Swift detection of a malicious insider that used stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to Australia’s Early Warning Network (EWN) allowed EWN staff to shut down systems and limit the number of…
Month: January 2019
What some governments in Asia are doing with blockchain
MANY would agree that blockchain has plenty of potential but in reality, it’s a technology that companies are finding hard to implement. To drive adoption, experts believe governments must take…
Malvertising Campaign Delivers Info-Stealer Plus Ransomware
Security researchers have warned users of P2P sites of a new malvertising campaign featuring a twin threat: info-stealing malware and ransomware. By registering rogue advertising domains, the attackers are able…
German data theft: Suspect confesses in Hesse
A 20-year-old man has made a “comprehensive” confession that he was behind a data breach affecting hundreds of high-profile Germans, police say. Styling himself “G0d”, he published private information about…
Hackers hijack blockchain in rare '51% attack'
Unknown hackers may have successfully hijacked the Ethereum Classic blockchain through a rare so-called “51% attack”. Cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase have frozen trading of the token amid fears that the…
CryptoMix ransomware returns with a new trick
An old family of ransomware has returned with a new campaign which uses information about children stolen from crowdfunding websites and claims that payments made in exchange for unlocking encrypted…