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2019-12-17 02:21:00 UTC
Krebs on Security
Krebs on Security
Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up

As if the scourge of ransomware wasn't bad enough already: Several prominent purveyors of ransomware have signaled they plan to start publishing data stolen from victims who refuse to pay up. To make matters worse, one ransomware gang has now created a public Web site identifying recent victim companies that have chosen to rebuild their operations instead of acquiescing to their tormentors.

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2019-12-16 22:45:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Financial Services Breaches Less Common, More Damaging, Than Those in Other Sectors

While far less common than breaches in other industry sectors, financial services breaches were more than twice as expensive, per record exposed, than the average for tech businesses.

2019-12-16 22:30:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Mobile Devices Account for 41% of DDoS Attack Traffic

DNS amplification attacks continue to dominate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, while mobile devices make up a larger share of traffic.

2019-12-16 22:30:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Mobile Devices Account for 41% of Application Attack Traffic

DNS amplification attacks continue to dominate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, while mobile devices make up a larger share of traffic.

2019-12-16 22:00:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Ransomware 'Crisis' in US Schools: More Than 1,000 Hit So Far in 2019

Meanwhile, the mayor of the city of New Orleans says no ransom money demands were made as her city struggles to recover from a major ransomware attack launched last week.

2019-12-16 19:20:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Rooster Teeth Alerts Customers to Magecart Attack

The entertainment company discovered malicious content on the Shopify platform for its online store and removed it the same day.

2019-12-16 19:14:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Vulnerability expose Barco wireless presentation system to remote attacks

By Sudais

10 of these were found to have Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) identifiers that these particular vulnerabilities were already...

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2019-12-16 17:31:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
HITCON 2019 winners book their place for DEFCON 2020

Cash prizes handed out to top three teams at multi-national hacking competition in Taiwan

2019-12-16 16:44:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Echobot IoT Botnet Casts a Wide Net with Raft of Exploit Additions

13 new exploits have been added to the malware's bag of tricks.

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2019-12-16 16:33:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
N.J.’s Largest Hospital System Pays Up in Ransomware Attack

The ransomware attack earlier this month led the hospital system to reschedule surgeries and appointments.

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