I have it often discussed that the US nuclear deterrent is “unhackable” as it uses obsolete technology – such as 8 inch floppy disks with outdate file and operating systems. But is it true? Are America’s nuclear systems so old they’re un-hackable? – The Record by Recorded Future
“…bombarded with ransomware.”
Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber security threats organisations and individuals have to deal with and it is so easy for the hacker to get the malware to you – just send you and email. In your rush to deal with your email you mistakeningly open an attachment or …
Global co-operation brings down a giant cyber-criminal website selling stolen login credentials
As you can see from the image above this was a worldwide effort, including the National Crime Agency and Europol, to close the doors on RaidForums, a resource that cyber criminals used to buy and sell stolen information. Unusually this site was on the internet – you and I could …
Ukrainian power grid hack thwarted
This story is doing the rounds everywhere. A joint effort between ESET and Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-UA) defeated the attack, discovering a new variant of the Industroyer malware – which was used in a previous attack on the Ukrainian power grid in December 2016. This malware is associated …
A Google story – this time they are going after the scammers – UPDATED
This story was first posted on 11 April 2022. A simple story – Google is taking a bad actor to court that has been using their systems to run their scams. Hounding scammers with litigation (blog.google) UPDATE Here are some details of the scam. Google sues alleged scam site operator …
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