Despite having backups, hospital pays $55,000 after ransomware infection
Hancock Health, a hospital based in Greenfield, Indiana, made the decision to pay a $55,000 ransom when it become victim of a ransomware attack accord...
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North Korea is now being linked to attacks on South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges
Lazarus Group, the hacking group with supposed ties to the North Korean goverment, is now being linked to the attacks carried out on South Korean cryp...
How Meltdown and Spectre patches will affect your device’s performance
In case you missed the big news, two big vulnerabilities make essentially every single device vulnerable to attack. If malicious parties took advantag...
Another phishing attempt trying to get user PayPal info
PayPal users have always been major targets of hackers, and if you are using the online banking system, you probably have encountered a phishing attem...
Five Romanians arrests made in connection to CTB-Locker and Cerber ransomware families
In a joint operation between Romanian police, the Romanian and Dutch public prosecutor's office, the Dutch National Police, UK's National Crime Agency...
Chrome to start blocking intrusive advertisements on February 15, 2018
Back in June, Google announced that they are joining the Coalition for Better Ads and plan to stop Chrome from showing certain advertisements starting...