Beme gets acquired by CNN, how did Black Friday 2016 do?, getting iCloud spam calendar invites?, Uber China gets its own app and San Francisco’s Muni gets hacked. All this on Crunch...
View ArticleSan Francisco Muni hacker gets hacked back
Revenge is sweet, but irony is sweeter. Apparently, the hacker who infiltrated San Francisco’s Muni transportation system late last week fell victim to his own horrible personal cyber hygiene....
View ArticleRansomware completely shuts down Ohio town government
In another interesting example of what happens when you don’t manage your backups correctly, the Licking County government offices, including the police force, have been shut down by ransomware....
View ArticleCrunch Report | Snap files publicly for its massive IPO
Snap files publicly for its massive IPO, Uber will pause its service in Taiwan starting February 12th, Pokémon GO crosses $1 billion in revenue, Facebook lets you search images by content and Licking...
View ArticleDruva’s latest feature helps protect data stored on its service from ransomware
Over the years, Druva has developed services for protecting and managing data and tools for governance and compliance. Today, it took that idea one step further when it added ransomware and anomaly...
View ArticleResearchers simulate a ransomware attack on industrial controls
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a form of ransomware that can hit us where it really counts: the water supply. Their program installed itself in a model water plant and...
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