Collaborate Disseminate
Hackers are weaponizing the COVID-2019 coronavirus disease, trying to trick people into downloading malware so attackers can steal valuable information from victims’ computers. Malware deployed through infected emails and files is nothing new. St… Continue reading Spammers Use Coronavirus Message to Deploy Keylogger
The word “ransomware” strikes fear in the hearts of chief technical officers. Their impulse in the face of an attack is to say it was random, but that’s usually not true. Targeted ransomware is the result of a complex process tha… Continue reading Why Is Targeted Ransomware So Dangerous?
Virgin Media admitted it left an unsecured database online containing personal data for about 900,000 customers, including their phone numbers, names, and physical addresses. When people hear about data breaches, they usually imagine hackers gaining ac… Continue reading Virgin Media Admits Failing to Secure Online Database with Info on 900,000 Customers
An apparent ransomware attack hit the Four Queens Hotel and Casino and Binion’s Casino in Los Angeles, crippling their ability to trade in anything other than cash and affecting some of the slot machines. A strange sight greeted customers of the … Continue reading Two Las Vegas Casinos May Have Been Crippled by Ransomware Attacks
T-Mobile has begun notifying customers of a security breach that might affect an undetermined number of them, possibly revealing their names and addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, rate plans and features, and billing information. Wireless carri… Continue reading T-Mobile Suffers a Data Breach, Again
A certificate authority named Let’s Encrypt found a bug in code used to generate certificates and was forced to revoke millions of certificates, leaving websites very little time for renewal. When a user visits a site that has an invalid certific… Continue reading Revocation of Millions of Certificates Leaves Websites Labeled as ‘Insecure’
Mozilla is turning on DNS over HTTPS by default for users in the United States and is making it available for users throughout the rest of the world if they choose it. The goal is to make it more difficult for Internet service providers (ISP) and other… Continue reading Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS by Default in the United States
Physical security systems across Europe are not properly optimized and some of them need improvements in 2020, according to a survey of 1,000 IT decision-makers.
The post IT Managers Want Better VSaaS and ACaaS Solutions, Survey Shows appeared fir… Continue reading IT Managers Want Better VSaaS and ACaaS Solutions, Survey Shows
A ransomware attack against the police department in Stuart, Florida last year had an unexpected consequence; the police officers had to drop several cases after losing important evidence. When a ransomware attack hits an institution or company, expect… Continue reading Ransomware Attack in Florida Forces Prosecutor to Drop Charges in Drug Cases
Someone stole the client list of a somewhat obscure company called Clearview AI. While that might not seem like much, the company was recently in the news for all the wrong reasons – it claims that it scrapes the Internet for public images to use… Continue reading Facial Recognition Start-Up That Sells Data to Police Got Its Client List Stolen