Thunderbolt ports can provide direct access to the memory in your laptop… just how hard is it for crooks to do so when you aren’t looking?
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Huge toll of ransomware attacks revealed in Sophos report
To understand the scope of the ransomware threat, Sophos commissioned a study into the state of ransomware 2020.
Dating app user logins found on hacking forum
3.5 million user logins for the MobiFriends dating app are being offered for free on a popular dark web hackers forum.
Maze ransomware one year on – a SophosLabs report
The latest SophosLabs report tells the story of how the infamous “Maze” ransomware has evolved over the past 12 months…
Celebrity personal data taken in ransomware attack
Ransomware crooks are apparently threatening to dump personal data for a long of celebs including Lady Gaga, Madonna, Nicki Minaj and more.
Clearview AI won’t sell vast faceprint collection to private companies
… nor to anybody, even law enforcement, in the place where privacy-oblivious biometrics companies are forced to their knees: Illinois.
Microsoft opens IoT bug bounty program
Microsoft really wants to secure the Internet of Things (IoT), and it’s enlisting citizen hackers’ help to do it.
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More crypto-stealing Chrome extensions swatted by Google
Google deleted more malicious extensions from the Chrome Web Store after they were found to be phishing cryptocurrency users.
Vcrypt ransomware holds your files hostage without encrypting them
Here’s a ransomware story with a bit of a difference. Some of your files get wiped out, but others can be recovered without paying.