It has emerged, during a session of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS), that a government minister instructed Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to keep secret the extent of a ransomware attack in January 2020. This pressure for secrecy caused problems for the council when it come …
International Co-operation to Disrupt Ransomware
Ransomware will not go away – threat actors make too much money and steal too much valuable information using it. Now 36 nations and the EU member states have created a five department coalition of expertise to disrupt and combat ransomware. The International Counter Ransomware Task Force’s (ICRTF) operations cover: …
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Payments to cyber criminals are dropping
Paying cyber criminals who have either infected your systems with ransomware or are attempting to extort money from you by other methods, is not a good idea. It is not illegal to pay them, or set up a business to help facilitate and negotiate these payments. Payment encourages the problem. …
A ray of hope if you are hit with BanLian ransomware
If you do get infected with BanLian ransomware Avast may have a quicker answer for you, rather than using your ransomware resilient back-up – a free decryptor: Beating BanLian ransomware with decryption • The Register Obviously the are caveats, you have to be infected with the exact strain of ransomware …
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AI – you knew I would post this – just look at the title…
What killer robots mean for the future of war (theconversation.com) …and there is the obligatory TLA – LAW Lethal Autonomous Weapon. The title may be sensationalist, but the content is interesting, well written and thought provoking – a look at the state of AI/robotic warfare. It also challenges you to …
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