The final payload locks the victims computer and covers the screen with a message from Homeland Security Phil Muncaster Ransomware authors appear to be revising some old tactics in a…
Day: March 24, 2016
Chinese man pleads guilty to US military hack
A 50-year-old Chinese man has pleaded guilty to being involved in a plot to hack into systems containing sensitive US military data. Dave Lee, North America technology reporter Su Bin…
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe online fraud refund claim provokes anger
A police chief’s suggestion that banks should consider no longer refunding some online fraud victims has been branded as “astonishingly misjudged” by a consumer group. By Kevin Peachey, Personal finance…
US cyber-attacks: Iranians charged by Department of Justice
The US has charged seven Iranians for allegedly hacking nearly 50 financial companies and a New York dam. The attacks, occurring from 2011 to 2013, are believed to have been…