Archive for March 2017

March 1, 2017

· Trump Appoints Grace Koh as Head of Economic Council for Cybersecurity
· Phishing Scam Nets Hacker 1,000 W-2's

March 2, 2017

· DMOZ.Org to Permanently Close on March 14th
· Coachella Hacked; 950,000 Accounts at Risk
· Google Abandons Pixel Chromebooks

March 3, 2017

· Bitcoin Beats Out Gold
· Google Removes 132 Apps Due to Malicious Malware

March 4, 2017

· Dharma Ransomware Keys Released
· Free AV Software Coupon Leads To Tech Scam

March 5, 2017

· The Past Week's New Downloads 2/26/17 - 3/4/17

March 6, 2017

· FBI, DoJ Crack Transnational Crime Network
· Tech Support Scam Spoofs Microsoft Support

March 7, 2017

· FBI Hacks Child Porn Site Playpen
· Cyberfox Web Browser to Slow down Future Releases; Shut down in 1 Year
· One Million Gmail and Yahoo Accounts For Sale

March 8, 2017

· Florida Man Holds Website Hostage

March 9, 2017

· Silk Road Administrator to be Extradited to U.S.
· 61% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware

March 10, 2017

· Home Depot Breach Costs Company $179 Million
· West Africa Becoming the Next Hotbed for Cybercriminals

March 12, 2017

· The Past Week's New Downloads 3/5/17 - 3/11/17

March 13, 2017

· Hoverboard Blamed for Fatal Fire
· Android Devices Pre-installed with Malware

March 14, 2017

· Charities the New Focus of CyberCrooks
· Symantec Finds Phishing Scam to Steal Financial Data

March 15, 2017

· Air Force Personnel Data Leaked
· FBI Find Hackers Responsible for 2014 Yahoo Breach

March 16, 2017

· Wishbone App Breached; 2.2 Million Teens at Risk
· Celebgate Revisited; Emma Watson Targeted

March 17, 2017

· Microsoft Update Bricks Systems
· Star Trek Fan Creates "Kirk" Ransomware

March 18, 2017

· A Priest, A Software Engineer and Bitcoins = 20 Years
· Microsoft Ends Vista Support

March 19, 2017

· The Past Week's New Downloads 3/12/17 - 3/18/17

March 20, 2017

· Google May be Forced to Reveal User Data
· Malicious Spam Campaign Starts Off in Germany

March 21, 2017

· Radio Shack Files for Bankruptcy a Second Time Closing 552 Stores - Here's the List
· Man Sends Strobe .GIf; Recipient Suffers Seizure
· Neiman Marcus Agrees to Pay $1.6 Million in Class Action Suit

March 22, 2017

· Russian National Pleads Guilty to Citadel Development
· Hackers Threaten to Wipe Data from 300 Million iCloud Accounts

March 23, 2017

· Pirate Bay Suffers Another Worldwide Outage
· Lithuanian Man Indicted in $100 Million BEC Scheme
· Google Play Rife With Fake Minecraft Mods

March 25, 2017

· Hacker Demands Sex Show As Ransom

March 26, 2017

· The Past Week's New Downloads 3/19/17 - 3/25/17
· Hackers Now Targeting Gift Cards

March 27, 2017

· Google Rejects Symantec Certs
· Trio Sue Microsoft Over Botched Upgrade

March 28, 2017

· Dutch Parliament Hit With Ransomware
· Job Seekers Information Stolen

March 29, 2017

· 'Turkish Crime Family' Member Arrested
· Customers, Banks and Credit Unions File Suit Against Arby's

March 30, 2017

· Russian Hacker Spreads Ebury Malware; Faces 10 years
· Spam That Knows Your Name and Address