Cyber-criminals are stealing from their peers in the latest ransomware family example, dubbed PetrWrap.
Home Depot to Pay $27.25m in Latest Data Breach Settlement
The two-and-a-half-year-old data breach is ultimately going to cost the DIY purveyor as much as $179 million, possibly much more.
LinkedIn Breach: Weak Passwords Are the Norm
About 35% of the leaked LinkedIn passwords were already known from previous password dictionaries.
GCHQ Warns Over Russia Threat to UK Elections
Russian hacking of US election could happen here, spy agency boss warns UK politicians
OUTSMARTING THIEVES: 8 Ways to Send Burglars the Other Direction
You can dramatically lower your risk of being the the victim of a home burglary by “hardening the target.”
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New Ransomware Demands Political Statement, Not Money
Discovery by Palo Alto researchers appears to suggest ransomware authors have shifted tactics from financial to political motivation
Technology Plays Role in Every Aspect of Crime, Europol Says
From the highest levels of organized crime to burglary, criminals are using technology more than ever, Europol report warns
Apache Struts 2 Puts 1000s of Web Apps at Risk
The majority of the exploitation attempts of the bug seem to be leveraging a publicly released proof of concept (PoC).
61% of Orgs Infected with Ransomware
33% paid the ransom and recovered their data, 54% refused to pay but recovered their data anyway.