A small New England retailer learned about ransomware the hard way. After an employee clicked on a link, that system was infected with Cryptowall. The malware encrypted, among other files, the company’s accounting software. The accounting software did not live on that user’s computer; it lived on the network, but since that user had access […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The DarkOverlord is a hacking group that came to light midyear when it announced it was selling 9+ million patient records on the dark web for around a half million dollars in Bitcoin. That breach apparently includes Socials, dates of birth and other information. Now they have moved on to financial services with a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The New York Times published an interesting piece on the Yahoo breach. The Times says that 6 years ago Yahoo, Google and a number of other tech companies were hacked by the Chinese. That is where the similarity ends, according to the Times. At Google, co-founder Sergey Brin took the hack personally. Google hired hundreds […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I wrote about 21st Century Oncology in March (see post here) when the FBI came knocking on their door. The result? 2.2 million records compromised. At that time they said that they likely did not have enough insurance to cover the costs of the breach. Fast forward six months. Law360 is reporting that Charter Oak […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]What if a technically sophisticated adversary, such as Russia or China wanted to create chaos in the United States – how would he or she do it? What if a technically sophisticated lone wolf hacker wanted to do it, is it possible? My answer would be: Possible – absolutely! Probable: I don’t know. Concerning: You […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hacking, just like all other Internet businesses, is morphing to survive. And to be very clear, hacking is a business. Before people make funny jokes, no, hackers do NOT hack into porn sites for the pictures. They could use stolen credit cards if that was all they wanted. The porn site Brazzers was hacked, apparently […]
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