extortion
San Francisco transport system ransomware attacker also extorted other US-based businesses
The ransomware attack that hit the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency last Friday is just one of many mounted by the same attacker. According to an unnamed security …
DDoS extortion campaigns increasingly target businesses
80 percent of European IT security professionals expect their business to be threatened with a DDoS ransom attack during the next 12 months, according to Corero Network …
FBI warns about email extortion attempts following data breaches
FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has issued a public service announcement warning users about email extortion attempts related to recent high-profile data thefts. …
Bug poachers target businesses, demand money for bug info
Businesses are being hit with an extortion attempt based on attackers penetrating their network or websites and stealing corporate or user data. The attackers don’t say …
Group using DDoS attacks to extort business gets hit by European law enforcement
On 15 and 16 December, law enforcement agencies from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and the United Kingdom joined forces with Europol in the framework of an …
Five key cybersecurity trends for 2016
The overwhelming shift to mobile and cloud computing among both businesses and consumers will see some surprising additions to the risk landscape in 2016. ISACA shares five …