7/9/2021 3:33:27 PM Major ransomware attack hits 1000s of businesses By FinTech Collective Over 1000 firms were impacted by a ransomware attack on MSP-focused software firm Kaseya. The attackers asked for a $70m bitcoin ransom...
10/27/2016 11:04:18 PM Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet By Gareth Jones Bruce Schneier points out in this post that over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run...
1/20/2015 3:41:28 AM Behind Giant Credit Card Hack: Smart Young Russians With Bad Job Prospects By Gareth Jones A great article on how two young Russians ended up masterminding a conspiracy that pillaged 160 million credit card numbers, targeting...
1/7/2015 6:46:19 PM Big Year for Hackers, Capped By Sony, Delivers Strong Sales to Insurers By Gareth Jones Could 2015 be the year cyberinsurance goes mainstream? After the Russians broke into JP Morgan Chase, hackers cracked Target, Home Depot...