Millions of electronic door locks fitted to hotel rooms worldwide have been found to be vulnerable to a hack. Researchers say flaws they found in the equipment’s software meant they…
Tag: F-Secure
Targeted, custom ransomware menace rears its ugly head
No spraying and praying here, just precise, exorbitant attacks By John Leyden Attackers are manually deploying ransomware directly into target networks to maximise the damage and potential payout. Unlike “spray-and-pray”…
Callisto Group hackers targeted Foreign Office data
By Chris Vallance, World at One, BBC Radio 4 The UK’s Foreign Office was targeted by highly motivated and well-resourced hackers over several months in 2016. The BBC understands the…
Ransomware 'customer support' chat reveals criminals' ruthlessness
F-Secure publishes 34 pages of chat transcripts between victims and gang’s ‘support rep’. By Gregg Keizer Ransomware criminals chatting up victims, offering to delay deadlines, showing how to obtain Bitcoin,…