Cyber Security Newsfeeds from around the world
Much of the ransomware talk in recent memory has centered around opportunistic models such as ransomware as a service (RaaS). We talked a bit about opportunistic tactics, which low-skilled cybercriminals often deploy, in the first part of this series, …
Continue ReadingThe past decade has seen an explosion in the number of people entrusting massive tech companies with their personal data. There has also been a rise in large-scale and Of the 15 largest data breaches in history, 10 took place in the past decade. The tw…
Continue ReadingLots of people still think of phishing as a type of scam that arrives by email. That’s because most phishing attacks do, indeed, arrive in your inbox – sadly, spamming out emails is cheap and easy for crooks, and it delivers results simply because of t…
Continue ReadingThis is a comprehensive report on ransomware-related events covering a timeframe of January 2017 through June 2018. The incidents herein are visually broken down into categories, including new ransomware, updates of existing strains, decryptors release…
Continue ReadingHEROPOINT RANSOMWARE DISSECTED In-dev sample called HeroPoint appends random numbers to filenames and demands $20 worth of Bitcoin for recovery. FILE-LOCKER RANSOMWARE TWEAK This Korean ransomware switches from using the .locked file extension to .razy…
Continue Readingvia UK security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian Knightley gives a sympathetic performance as Iraq war whistleblower Katharine Gun in this shrewd and relevant spy drama• Keira Knightley: ‘Iraq was the first time I’d been politically engaged’There’s…
Continue ReadingOwning a smartwatch might not actually be such a smart decision after all. Cyber security expert Chester Avey investigates. Over the years, there has been an ongoing battle between those looking to advance technology and those looking to pinpoint its w…
Continue Readingvia Latest Security Articles from Techworld The government has shelved plans to block adult sites using age verification technology amidst heavy criticism from privacy advocates and a perceived lack of scope for the policy
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Continue ReadingScammers are using compromised servers and bogus links to lure LinkedIn users into providing their online credentials and payment card details. The team that examined the scam noted that all the other subdomains they analyzed, redirected to various dat…
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Episode 13 of the Naked Security podcast is now available. This week I step in to host the show with Sophos experts Mark Stockley and Greg Iddon. We discuss Twitter’s [10’51”], the risks of [22’20”] and an [35’50’]. Android zero-day with a differenc…
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