Oct 28, 2019 | Business IT News
A hacker group known as the Shadow Kill Hackers is holding Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city, for ransom. They are demanding 4 bitcoins from Johannesburg authorities, or they’ll upload stolen city data on the internet. The deadline is October 28, 5...
Aug 19, 2019 | Business IT News, Security Advisories
Early on August 16, a total of 23 local government organizations in Texas were hit by a coordinated ransomware attack. The type of ransomware has not been revealed, and Texas officials asserted that no state networks were compromised in the attack. State and federal...
Aug 15, 2019 | Business IT News
Researchers said they have found a publicly accessible database containing almost 28 million records—including plain-text passwords, face photos, and personal information—that was used to secure buildings around the world. Researchers from vpnMentor reported on...
Aug 11, 2019 | Business IT News
Multiple state and local governments have been set back this year onto their heels by ransomware. With attacks like the RobinHood ransomware attack in May that the city is still recoring from, ransomware attacks have been an almost daily part of the news. According to...
Aug 11, 2019 | Business IT News
A new study of over 700 full-time US employees revelead that 48% of employees have access to more company data than they need to perform their jobs. 12% of employees said they have access to all company data. You may have complete trust in your employees but mistakes...
Jul 15, 2019 | Business IT News, Security Advisories
According to a recent report from Deep Instinct, the Trickbot Malware may have stolen as many as 250 million email accounts including some belonging to governments in the US, UK and Canada. The researchers are calling this new approach TrickBooster, and they say it...
