Ransomware Infects Hosting Company; Decryption Costs A Million Dollars
A South Korean web hosting company called NAYANA has been the victim of what appears to be one of the largest, if not the largest ransomware attacks in the history of the ...
Banking Trojan Trickbot Sets Sights On Paypal Users
If you’ve never heard of a banking Trojan called Dyre, then consider yourself lucky. When Russian officials stormed the headquarters of the company that created it, it was heralded as one of ...
Three Ways to Keep Your Mobile Device Secure
Mobile devices have transformed the way we communicate, do business, and even relax. Because of this mobile devices have become an attractive target for hackers. The manufacturers of both Android and Apple devices are constantly looking ...
Girl Scouts Add Cybersecurity Badge
The Girl Scouts are perhaps best known for their awesome cookies, but like their brother organization, the Boy Scouts, the girls in uniform do a lot more than just that. For the ...
Amazon Ends Its Unlimited Cloud Storage Tier
All good things must eventually come to an end, and finally, Amazon has bowed to external pressure. The company has just announced the end of their unlimited cloud storage tier. Users who ...
Ransomware Named Petya May Be Next Wannacry
After the global Wannacry attack and Microsoft’s emergency patch to close the loopholes that made it possible, you might have been lulled into thinking that a similar attack was no longer possible. ...
Buckle May Have Had Credit Cards Exposed For Six Months
Have you shopped at a clothing store called Buckle? If you were a patron of any of their 450+ stores during the period spanning from October 28, 2016 to April 14, 2017, ...
Even Google Can Get Hacked
Google has a rock-solid reputation and an almost uncanny ability to ward off hacking efforts, but even they aren’t infallible. Even they can be hacked, as a recent incident involving Google News ...
‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Shows Make TV Watching Interactive
It’s a trend that has been flitting at the edges of the entertainment industry for a few years now: the idea of interactive storytelling in TV and movies. The concept was born ...
Majority Of Businesses Aren’t Prepared For IT Risks
Does your IT staff include personnel who are dedicated to compliance or cybersecurity? How confident are you that your team is prepared to take today’s security threats head on? How likely are ...
