Category: Current News

RansomwareNewz Desk – Bad Rabbit Special

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Welcome to RWNZ outta Boston where, of course, the big ransomware news of the last 48 hours is Bad Rabbit – the latest cyberattack that’s sweeping across Europe. After parts of the United Kingdom were recently battered by Hurricane Ophelia and Storm Brian, IT professionals are battening down the hatches at the prospect of another huge ransomware attack. But could Bad Rabbit rival WannaCry and Petya/NotPetya in size and scope, or is it a storm in a teacup? Let’s take a closer look by jumping… DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE The Bad Rabbit outbreak appears to have started in Russia and

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In other RansomwareNewz: Sex, Crime, Nudity & Revenge!

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While news in the cybersecurity world is dominated by Bad Rabbit, we knew that mentions of sex, nudity, crime and revenge would grab your attention like a President might grab a *****, and today’s RansomwareNewz has it all, just like a Shakespearian play… only without the murder and ghosts but with sixteen century insults like… YOU SCURVY-RIDDEN, POCK-MARKED, MAGGOT-BRAINED CUTLET MAKER We begin where Cybercrime meets a more traditional crime – well, one that involves the physical theft. They didn’t have ATM machines in the 1500’s but a suspiciously Shakespearian-sounding malware called Cutlet Maker is being hawked on the dark web

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RansomwareNewz Desk – Equifax, Russian Kangaroos, NATO

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to RansomwareNewz straight outta Boston. We begin with news about Equifax, where things have gone from bad to worse to Dante’s ninth level of hell! No, RWNZ hasn’t recruited John Oliver but (trendsetters that we are!) hacking stories have become the subject of entire episodes of HBO’s Last Week Tonight. In case you missed Sunday night’s report on the Equifax data breach which placed 140 million Americans in danger of identity theft, here it is in its full glory: WHEN WILL THEY LEARN? And this news just in – Equifax has been hit again, this time by malvertising. Security

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