Articles

If you’re not in the business of outsmarting cyber-crime, you may be unaware of how dire the situation is with criminals developing new technological weapons to seize, modify, destroy, or leak proprietary data. Here’s a cheat sheet so you can better understand how hackers trick unsuspecting users, then burrow their way into devices and networks… Continue reading MALWARE CHEAT SHEET – Know What You’re Up Against!

The PayPal Identify Theft Scam Question: I use PayPal to accept credit cards for my online collectibles business. I recently received an email that my PayPal account was going to expire in five days if I didn’t click a link in the email and give them my PayPal account information. Being naturally paranoid I decided… Continue reading Beware of Internet Identity Theft Scams

What’s Worse than Hackers Making Millions?  Your Firm Contributing to It! Besides being calculated and stealthy, hackers are becoming gutsier and wealthy!   Hacker team RYUK “one” Group leads the pack utilizing covert BazarLoader/BazarBackdoor as their tool of choice for enterprise targets; This trojan deploys hard-to-detect malware that, as researchers at Advanced Intel explain, relies upon “minimal functionality while on the… Continue reading Databreach BazarBackdoor Cybercrime

Hackers Gain Access To Confidential Information On the morning of August 27, Las Vegas’ Clark County School District (CCSD) made a public statement that certain of their computer systems had become infected with a virus that denied them access to specific files. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that hackers published documents containing Social Security… Continue reading Hacker Releases Confidential Information After School District Refuses Ransom Demands