Collaborate Disseminate
An Anonymous hacker claims they took down more than 10,000 dark web sites because they were hosting child abuse material and other harmful content.
David Bisson reports.
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National police have notified Norway’s Labour Party parliamentary group that a foreign intelligence agency targeted its members. On 2 February, the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) notified the Labour Party that hackers had targeted the group in autumn 2016. Labor, which is the biggest party in Norway’s Parliament, subsequently sent out a letter informing its […]… Read More
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Social networking websites strive to make members’ lives better by bringing people together. Who among us hasn’t taken delight in reconnecting with our best friend from back in grammar school? And who hasn’t enjoyed meeting new people whom they might not have otherwise? To be sure, social media can enhance a life. But it can […]… Read More
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The IRS is warning organizations to be on the lookout for scammers that blend CEO fraud with W-2 phishing.
David Bisson reports.
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A county located in Ohio has suspended its IT system after a ransomware attack affected computers inside its government center. Licking County officials first discovered there was a problem when they couldn’t open files saved to some government computers. When they rebooted those machines, they saw a ransom note and contacted the IT department. IT […]… Read More
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Several high-profile attack campaigns targeting Middle Eastern companies have recently come to the attention of the security community. One of the first operations we heard about occurred on 17 November 2016, when Shamoon resurfaced and leveraged Disstrack malware to wipe the computers at an energy organization based in Saudi Arabia. Apparently, “Shamoon 2” was just […]… Read More
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Vulnerable servers owned by the Department of Defense could allow hackers to launch digital attacks via the Pentagon’s systems, says a researcher.
David Bisson reports.
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Law enforcement used an Ohio homeowner’s pacemaker data to arrest and charge him with insurance fraud and arson. On 19 September 2016, residents of the area around Court Donegal in Middletown, Ohio woke up to the sound of a “loud explosion.” One of the residents, Mike Huff, said his dogs began barking at 6:30 a.m. […]… Read More
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Microsoft detected more enterprise PCs infected by Cerber than any other ransomware family over the 2016-17 holiday season.
David Bisson reports.
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A new report has found that more than 10 percent of the Internet population is now using an ad-blocker. In its study, which is entitled The State of the Blocked Web: 2017 Global AdBlock Report, anti-adblocking solutions provider PageFair reveals that 11 percent of Internet users were employing ad-blocking software as of December 2016. Use […]… Read More
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