Category: Cybersecurity
Former Head of NSA Left Retirement to Help Cybersecurity Shortfall
Posted February 26, 2020 in Data Breach, Malware, Cloud Security
There is a national shortage of cybersecurity specialists, and the former head of the NSA, Mike McConnell, is...
Hackers Close Down a Natural Gas Compression Facility
Posted February 20, 2020 in Ransomware, Malware, Data Breach
Hackers used a spear-phishing campaign to successfully target an undisclosed natural gas compression facility here in...
Columbus County School Still Not Whole After October Cyberattack
Posted February 18, 2020 in Data Breach, Malware, Cloud Security
The Columbus County school system, which was taken offline after a cybersecurity attack last October, is STILL...
NHS Cyber Security Strengthened
Posted January 31, 2020 in Ransomware, Digital Forensics, Data Breach
Healthcare providers in the US aren't the only ones dealing with increased cyber attacks. A new report shows that...
Is Your Data Being Sold to Marketers by Your Antivirus Software Company?
Posted January 31, 2020 in Data Breach, AI, Malware
"Nothing in life is free." A lot of people use Avast's antivirus to protect their computer. It costs you nothing out...
United Nations Hack and Cover-Up
Posted January 31, 2020 in Data Breach, Malware, Digital Forensics
Not only has it been leaked that the UN was hacked, but there's also evidence suggesting they tried to cover it up....
PureBasic-based Ransomware Discovered
Posted November 14, 2019 in Ransomware, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Malware
PureLocker, an unusual form of ransomware that attacks enterprise servers, has gone undetected for some time but has...
Autumn Aperture: Don't Enable Macros
Posted October 5, 2019 in Malware, Data Breach, Cloud Security
According to Danny Adamitis and Elizabeth Wharton from Prevailion, spear phishing emails have been targeting the U.S....