Cyber Crime

A member The Dark Overlord group sentenced to 5 years in prison

A United Kingdom national, member of ‘The Dark Overlord’ hacking group was sentenced to five years in federal prison, announced…

5 years ago

FERC, NERC joint report on cyber incident response at electric utilities

The US FERC and NERC published a study on cyber incident response at electric utilities that also includes recovery best…

5 years ago

Mozi Botnet is responsible for most of the IoT Traffic

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported.…

5 years ago

NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions.…

5 years ago

IPG Photonics high-performance laser developer hit with ransomware

IPG Photonics, a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers for diverse applications and industries was hit by a ransomware…

5 years ago

Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, it accounted for 46 percent of the total number…

5 years ago

Maze ransomware uses Ragnar Locker virtual machine technique

The Maze ransomware operators now use a virtual machine to encrypt a computer, a tactic previously adopted by the Ragnar…

5 years ago

Major Duesseldorf hospital infected with ransomware, patient died for consequences

A major hospital in Duesseldorf was hit by a cyber attack, a woman who needed urgent admission died after she…

5 years ago

SunCrypt ransomware operators leak data of University Hospital New Jersey

University Hospital New Jersey (UHNJ) has suffered a ransomware attack, SunCrypt ransomware operators also leaked the data they have stolen.…

5 years ago

APT41 actors charged for attacks on more than 100 victims globally

US Department of Justice announced indictments against 5 Chinese nationals alleged members of a state-sponsored hacking group known as APT41.…

5 years ago

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