Archive for April 2016

April 1, 2016

· Coverton Ransomware has Flawed Decryption Key; Files Stay Locked
· Macy's Phishing Scam Discovered

April 2, 2016

· Canadian Hospital Spreading TeslaCrypt
· Ransomware Hits Critical Mass

April 4, 2016

· FBI's Ten Most Wanted Hackers
· Ransomware Poised to Become the Biggest Scourge in Modern Times

April 5, 2016

· Marcel Lehel Lazar, AKA Guccifer, Appears in U.S. Court
· Jury Duty Scam Making the Rounds

April 6, 2016

· Toy Maker Mattel Shells Out $3 Million in Phishing Scam
· Police Conduct Raids in Four Countries

April 7, 2016

· Ransomware Now Hitting Schools
· Rokku Ransomware Comes With QR Code

April 8, 2016

· FireFox Extensions Liable to Allow Hackers Access to User Data
· Hack For Hire Service Booming

April 9, 2016

· Another Electronik Tribulation Army (ETA) Hacker Faces Jail Time
· 11% of Users Still Clinging to XP

April 11, 2016

· Mobile Malware Infects Routers
· $2.3 Billion Lost to CEO Fraud

April 12, 2016

· Researchers Crack Petya Ransomware
· Eset Reports 4,000 Linux Servers Cleaned of Mumblehard botnet

April 13, 2016

· BMW Lottery Give-a-way Returns
· Former NRC Staffer Sentenced to 18 Months for SpearPhishing Campaign

April 14, 2016

· Decryption Tool Defeats Jigsaw Ransomware
· New Hybrid Malware Targets Banks

April 15, 2016

· Homeland Security: Remove QuickTime for Windows Immediately
· Facebook Video Scam Downloads Malware
· World of Warcraft Hit by DDoS Attack

April 16, 2016

· Microsoft Wins Widespread Support in Privacy Clash with Feds
· Anatomy of a SpearPhishing Scam

April 18, 2016

· IRS Scams Increase by 400%
· The UK Most Targeted in Spear Phishing Attacks

April 19, 2016

· San Bernardino iPhone bears no Useful Info
· U.S.Cyber Command Hacking ISIS

April 20, 2016

· Google Warns Users of Dangerous Site: Google.com

April 21, 2016

· SpyEye Banking Botnet Creators Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison
· Delivery Notice Delivers Ransomware

April 22, 2016

· Apple ID Scam Making the Rounds
· Insider Hacking Brings Nine Year Prison Term

April 23, 2016

· FBI May Have Spent $1.3 Million to Unlock iPhone
· Researcher Reports Backdoor on Facebook Server

April 25, 2016

· Chinese Computer Tech Sentenced to Death
· BitDefender Updates Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware to Decrypt Petya Ransomware

April 26, 2016

· Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Hacking the IRS
· Sony to Implement 2FA

April 27, 2016

· DDoS Attack or Empty Threats
· Google Finds 760,935 Compromised Websites

April 28, 2016

· FBI Will Not Release the Method Used to Unlock iPhone
· US Conducts Cyber Attacks Against ISIS

April 29, 2016

· God Mode Being Used to Hide Malware
· Child Porn Suspect Jailed for Not Decrypting Hard Drives

April 30, 2016

· 85% of Respondents Say They Would Not Pay Ransom
· Hack a Car, Go to Prison For Life