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Patients, including some celebrities, of a plastic surgery clinic, have found themselves on the receiving end of ransom demands
Continue reading Crooks hold nude plastic surgery pictures to ransom after break-in
In the aftermath of a global ransomware attack, which impacted more than 300,000 computers in over 150 countries, a small, select group of security researchers announced they had found evidence suggesting a group previously linked to the North Korean government was likely behind the international cyber incident. Their theory gained new found credibility Monday when U.S. cybersecurity firm Symantec said it too discovered “strong links” between WannaCry ransomware and the so-called Lazarus Group. Researchers originally came across WannaCry in February when it was first found on a Symantec client’s network — a full three months prior to the global outbreak. By obtaining an early sample, analysts were able to comprehensively study and identify individual components within the malware, some of which shared similarities to hacking tools used in late 2014 against Sony Pictures. The attacks against Sony Pictures have been widely attributed to hackers linked to North Korea by both […]
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Digital signing led police to the would-be extortionists – a welcome turnaround for the movie industry after a run of thefts Continue reading Digital watermark leads police straight to Bollywood pirates
It’s never great when a company has a data breach and IP is stolen – but perhaps this one isn’t so bad for Netflix after all Continue reading Netflix declines to pay Orange is the New Black ransom to hacker
Apple reassures worried customers that it has not suffered a security breach, as hackers threaten to remotely wipe users’ devices.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Apple: If hackers have our customers passwords, they didn’t steal them from us
A group of hackers are allegedly threatening to remotely wipe millions of iPhones and iCloud accounts, unless Apple agrees to pay a ransom by April 7th.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Hackers claim they will wipe iPhones and iCloud accounts unless Apple pays ransom
A group of hackers are allegedly threatening to remotely wipe millions of iPhones and iCloud accounts, unless Apple agrees to pay a ransom by April 7th.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Hackers claim they will wipe iPhones and iCloud accounts unless Apple pays ransom
These days you don’t need much skill to unleash ransomware – all you need is access to the dark web. So how can you protect yourself against ransomware? Continue reading DIY kits for sale on dark web spark rise of ransomware-as-a-service
Spiral Toys has filed a breach notification with the California Attorney General’s office informing them of the CloudPets data breach. Continue reading CloudPets Notifies California AG of Data Breach
Voice messages from children sent through an internet-connected toy called CloudPets were stolen from an exposed MongoDB database, which has been wiped clean and the data held for ransom. Continue reading Children’s Voice Messages Leaked in CloudPets Database Breach