by Sam | Oct 23, 2020 | Bitcoin, Cyber Security, Hacking, Malware
Charities in a bind after cybercriminals donate $10,000 in bitcoin No charity wants to turn down donations, particularly in the middle of a funding crunch. But what if donations come from a surprising source – hackers? While it may sound like a modern-day version of...
by Sam | Oct 14, 2020 | Cyber Security, Government, Hacking, Malware, Microsoft, Ransomware
Microsoft disrupted Trickbot, a ‘prolific’ ransomware distributor and election security threat Microsoft announced Monday that it used a court order and technical collaboration with telecommunications providers to disrupt Trickbot, a ransomware distributor that could...
by Sam | Sep 18, 2020 | Cyber Security, Hacking, Healthcare, Malware, Phising, Ransomware
German hospital hacked, patient taken to another city dies German authorities said Thursday that what appears to have been a misdirected hacker attack caused the failure of IT systems at a major hospital in Duesseldorf, and a woman who needed urgent admission died...
by Sam | Aug 10, 2020 | Cyber Security, Hacking, internet, Malware, Phising, Ransomware
Fraudsters Conducting Malvertising Campaign Via Inactive Domains A number of inactive websites have been compromised and are redirecting visitors to unwanted URLs, many of which are malicious. This is according to a new study by Kaspersky, which uncovered over 1000...
by Sam | Jul 2, 2020 | Coronavirus, Cyber Security, Government, Hacking, Malware, Phising, Ransomware
Russian Criminal Group Finds New Target: Americans Working at Home A Russian ransomware group whose leaders were indicted by the Justice Department in December is retaliating against the U.S. government, many of America’s largest companies and a major news...
by Sam | Jun 2, 2020 | Compliance, Coronavirus, Cyber Security, Malware, Ransomware, Remote Access, Remote Working
Shifting to Permanent Remote Work? 3 Cybersecurity Practices to Keep in Mind Is your company ready for work-from-home? Although you may have recently made the abrupt leap to remote working to protect the well-being of your customers and colleagues, many organizations...
