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Today Show: Hacker Hijack

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Ransomware Decryption Key: Your Time Exchanged for Security Awareness

In an odd twist, the Koolova ransomware will decrypt for the low price of reading two articles on ransomware… The articles that Koolova wants you to read are an article from Google Security Blog called Stay safe while browsing and BleepingComputer’s Jigsaw Ransomware … Continue reading

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Confessions of a Cyber Spy Hunter

With over 20 years of experience leading high technology companies out of Silicon Valley, Eric has played a part in shaping the industry as an executive at heavyweights like McAfee, Symantec, and Cisco. Today, he is the CEO of ZanttZ, … Continue reading

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Hackers Hold Hospital Healthcare Data Hostage

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center’s data systems have been infected with encrypted ransomware. The hospital says patient care has not been compromised, though the cyber-attack has forced them to revert to paper registrations and medical records and send patients seeking emergency … Continue reading

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Your Evolving Digital Life

Click the graphic to learn more about NCSAM!

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USB Killer… 2.0!

Do you remember, back in March, when I wrote about using a USB key that could fry a computer and actually make it catch on fire? Well, it’s been improved upon, version 2.0 was created. It works super fast as … Continue reading

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Trouble Picking a Password?

It’s sometimes hard picking a password, and hopefully this can help, add emoticons (sometimes called emoji) to your password. Of course don’t just use the emotes, but bolster your whole password with upper and lower case, numbers, and other special … Continue reading

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Jackpot! Of Sorts…

The information security director, Mr.Eddie Raymond Tipton, from a Multi-State lottery Association in Iowa, decided that it was his turn to win the United States jackpot. He has been arrested and is being tried for forgery and hacking the lottery … Continue reading

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NYPD Auxiliary Officer Hacking into NYPD Computer + FBI Database

Yehuda Katz, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) Auxiliary Deputy Inspector assigned to the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn, executed a scheme to hack into a restricted NYPD computer and other sensitive law enforcement databases. He was caught and brought … Continue reading

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A USB to Destroy a Computer

A blog writer named Dark Purple wrote an article on a proof of concept called USB Killer, a USB that when plugged into a computer, would charge, then discharge back into the computer, to fry circuits and burn half the computer … Continue reading

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