Archive for May 2016

May 2, 2016

· American Dental Association Sends Out Infected Thumb Drives
· Bitcoin Creator Outed as Craig Wright

May 3, 2016

· Wendy's Breach Brings Class-Action Lawsuit
· FBI Now Warns Victims to Not Pay Ransom

May 4, 2016

· Lizard Squad Threatens DDoS Attacks; Asks for Ransom
· 10 Year Old Recipient of Facebook Bug Bounty Program

May 5, 2016

· Hacker Sentenced to Seven Years in a Russian Penal Colony
· Millions of Email Accounts up for Sale

May 6, 2016

· Spear Phishing Attack Nets Criminals $495,000
· New "Affordable" Ransomware Hits the Market

May 7, 2016

· Nine Signs That You May be Infected
· Windows 10 Surpasses 300 Million

May 9, 2016

· Russian Hacker to Forfeit $7 Million
· Virtual Currency Money Launderer Sentenced to 20 years

May 10, 2016

· Pirate Bay Serving Up Malware
· White Hat Hacker Hacks Dridex Malware

May 11, 2016

· Syrian Electronic Army Hacker Extradited to U.S.
· Yontoo Adware Targets Chrome Users

May 12, 2016

· Two Israeli Securities Fraudsters to Stand Trial in U.S.
· Student Caught Hacking School Network

May 13, 2016

· PayPal Phishing Scams Making the Rounds
· Tech Scams Try to Impersonate Legit Security Companies

May 14, 2016

· Hitman for Hire or Scam
· Porn Site Hacked; 100,000 Users Pwned

May 16, 2016

· PornHub Offers Bug Bounty
· Anonymous Takes Aim at Denver Mayor (Video)

May 17, 2016

· Bing Bans Tech Ads
· 16 Year Old Wipes Out 444 School Websites

May 18, 2016

· New Tech Scam Related to Ransomware
· Jigsaw Ransomware Rebranded as CryptoHitman;Decryptor Available

May 19, 2016

· TeslaCrypt Releases Master Key
· Tax Refund Scam Targets U.K. Users

May 20, 2016

· "Robin Hood" Steals $11,000; Donates to Anti-ISIS Group
· British Man Faces 10 Years for DDoS Attack

May 21, 2016

· LinkedIn Passwords Published;Top 49 Weak
· Ukrainian Hacker Makes $30 Million;Faces 20 Years in Jail

May 23, 2016

· Credit Card Hawker Extradited to U.S.
· Ransomware Now Comes With a DDoS Bot

May 24, 2016

· School District Loses Thumb Drive; Employee Data at Risk
· Microsoft Vows to Fight Terrorists

May 25, 2016

· 18 Year Old Charged with Hacking and DDoS Attack
· $2 Million in Bitcoin Stolen

May 26, 2016

· "Celebgate" Hacker Pleads Guilty
· ATM Skimming Group Busted By Europol

May 27, 2016

· Man Admits to Hacking Road Sign
· Microsoft Bans Weak Passwords

May 28, 2016

· WhatsApp Gold a Malware Trap
· New Ransomware Acts Like Worm

May 30, 2016

· Adult Player Delivers Ransomware
· Pay the Ransom......Not!!

May 31, 2016

· Ransomware by the Numbers
· Tumbler Hacked; 65 Million Victims