September 6, 2019
Via: Security WeekThe Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) says it is not aware of any ransom being paid to recover systems affected by a recent ransomware attack. The incident took place on August 16, when more than 20 Texas local governments […]
Cyber-crime, Hacker, Malware, Threats & Malware
September 5, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityA ransomware gang looking to get rich overnight went to the city of New Bedford with a demand of $5.3 million after infecting the municipality’s systems. The criminals refused a counter-offer that would make many hackers drool. And instead ended […]
September 3, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityAround 400 dental offices across the United States have fallen victim to ransomware after the operators breached an IT vendor shared by all the practices. A notice sent out by the Wisconsin Dental Association reveals that hackers breached the backend […]
August 29, 2019
Via: Security AffairsSecurity experts at Aite Group and Arxan Technologies have discovered that Magecart hackers continue to target online stores to steal credit card data, in recent operations, they have compromised 80 more eCommerce sites. All of these websites were running an […]
August 28, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityRansomware operators compromised the New Kent County Public Schools system in the State of Virginia this week, holding students’ data ransom, in the latest of a long string of cyber-attacks targeting school systems across the United States. The school district’s […]
Hacker, Mobile, Mobile security, Threats & Malware
August 20, 2019
Via: Security AffairsA public Jailbreak for iPhones in was released by a hacker, it is an exceptional event because it is the first in years. According to Motherboard, that first reported the news, Apple accidentally unpatched a flaw it had already fixed […]
Cloud security, Hacker, Network security, Threats & Malware
August 19, 2019
Via: Security WeekThompson, who used the online moniker “erratic,” has been accused of accessing the personal information of roughly 106 million people — 100 million in the United States and 6 million in Canada — including, in some cases, social security numbers […]
August 15, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityAlthough exchanges, wallets and other cryptocurrency custody services are strengthening their defenses, attackers continue to innovate and outpace even the current state of the cybersecurity art, according to CipherTrace. Even Binance, the world’s number-one cryptocurrency exchange, lost tens of millions […]
Hacker, Network security, Threats & Malware
August 15, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityChoice Hotels, a hospitality franchisor based in Maryland that owns chains such as Comfort Inn, MainStay Suites, Econo Lodge and Cambria Hotels, has suffered a cyber incident that exposed 700,000 guest records, including full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
August 13, 2019
Via: Dark ReadingAttackers have learned that vulnerabilities can hide in the gaps: gaps between components of a system or gaps in a process or procedure. A researcher last week at DEF CON in Las Vegas showed that device drivers — the small […]
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