A US hacker who put the personal data of celebrities and officials online has been sentence to two years in jail. New Yorker Mir Islam also made bogus calls that…
Day: July 15, 2016
New Locky ransomware version can operate in offline mode
The program will start encrypting files even if it can’t connect to a command-and-control server. By Lucian Constantin The creators of the widespread Locky ransomware have added a fallback mechanism…
Major win for Microsoft in 'free for all' data case
The US government cannot force Microsoft to give authorities access to the firm’s servers located in other countries, a court has ruled. Dave Lee, North America technology reporter The decision…
Cheap ransomware takes files 'hostage'
Malware that gives victims 96 hours to pay a ransom before it starts deleting files from their PC has been spotted on the dark web. If the ransom remains unpaid,…