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The University of Maastricht in Holland has ended up paying a $220,000 ransom to a group of Russian hackers after an unwary employee fell for a phishing scam. The university was attacked with ransomware on Christmas Eve, 2019, a month after the employe… Continue reading Dutch university pays $220,000 ransom to infamous Russian cybercrime ring
The threat landscape for website owners is constantly shifting on a regular basis — and it’s becoming increasingly more complex. As attackers continue to develop tools and find new vulnerabilities to massively exploit, our team works dilig… Continue reading Hacked Website Threat Report – 2019
Vivin, a cryptomining malware that likes munching on Monero, is one of the many examples of such software roaming the dark corners of the Internet. Security researchers have been tracking it for the last couple of years, and it shows no sign of slowing… Continue reading Cryptomining Malware Vivin Uses Pirated Software as Attack Vector
Samy Bensaci, an 18-year-old living in Montreal, Canada, has been charged in connection with the theft of over $50 million worth of cryptocurrency in a SIM-swapping scam. A SIM swap attack (also sometimes called a Port Out scam) is one where fraudsters… Continue reading Teenager charged over $50 million SIM-swap cryptocurrency theft
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Thank you for supporting and listening to the show this year! Initial data on our download numbers show that we’ve grown our audience by over 40% in 2019! Having said that, if you haven’t listened to our most popular episodes you should def… Continue reading Top 10 Podcast Episodes from 2019
(written with Eliyah Havemann and Dan Bloom) As we approach the end of the year and enter the season of holiday gifting, it’s an excellent time to weigh-in on “high tech” connected toys and the joy, concern, and horror they may… Continue reading Connected Toys: What Are the Security & Privacy Risks?
Back in 1998, Tim May warned us of the "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse": "terrorists, pedophiles, drug dealers, and money launderers." I tended to cast it slightly differently. This is me from 2005: Beware the Four Horsemen of the Inf… Continue reading Scaring People into Supporting Backdoors
As the online equivalent to Black Friday, Cyber Monday is among the biggest online shopping days of the year. Cyber Monday, along with Black Friday, heralds the beginning of the online holiday shopping season. According to Adobe Analytics, 2018 Cyber M… Continue reading 8 Online Shopping Security Tips for Cyber Monday
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Video and Slide Deck from EH-Net Live! November 2019
Games are fun. They’re meant to be that way. Games can also teach us valuable lessons in teamwork, strategy, agility and endurance. They also bring out tha… Continue reading Video: All Things CTF!