Johannesburg, South Africa Attacker Threatens Data Breach In what I think is going to be the way of the future, hackers compromised Joburg IT systems and threatened to publish data that they stole if the ransom is not paid. As I write this, the deadline has just passed, they have not paid the ransom, the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A New Trend? Insurers Offering Consumers Ransomware Coverage In what may be a new trend, Mercury Insurance is now offering individuals $50,000 of ransomware insurance in case your cat videos get encrypted. The good news is that the insurance may help you get your data back in case of an attack. The bad news is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FBI and DHS Raid State Driver’s License Database Photos The FBI and DHS/ICE have been obtaining millions of photos from state DMV driver’s license databases. The FBI and DHS have do not feel that they have ask permission to do this. The FBI conducts 4,000 facial recognition searches a month. While the searches might be […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is What Spies Do It has come out that western (read one or more of the five eyes countries) inserted malware into Yandex (Russia’s equivalent of Google) in order to steal administrative credentials. The purpose was, apparently, to read emails of interest to the western spies. We need to understand that we do it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Baltimore Ransomware Attack Could Be Blamed on the NSA I think this is what they call a tease. Technically correct, however. You may remember the NSA hacking tool that got out into the wild called EternalBlue? It was leaked by the hacking group ShadowBrokers in 2017. Before that, it exploited a Microsoft bug that the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As Terrorists Blow Up Soft Targets, Sri Lanka Turns Off Social Media As Sri Lanka is dealing with multiple bombs exploding at churches and hotels, the country’s solution to the inevitable use of social media to fan flames and release propaganda, in addition to news is to turn off social media. At the current time, […]
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