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Organisations hit by ransomware attacks are finding themselves paying out more than ever before, according to a new report.
According to the research, the average payment following a ransomware attack in 2020 rocketed up 171% to $312,493 compared to… Continue reading Average ransomware payouts shoot up 171% to over $300,000
British fashion retailer FatFace has been hacked.
Whoops! I said it. Sorry.
I’m not sure they wanted anyone to talk about it, so maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned it. Continue reading FatFace would like everyone to keep its data breach “strictly private and confidential”
PC manufacturer Acer might have received a $50 million ransom demand, a warning spreads on Facebook about a trick being used by hackers, and why are the City of London’s police not happy about Sci Hub?
All this and much much more is discussed in the… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #220: Ransoms, scandals, and glitter bombs
A man has been sentenced to two years in a federal prison after wreaking an act of revenge against a company, deleting so many staff’s user accounts that the firm had to shut down completely for two days.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender B… Continue reading Businesses! Beware the vengeful IT contractor!
Things don’t get much worse than having to admit to your employees that a gang of cybercriminals have broken into your infrastructure, stolen the private details (social security numbers, names and home addresses) of your staff, and are demanding that … Continue reading Bank loses customers’ social security numbers after ransomware attack
A member of the REvil ransomware gang claims that the group specifically targets firms who have taken our cyberinsurance.
And what’s more, it will hack insurance firms to identify them… Continue reading Ransomware gang says it targets firms who have cyber insurance
What do phone scammers who prey on the vulnerable deserve?
Fart spray and glitterbombs, of course! A fun video makes some serious points, and could be a valuable lesson for your family and friends. Continue reading Fighting back against phone scammers with glitter bombs
The hacker who claimed responsibility for breaching the live video streams of 150,000 CCTV cameras at police departments, hospitals, and well-known businesses has been charged by the US Department of Justice with hacking more than 100 companies.
Re… Continue reading Hacker who breached Verkada charged with stealing data from over 100 companies
The FBI is reminding organisations of the serious threat posed by business email compromise (BEC) scams, declaring that it caused over $1.8 billion worth of losses to businesses last year.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading 64 times worse than ransomware? FBI statistics underline the horrific cost of business email compromise
The FBI is reminding organisations of the serious threat posed by business email compromise (BEC) scams, declaring that it caused over $1.8 billion worth of losses to businesses last year. The newly-published annual cybercrime report from the FBI’s Int… Continue reading 64 times worse than ransomware? FBI statistics underline the horrific cost of business email compromise