Collaborate Disseminate
LinkedIn is fighting a crescendo of criticism over a huge data breach. But when is a breach not a “breach”?
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A poll of 8,571 individuals conducted on Twitter by Menlo Security suggests business and IT leaders are becoming more inclined to accept financial losses rather than cave to ransomware demands. A full 79% of respondents said they would not pay ransom … Continue reading Menlo Security Poll Finds Resistance to Ransom Demands
SafeDollar, a crypto token that’s pegged to the U.S. dollar, crashed this week. The team claim it had been hacked.
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A 2019 vulnerability is being exploited to remotely wipe WD My Book Live NAS devices, by Eastern-European malefactors.
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Last week, the world’s major democratic governments took steps to coordinate cybersecurity defenses, with the European Union and the United States launching an initiative to combat ransomware, which has become an increasingly critical national securit… Continue reading EU, U.S. Partner on Malware, Cybersecurity Defense
The federal computer crime law makes it both a criminal offense and a civil offense (you can sue for damages or loss) for someone to “access a computer without authorization” or to “exceed authorized access” to a computer, and then do certain proscrib… Continue reading After Van Buren, are Data Scraping Cases Barred?
Ransomware payments are deductible, say tax experts: That’s the shocking finding from a recent investigation.
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The Krebses—Chris and Brian—are not related, but they have both come out with positions on ransomware. Chris was the former head of DHS’s CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency), and Brian is a journalist and much-admired author (by m… Continue reading Krebs on Ransomware
In a previous article, we introduced the fact that one of our largest growing populations is that of the “Baby Boomer” generation (those born between 1946 to 1964). As the Boomers get older, they become susceptible to many of the emerging dirty tricks … Continue reading Protecting the New Most Vulnerable Population – Subscription Scams
The National Police of Ukraine is crowing about arresting eight alleged ransomware scrotes from the Clop gang.
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