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After hitting Altran and Norsk Hydro, LockerGoga operators this week turned their sights to two chemicals companies in the United States. Hexion and Momentive, both controlled by the same investment fund, were hit by ransomware on March 12, according t… Continue reading LockerGoga ransomware operators set sights on the U.S.
Internet users are increasingly distrustful when it comes to big companies collecting and selling their private data to advertisers and others. At the same time, nearly half of customers feel disarmed, or powerless, with regards to these practices. Con… Continue reading Consumers increasingly leery of companies capitalizing on their private data
Countering internal threats remains one of the biggest challenges for businesses, with a rise in phishing and ransomware attacks, as well as negligent and malicious insiders, new research shows.
The post Cyber Criminals Increasingly Attack the Hum… Continue reading Cyber Criminals Increasingly Attack the Human Layer When Targeting Businesses
Companies with customers or employees in California have only 10 months to become compliant with the toughest privacy law so far in the United States. But only a small percentage of such organizations are ready for the upcoming legislation.
The po… Continue reading With Nine Months to Go, Only 14 Percent of Companies Are Ready for California’s New Privacy Law
After getting fired from his job as a director of infrastructure services, a Statesville (NC) man decided to try an extort his employers by threatening to release customers’ private information to the mainstream. Court papers don’t mention … Continue reading Network chief allegedly tries to extort $750,000 from former employers
Allegations that China is in the crosshairs of North Korean hackers have arisen after the discovery of ransomware-laden emails hitting the inboxes of government departments. The emails contain version 5.2 of the GandCrab ransomware concealed as an arch… Continue reading Chinese government falls victim to GandCrab 5.2 ransomware
Maffi Clinics, a chain of plastic surgery clinics in the United States, is notifying patients about a ransomware incident that briefly affected its systems. Unlike most cases involving ransomware, though, this one didn’t leave a scar, illustratin… Continue reading Clinic hit by ransomware recovers in hours thanks to solid incident response plan
Pen-testing experts have made a worrisome discovery regarding the popular cloud storage service Box, specifically the Enterprise version used by some of the world’s biggest companies. Following up on a warning issued by infosec geeks earlier last… Continue reading Misconfigured Enterprise Box accounts leak terabytes of sensitive internal data
A hacking trio based in Romania has pleaded guilty to charges brought by U.S. authorities after being caught siphoning cash from unwary Americans. The three now await sentencing. Between 2011 and 2014, three Romanian hackers working from their home cou… Continue reading Three Romanians plead guilty in multi-million dollar “vishing and smishing” scheme
Officials in Jackson County, a rural area in the southeastern US state of Georgia, were forced over the weekend to pay hackers almost half a million dollars after a ransomware attack brought its entire fleet of computer systems to its knees. According … Continue reading Jackson County pays ransomware operators $400k to regain access to computers