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$6 Million in Ransom – The Rise of Cyber Crime
Since 2015, the cybercriminals behind ransomware SamSam have extorted nearly $6 million in payouts from individuals, companies and government organizations. No one is immune to the demands from the group who have employed an extremely targeted approach to their model...
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Facebook Data Privacy Scandal Continues
After the Cambridge Analytica data privacy put Facebook in hot water for ‘selling’ the personal data of over 85 million Facebook users, the company is embroiled in another data privacy breach. In 2015, Facebook stated that it restricted access to user data for...
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Hacker Hacks Himself INTO Prison
No chance of early release from prison for Konrad Voits, the ex-hacker who hacked into the Washtenaw County Jail to secure the early release of at least one inmate. Voits pled guilty to the federal crime of hacking into a protected computer and is not set to serve a...
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The Black-Market Price of Privacy – It’s $50 Million
An ex-employee of Israeli-based cyber-arms dealer and software company has been arrested for theft and attempting to sell a phone hacking tool on the Dark web for $50 million. The NSO Group is a well-known software and cyber security company that specializes in the...
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What is ‘Zip Slip’ and How It Can Affect Your Websites?
Zip Slip is the name given to a critical vulnerability that, as the name suggests, is all about Zip files. The massive vulnerability was discovered and researched by cyber security firm Snyk who disclosed that thousands of projects may be affected by the...
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Could Helpful Alexa Be Secretly Harming You?
Your New Friend Alexa May Have an Issue with Boundaries Make sure to check your Amazon Echo to find out whether your helpful virtual assistant Alexa is not spying on you. There is no doubt that the dulcet tones of Alexa on the Amazon Echo can be a massive help around...
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Facebook Videos Hide Malicious Crypto-Currency Hack
While most people do take the time to evaluate videos and links posted on Facebook timelines by their friends, it can be confusing when one receives a link via Facebook Messenger. There is a new crypto-currency virus that is spreading via Facebook Messenger that is...
read moreNEWS: HolistiCyber & Parker Fitzgerald Join Forces to Protect Banks from Nation State Level Cyber Threat
Cyber-security company HolistiCyber have formed an exciting new cyber-security partnership with the highly respected risk management and data security company Parker Fitzgerald. Using the key skills and experience of both entities, this innovative partnership aims to...
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