Tag: cybercriminals
Hacking Team – The Ransom Demand
“Saudi Aramco has confirmed a cyber-attack that demanded the $50 million ransom. ” The attack is believed to have been perpetrated by a group called Hacking Team, which has been linked to the Anonymous hacking collective. It is also believed that the attack was carried out by Hacking Team’s leader, an unidentified individual. It has…
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E-Challan Software for the Department of Justice Makes the Legal Process More Transparent
When software can’t take down a person, the courts are the only place law enforcement can. E-challan software for the Department of Justice will make it easier to prosecute cybercriminals, making the legal process more transparent. Last October, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released an interim report on the effectiveness…
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The Ugly Truth About Paying For a Ransomware Attack
[Full Text] Introduction According to the FBI, the ‘ransomware’ attacks that it has recently discovered and publicized have infected over 14 million computers in more than 40 countries, and cost the United States and the world economy billions of dollars. This report focuses on ransomware, malware distribution, and related threats. It also outlines the vulnerabilities…
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Cyberattacks – A Conversation With Dave Schroeder
The Internet is the most advanced communication network in the world today. With the use of a secure web browser such as Internet Explorer, users can browse the web, and download content such as files. Users can share content with friends, and find information about the latest movie releases or sports teams. In addition, the…
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Digital Forensics: The Dreams of Faith Clarke
In today’s information age, there are many organizations that are focused on improving education and keeping students educated. For students and their parents such organizations are important to the survival of the nation, as this nation has become a hub for various organizations such as medical centers and universities. There are many organizations focused on…
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Recent Attacks on Banning
Article Title: Recent Attacks on Banning | Network Security. Full Article Text: Attacks on the ban on the use of computers for mass surveillance by governments to monitor citizens’ communications have ramped up in recent years. The NSA spying collection program in particular has shown that such programs can be done without judicial oversight, and…
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Azer Koçulu Disrupted the Web
A new analysis of the entire npm package containing the vast majority of the CDN information for the world’s “most popular” website, Google’s YouTube. For years, this web page used cloudflare to host their popular video sites. But when the CDN service was taken down by an internet outage, the website was hit by a…
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The Facebook Notification Phishing Scam
The Facebook Notification Phishing Scam has been very well-known for years. While no matter the social media platform, the phishing is one of the most prevalent and most serious security problems. While everyone is trying to work out a solution to stop the phishing problem, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google have been continuously pushing their security…
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IoT Malware Threats and Security Issues
You can see that IoT malware is targeting corporate networks, and a common trend is that it aims at the routers and servers in the corporate networks. Some of them are also used by the enterprises to control the networks of their employees, and some are also used to access the networks of other enterprises.…
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Cyber Attacks in Israel – A New Form of Attack
By the end of 2011, the entire software industry was coming to the realization that the “cyber attack” that Israel has been inflicting on its neighbors in cyberspace since mid-2009 was no longer a “cyber attack,” but a “sophisticated” attack using specialized capabilities. The Israeli propaganda machine was busy working the Israeli government, intelligence agencies…
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