Archive for December 2016

December 1, 2016

· Europol Takes Down Massive Criminal Network
· Former Employee Sentenced to 24 Months for Hacking ex-Employer

December 2, 2016

· Mirai Botnet Attacks Post Office Broadband
· Russian Bank Hacked: $45 Million Stolen

December 3, 2016

· Updated Banking Scam Locks Smart Phones
· Post Office Hacker Apologizes for Outage

December 5, 2016

· Credit Cards Hacked in Six Seconds
· Pornopoker Ransomware Author Arrested

December 6, 2016

· Transformers: The Last Knight Trailer
· "IcyEagle" Gets Four Years

December 7, 2016

· Prosecutor’s Office Pays Ransom
· New Botnet Wreaks Havoc on West Coast

December 8, 2016

· Hacker Freed for Lack of Evidence
· "BestBuy" Claims to Have Hacked 32 Million Routers

December 9, 2016

· Celebrities Hacker Gets Five Years
· "August" Phishing Campaign Targets Retail Support Staff

December 10, 2016

· Infect Others; Get Decryption Key
· Ransomware by the Numbers

December 12, 2016

· Europol Arrests 34 DDoS Suspects
· Netgear Routers Have Serious Flaw

December 14, 2016

· Delivery Notifications Contain Malware
· Ransomware Big Business Due to Willing Execs
· Evernotes Latest Privacy Policy Allows Them to Read Your Notes

December 15, 2016

· Story of Santa Claus with Dying Child Can't Be Verified
· Yahoo Announced a Second Breach; 1 Billion Users Affected
· FBI Nabs Most Wanted Hacker at JFK

December 17, 2016

· MasterCard Email Phishing Scam Making the Rounds
· The Seven Biggest Hacks of 2016

December 18, 2016

· Hacker Faces 100 Years in Prison

December 19, 2016

· Banking Trojan Coupled With Ransomware
· Wordpress Sites Under Massive Brute-force Attacks

December 20, 2016

· Dominos Pizza says Change Your Password

December 21, 2016

· Decryption Key Available for CryptXXX v.3
· Three Romanians Face Laundry List of Charges

December 22, 2016

· Hacker Used His Own IP Address; Gets Five Years
· Groupon Hacked in UK

December 23, 2016

· Ransomware Criminals Offer Christmas Discount
· Georgia School District Breached

December 24, 2016

· Amazon Phishing Email Scam

December 27, 2016

· Did Britney Spears Die or was Sony Hacked
· Bitcoins Surge; Phishing Attacks Ensue

December 28, 2016

· Chinese Trio Arrested in Insider Trading Hack
· Ransomware is Now Targeting Smart TV's

December 29, 2016

· Obama Plans Response to Russian Hacking

December 31, 2016

· Airline Booking Software Vulnerable to Hacking
· Russian Hackers Attempt Intrusion into Utilities