Security
A hacker has taken over the computer system of the southern Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera and is demanding a ransom paid in bitcoin to unlock it, local officials said Friday.
Oct 4, 2019
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Hackers have penetrated cloud computing networks of some 60 percent of top US companies, with virtually all industry sectors hit, security researchers said Tuesday.
Sep 25, 2019
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Texas authorities say they aren't aware of any money paid to hackers who used ransomware to target more than 20 communities last month.
Sep 6, 2019
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Internet
A ransomware campaign that targeted 23 US cities across Texas has raised serious concerns about the vulnerability of local governments and public services to cyber-attacks. These events come not long after similar attacks ...
Aug 28, 2019
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More than 20 local governments in Texas are facing a coordinated ransomware attack, authorities said.
Aug 20, 2019
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Security
Technology companies could be doing much more to protect individuals and organisations from the threats posed by phishing, according to research by the University of Plymouth.
Jul 30, 2019
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Computer Sciences
In the world of cybersecurity, just as in nature, there are predators and there is prey. The predators are the hunters, the ones that seek out the weak and the vulnerable on which to prey, that applies whether we are talking ...
May 2, 2019
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Impulse online shopping, downloading music and compulsive email use are all signs of a certain personality trait that make you a target for malware attacks. New research from Michigan State University examines the behaviors—both ...
Dec 17, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Can you deceive a deceiver? That's the question that computer scientists at Binghamton University, State University of New York have recently been exploring.
Nov 28, 2018
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Security
Up to 400 Australian organisations may have been snared in a massive hacking incident detailed today. The attack, allegedly engineered by the Russian government, targeted millions of government and private sector machines ...
Apr 17, 2018
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