AvatarDhPGoogle fixes two serious Android security flawsverified_publisherEngadget - Jon FingasIt also gave the boot to apps that posed a security risk. Google's mobile security team has definitely been busy cleaning house this week. The company has released an Android update that closes two security holes that could pose a major threat if intruders found a way to exploit them. The first was …
AvatarDhPMajor cyberattack seller knocked offline as it faces arrestsverified_publisherEngadget - Jon FingasTwo teens may have made over $600,000 offering to knock websites offline. One of the more popular cyberattack peddlers just came crashing down. Israeli law enforcement has arrested Yarden Bidani and Itay Huri as part of an FBI investigation into their alleged control of vDOS, one of the most popular …
AvatarDhPTwo Israeli teens arrested for running major DDoS serviceverified_publisherThe Verge - Andrew LiptakLast week, the FBI arrested a pair of Israeli teenagers who allegedly ran an online booter service called vDOS, as reported by Brian Krebs. vDOS was an online service that helped carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against websites. The business allowed buyers to choose from …
AvatarDhPNew ransomware encrypts your whole hard drive, if you let itverified_publisherTNW - Ben WoodsIf malware that holds the files on your computer to ransom isn’t bad enough, news that there’s a new variant in the wild that locks down the whole of your computer by taking over the boot process just made the situation a whole lot worse. Called ‘Petya’, the new threat bypasses looking for the most …
AvatarDhPThree U.S. Hospitals Hit in String of Ransomware AttacksNBC News - By Connor MannionOver the weekend, two hospitals had their websites brought down by ransomware, a type of computer virus Three U.S. hospitals were hit hard this week by "ransomware" attacks that brought down their systems — the latest providers of medical care to be targeted in this way. The servers for Chino Valley …