In December news about a new SARs like virus started to hit the news. A dangerous and potentially infectious virus appeared in Wuhan, China. Named 2019-nCoV, the virus comes from the coronavirus family. It was first identified back in the 1960s. With the rise of infections it’s important to obtainRead More →
Ransomware payments in 2017 will hit a record $2 billion, according to a new research from the cybersecurity firm Bitdefender. That figure would make 2017 the most costly year ever for ransomware, doubling the $1 billion paid out by ransomware victims in 2016 and skyrocketing above the $24 million paidRead More →
Cyber-warfare – Yesterday a massive DDoS attack took down a large portion of the Internet leaving sites offline or at dial-up speed. At first it was thought that the issue was neutralized, however as midday approached another massive attack rendered major sites unavailable. The attack was targeted at a majorRead More →
Ransomware has seriously turned on to a noxious game of Hackers to get paid effortlessly. Once again the heat was felt by the Los Angeles-based Presbyterian Medical Center when a group of hackers had sealed all its sensitive files and demanded $17,000 USD to regain the access to those compromisedRead More →
Microsoft Appoints Itself Sheriff of the Internet “Microsoft contends it seized domains to stop distribution of two widely used malware tools” It was 7 o’clock in the morning when the knocking on Dan Durrer’s front door woke him up. His dog started barking, and Durrer thought he was getting anRead More →
Open-source software may seem like a cheap way to equip your organization with the tools it needs to compete in today’s information economy, but beware: open-source software does have its risks. THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a free lunch, so they say. And while one might be tempted toRead More →