A new survey into the prevalence and effect of ransomware confirms many other surveys — around half of all companies have now been affected within the last 12 months. Now, however, there is increasing evidence that paying the ransom is not the end of the matter: 86% of companies that paid up reported that the extortionist attempted to extract a second ransom; and 81% said they had been attacked at least three times.
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Ransoc Ransomware Blackmails Victims
A newly observed piece of ransomware isn’t targeting files to encrypt as most threats in this category do, but rather scrapes Skype and social media profiles for personal information to encourage victims to pay the ransom.
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New Trojan Used to Spy on Russian Crane Manufacturers
Researchers at Russian security company Doctor Web discovered a new piece of malware used by malicious actors to target some of the largest construction crane manufacturers in Russia.
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Using Cyber Threat Intelligence to Support Incident Response
As we see from the headlines and from all the FUD, there are many threats out there attacking from many different angles. New attacks, old attacks revisited, sophisticated attacks with numerous obfuscation layers, and simple attacks based on age-old social engineering.
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Recruitment Site Scraped, Leaked 8 Million GitHub Profiles
A new tech recruitment project scraped user data from GitHub and other similar websites and inadvertently leaked it online through a misconfigured MongoDB database.
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Arizona Teen Indicted Over 911 Cyberattacks
An 18-year-old from Arizona has been indicted after an iOS exploit he posted on Twitter caused disruption to 911 emergency systems.
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Hackers Access Private Details of Three Mobile Customers
Computer hackers have broken into a database of Three Mobile customers and accessed their personal details in order to steal smartphones, the UK network said on Thursday.
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1/3 of Websites Use SHA-1 Certificates Despite Looming Deadline
In 45 days, Certificate Authorities (CAs) will no longer issue certificates using the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function, but 35% of websites still use such certificates today, a new research from Venafi reveals.
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U.S. Intel Chief: Russia ‘Curtailed’ Hacking of U.S. Targets
Russian cyber attacks on US political and commercial targets, including hacks of internal Democratic Party emails, have been "curtailed" since Washington publicly accused Moscow, US intelligence chief James Clapper said Thursday.
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Ransomware Authors Ask Security Researcher for Coding Advice
The developers of the Apocalypse ransomware have contacted a security researcher to ask for help after discovering that a coding bug was haunting their creation.
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