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Ariana Grande Hits Back After Racist & Homophobic Instagram Hack

The hacking even caught the attention of Grande’s
The hacking even caught the attention of Grande’s friend Nicki ... The actress had her Twitter account hacked into last month and the criminal even threatened to leak alleged nude images of the 24-year-old, though no such pictures were ever posted ...
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Stolen nude photos and hacked defibrillators: is this the future of ransomware?

In May, hackers stole files from a Lithuanian plas
In May, hackers stole files from a Lithuanian plastic surgery clinic, containing highly personal information about 25,000 former clients: names, addresses and procedures performed, as well as passport scans, national insurance numbers and nude photos of ...
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The 2017 Fappening: Kylie Jenner Hacked, Nude Photos Could Be Leaked

Here we go again. Only a few days after Modern Fam
Here we go again. Only a few days after Modern Family star Sarah Hyland nude photos were posted online, a new celebrity appears to be targeted by a hack that gets us one step closer to a new episode of the famous The Fappening saga. Kylie Jenner’s ...
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Ariana Grande’s Instagram Account Hacked

While no hacking group or individual claimed the a
While no hacking group or individual claimed the attack ... celebrity or he only tried to boost the number of followers of his other accounts. No nude photos were stolen this time In addition to several racist posts, the hacker also published a photo ...
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SMBs are overconfident on cyber threats

Fewer than 30 per cent of SMBs in the UK, USA and
Fewer than 30 per cent of SMBs in the UK, USA and Australia are completely ready to manage IT security - and many are underestimating the scale of the threat. Ransomware is likely being underestimated: Webroot's threat research shows that more than 60 per ...
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Microsoft won’t patch 20 yr old SMBv1 vulnerability (you should just turn the service off)

Following the recent WannaCry and Petya ransomware
Following the recent WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks, Microsoft recommended all Windows 10 users to remove the unused but vulnerable SMBv1 file sharing protocol from their PCs. This is because both variants of the ransomware actually used the same ...
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Ransomware : des chercheurs veulent intégrer une protection directement dans le système de fichiers

Les mesures de prévention, comme les sauvegardes,
Les mesures de prévention, comme les sauvegardes, et de réaction, comme mécanismes de détection de comportements malicieux, n’offrent qu’une réponse partiellement satisfaisante aux attaques de ransomware. C’est l’analyse initiale de sept ...
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Los ataques de ransomware interrumpen las operaciones en 1 de cada 5 Pymes afectadas

Un nuevo estudio de investigación ha analizado los
Un nuevo estudio de investigación ha analizado los efectos que tiene el ransomware en el campo empresarial. Según se desprende de los datos del último informe de la compañía Malwarebytes, el 32 por ciento de pequeñas y medianas empresas a nivel ...
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Ukrainian Firm Facing Legal Action for Damages Caused by NotPetya Ransomware

US Pharma Giant  Not yet Producing Bulk Product  B
US Pharma Giant Not yet Producing Bulk Product Because of NotPetya Outbreak How to Remove a Button from the Firefox Menu How to Add a Button to the Firefox Menu How to Add a Button to the Firefox Toolbar How to Remove a Button from the Firefox Toolbar ...
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Cyberkriminalität: Geschäftsmodell Ransomware as a Service

Sophos hat auf der Security-Konferenz Black Hat ei
Sophos hat auf der Security-Konferenz Black Hat einen Report zum Thema Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) vorgestellt. Die Erpresser-Software wird im Darknet als Baukastensystem angeboten – einschließlich Software-Updates. Sophos-Report: Professionelles ...
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Data Breaches Caused by Employee Error Still a Huge Problem: Beazley

Hacking and malware attacks including ransomware a
Hacking and malware attacks including ransomware attacks continue to be the leading cause of breaches, accounting for 32 percent of the 1,330 incidents that insurer Beazley’s in-house Breach Response Services helped clients handle in the first half of ...
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Cashing On Digital Payments Android Banking Trojans Grew 166%

As digital payments gained traction and online and
As digital payments gained traction and online and mobile banking increasingly became mainstream, miscreants like banking trojans also wished to cash in on the situation. A QuickHeal report has revealed that the banking trojans on Android platform saw an ...
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Media Alert: EventTracker to Host Technical Webinar on Advanced Ransomware Attacks Subverting AV and Next-generation Firewalls

COLUMBIA, Md., July 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- E
COLUMBIA, Md., July 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EventTracker, a leader in security information and event management (SIEM), today announced that it will host a technical webinar that will take a deep dive into the latest technologies behind ransomware ...
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What next for Aussie security after WannaCry?

Billed as the “biggest ransomware outbreak in hist
Billed as the “biggest ransomware outbreak in history”, WannaCry took charge of the world for a weekend in May. Crippling organisations across 150 countries and four continents, over 200,000 computers were infected with more than 10,000 organisations ...
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Stage set for cyber war

Forget the past. The future of war suddenly presen
Forget the past. The future of war suddenly presents itself with great razzmatazz. Two consecutive ransomware attacks — ‘WannaCry’ and ‘GoldenEye’ — shook the world with such ferocious force that it was evident — they were intended to attract ...
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Healthcare Info Security: Clinic Discovers Lengthy Intrusion Post-Ransomware Attack

Michael Leigh, director for security defense opera
Michael Leigh, director for security defense operations, is interviewed by Healthcare Info Security about the recent ransomware attack at the Peachtree Neurological Clinic. He is a featured interview in the article “Clinic Discovers Lengthy Intrusion ...
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The City of Sarasota, a ransomware attack, ISIS and the FBI

A cyber attack that crippled Sarasota City Hall co
A cyber attack that crippled Sarasota City Hall computer systems early last year was far more severe than previously reported publicly, a newly released administrative review reveals. July 28--SARASOTA -- A cyber attack that crippled Sarasota City Hall ...
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Ransomware Attack on DLA Piper Puts Law Firms, Clients on Red Alert

Your article was successfully shared with the cont
Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. By now, every managing partner has heard the warning: Law firms and their clients’ sensitive information are a treasure trove for hackers. Consider litigators unable to access motions ...
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DEFCON – Connected Car Security

This post was written by Christiaan Beek, Jesse Mi
This post was written by Christiaan Beek, Jesse Michael, Raj Samani, and Mickey Shkatov. Sometime in the distant past, that thing in your driveway was a car. According to Intel however, the “connected car is already the third-fastest growing ...
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Windows 10 release date, features, devices and free upgrade: Ransomware threats spur Windows 10 adoption

Windows 10 launched globally on 29 July 2015 and w
Windows 10 launched globally on 29 July 2015 and was touted as the last version of Windows , marking the end of decades of occasional heavy duty OS updates in favour of a more incremental approach. Available as a free upgrade for a year after launch ...
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