When phishers attack users, they typically try to steal your credentials – your userid and password. If you are one of the small percentage of users that religiously use two factor authentication (Google says that 90% of GMail users do not use two factor authentication), these password thefts do not help a hacker unless they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I hate to keep beating on this drum, but the message is important and the news keeps getting worse. Yesterday I wrote about yet another managed service provider that was hit by a ransomware attack and a number of their clients had their data encrypted. Today the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Cloud […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The 2019 Crowdstrike Global Security Attitude Survey said that the total number of organizations around the world paying the ransom after falling victim to a supply chain attack almost tripled from 14% to 39%. In the UK, the number of organizations that have experienced a ransomware attack and then paid the ransom doubled from 14% […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Visa published an alert that says that point of sale (PoS) system of North American Fuel Dispenser Merchants (as in gas stations and the folks that make the systems that allow you to “pay at the pump”) are being targeted in credit card skimming attacks. The attack is ongoing, increasing and coordinated – by cybercrime […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Politics is a pretty interesting game. In the United States, almost everyone, except the President, thinks that Russia interfered with the 2016 US Presidential elections. In the UK, there is a report – that the current Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to release – on Russian interference in British politics, with some accusing Johnson […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Not sure if this is inspired by the Mr. Robot Series (Evil Corp) or not, but this guy is in big trouble now. He is being charged with conspiracy, conspiracy to commit fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and intentional damage to a computer. The feds say that he stole tens of millions using the banking […]
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