Tara Seals A ransomware named Spider has been crawling around the web, using decoy documents to lure victims in the Balkans into its lair with threats of “debt collection”. According…
Month: December 2017
Starbucks cafe's wi-fi made computers mine crypto-currency
By Leo Kelion Starbucks has acknowledged that visitors to one of its branches were unwittingly recruited into a crypto-currency mining operation. The wi-fi service provided by one of the coffee…
Intel to slap hardware lock on Management Engine code to thwart downgrade attacks
From version 12 onward, ME-equipped chips will defend against patch rollbacks By Thomas Claburn Intel’s Coffee Lake and Cannon Lake x86 processors can be fortified by computer manufacturers to prevent…
MoneyTaker hackers reportedly steal £7.5m from ATMs
Russian-speaking hackers are suspected of stealing nearly $10m (£7.5m) from 20 companies in Russia, the UK and US. The MoneyTaker group removed overdraft limits on debit cards and took money…
Hacking bitcoin and blockchain
Both bitcoin and blockchain are vulnerable to attack. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself and why blockchain is becoming a foundational technology. By Roger A. Grimes It…
Bangladesh Bank Accused of Hiding Details of $81m Theft
Phil Muncaster A war of words has emerged between Bangladesh’s central bank and a Philippines lender over responsibility for an audacious $81m cyber-heist carried out last year. The spat began when…