Malware Attack Crippled Production of Major U.S. Newspapers
Reports have linked the attack to the Ryuk ransomware. Continue reading Malware Attack Crippled Production of Major U.S. Newspapers
Category Archives: LA Times
Unsecured AWS led to cryptojacking attack on LA Times
Cryptojackers have been discovered sneaking mining code on to a big brand’s website through the back door of a poorly secured Amazon AWS (Amazon Web Service) S3 bucket. Continue reading Unsecured AWS led to cryptojacking attack on LA Times
AVIEN resource page updates 22nd February 2018
CRYPTOCURRENCY/CRYPTO-MINING NEWS AND RESOURCES Sean Nichols for The Register: Guys, you’re killing us! LA Times homicide site hacked to mine crypto-coins on netizens’ PCs “The newspaper’s IT staffers left at least one of t… Continue reading AVIEN resource page updates 22nd February 2018
LA Times homicide website throttles cryptojacking attack
Whoever hacked the LA Times’ interactive county murder map probably hoped to make a killing mining cryptocurrency – but swift action from a security researcher has put paid to their plans.
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