“Hacktivist” logged into a social media account from an IP address at GRU HQ in Moscow. Soon after the June 2016 announcement by CrowdStrike that the Democratic National Committee’s network had beenRead More →
“Password spraying” attack gave Mabna group access to 32TB of diverse research data. Today, the Department of Justice announced charges against nine Iranian nationals connected to the Mabna Institute, a company an FBIRead More →
A ransomware attack possibly of SamSam may be responsible for outages in the City of Atlanta’s computer systems. The city information security training experts issued a statement confirming that computers are “currentlyRead More →
The hackers who installed and ran a cryptocurrency mining operation on hacked Tesla ASW servers and Jenkins servers is now targeting servers running Linux and has so far generated moreRead More →
For the last couple of years, hackers have been exploiting unprotected MongoDB based servers to steal data and hold the exposed databases for ransom. Hackers leaked 36 million records ofRead More →
The streaming company Netflix launches its Bug Bounty program in which it offers rewards ranging from US $ 100 to US $ 15000 per bug detected. Information security training analysts ofRead More →
Legitimate and large-scale cryptocurrency mining operations often invest in dedicated hardware and electric consumption to make a profit. This doesn’t escape the attention of cybercriminals: Malicious cryptocurrency mining was so pervasive last year thatRead More →
FBI called in as some city services are interrupted, employees told to turn off PCs. The city of Atlanta government has apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack.Read More →
You have always been warned not to share remote access to your computer with untrusted people for any reason; it’s a basic information security advice and common sense. A criticalRead More →
Puerto Rico’s power utility, PREPA, said on Monday it has been hacked over the weekend, but customer information was not compromised. The computer infrastructure of PREPA, as the Puerto RicoRead More →
