Collaborate Disseminate
A wave of cheap, crude, amateurish ransomware has been spotted on the dark web – and although it may not make as many headlines as LockBit, Rhysida, and BlackSuit, it still presents a serious threat to organizations.
Read more in my article on the T… Continue reading “Junk gun” ransomware: the cheap new threat to small businesses
Czech news agency ČTK announced on Tuesday that a hacker had managed to break into its systems and published fake news reports of a plot to murder the president of a neighbouring country.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hacker posts fake news story about Ukrainians trying to kill Slovak President
Leicester City Council suffers a crippling ransomware attack, and a massive data breach, but is it out of the dark yet? And as election fever hits India we take a close eye at deepfakery.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #369: Keeping the lights on after a ransomware attack
The UK’s Leicester City Council was thrown into chaos last month when a crippling cyber attack forced it to shut down its IT systems and phone lines.
But the ransomware attack also had a more unusual impact…
Read more in my article on the Hot f… Continue reading City street lights “misbehave” after ransomware attack
February’s crippling ransomware attack against Change Healthcare, which saw prescription orders delayed across the United States, continues to have serious consequences.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Change Healthcare data for sale on dark web as fallout from ransomware attack spirals out of control
The international hotel chain Omni Hotels & Resorts has confirmed that a cyber attack last month saw it shut down its systems, with hackers stealing personal information about its customers.
Read more in my article on the Exponential-E blog. Continue reading 3.5 million Omni Hotel guest details held to ransom by Daixin Team
Police have successfully infiltrated and disrupted the fraud platform “LabHost”, used by more than 2,000 criminals to defraud victims worldwide.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Police smash LabHost international fraud network, 37 arrested
Take That’s Gary Barlow chats up a pizza-slinging granny from Essex via Facebook, or does he? And a scam takes a sinister turn – for both the person being scammed and an innocent participant – in Ohio.
All this and more is discussed in the latest e… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #368: Gary Barlow, and a scam turns deadly
Law enforcement officers in Zambia have arrested 77 people at a call centre company they allege had employed local school-leavers to engage in scam internet users around the world.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Zambia arrests 77 people in swoop on “scam” call centre
The East Central University (ECU) of Ada, Oklahoma, has revealed that a ransomware gang launched an attack against its systems that left some computers and servers encrypted and may have also seen sensitive information stolen.
Read more in my articl… Continue reading East Central University suffers BlackSuit ransomware attack