ransomware
“I know you watch porn! Pay me to keep quiet” — Did you get this email too?
The email demands to cough up a certain amount (usually $200 to $500, or even more) to keep quiet on the matter.
Organisations experience 30 cyber breaches per year: Study
With ransomware and DDoS attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyber attacks per organisation has more than doubled this year.
Your health, their wealth!
Healthcare is the latest hostage of hackers — but India fights back with machine learning.
Health care attacks, fileless malware, cryptocurrency mining on surge: McAfee
McAfee catalogs 478 new cyber threats every minute, eight every second.
Mobile ransomware attacks are rising consistently: Trend Micro
The number of unique mobile malware samples increased to 108,439 in 2017, which was 94 per cent more than the total in 2016.
N Korea denies role in WannaCry ransomware attack, rubbishes US charges
Washington had ‘ulterior’ motives, a spokesman for Pyongyang's foreign ministry said.
Mirai botnet came into existence to gain 'advantage in Minecraft'
A US court ruled out Minecraft as the major reason for the Mirai botnet’s existence.
Top five cyber security trends to look out for next year
While security technologies have grown so have the tactics, techniques, and procedures cyber attackers use to penetrate your defences.
Cyberattacks are relying on vulnerabilities in 2018
Changing technology landscape will require reliable patch management to block latest threats.
Ransomware slows a US state county government to a crawl
Jail staff processed inmates by hand, the tax office turned away electronic payments and building code inspectors switched to paper records.