Cyber Security
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Homer Ransomware: A Dharma Variant Created for Easy Profit
A “new” piece of ransomware that encrypts the personal data on its victims’ computers in an effort to turn an…
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Florida Teenager and Two Others Charged for Twitter Hack and Bitcoin Heist
17-year-old Graham Ivan Clark from Florida is accused of being the “mastermind” behind the mid-July Twitter hack, which saw accounts…
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Tycoon Ransomware Targets Windows and Linux Systems
Tycoon ransomware is one of the latest cyber-threats deployed in cyberattacks against small to medium size software organizations and education…
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Massive Twitter Hack Could be Worse than Expected
If you spent time on Twitter last week, you might have noticed something strange; high-profile accounts such as those belonging…
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That Time the Secret Service Tried to Catch a Hacker with Malware
According to a warrant application by Chris Hansen, a Seattle Police Department detective and Secret Service Task Force Officer, the…
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CISA Gives Federal Agencies 24 Hours to Comply to Patch SIGRed Exploit
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) emergency directive 20-03 was signed off by the agency’s director Christopher C. Krebs…
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Hackers Worked With Twitter Staffers on Attack Against High Profile Accounts
Wednesday’s attack on high-profile Twitter accounts was allegedly aided by a company employee. Hackers Collaborating with Twitter Employee Per Motherboard,…
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Massive Phishing Campaign Delivers NetSupport Manager RAT
Microsoft Security Intelligence issued a series of tweets warning of an ongoing phishing campaign that targets companies with a weaponized…
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PonyFinal Ransomware Targets Corporate Networks
Microsoft Security Intelligence issued a series of tweets warning of a new ransomware family named PonyFinal. The threat, which is…
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New Zorab Ransomware Lurks Behind a Fake STOP Djvu Decryptor
A phony decryptor for the infamous STOP Djvu ransomware has been double-corrupting data. Security researcher Michael Gillespie warns that an…
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