ECMC Cyber Attack — the Beginning of Cyber Terrorism ECMC stands for Erie County Medical Center. This is a medical facility in Atlanta and is famous for its exceptional healthcare services and especially for its trauma center. However, a fine Sunday Morning, in April 2017, it came under a cyber attack. The computer screens turned white and a single message in bright red fonts appeared. It said: What happened to your files? After that, the ransom demands started appearing in shocking pink[...]
In case you haven't been paying attention, the Cryptocurrency markets have been booming in recent months. All of the major currencies have now pulled back from their all time highs, but BitCoin shattered several of its own records recently, as did Ethereum, which crested at a price of more than $3,300. Needless to say, this is causing a surge of interest in the ecosystem, and hundreds of thousands of new players are entering the market. Unfortunately, this has created an irresistible[...]
The USB-C cables on the market today are capable of handling no more than 100 watts of power. Industry engineers have been hard at work trying to find ways to improve that. Later this year, we should begin to see new USB-C cables that are capable of supporting up to 240 watts. At first glance, it may not seem all that significant, but today's computers and smart devices are increasingly power hungry. Large, robust laptops used for gaming and 4k monitors simply require more throughput to [...]
The pandemic is slowly fading from the headlines and releasing its grip on the world as the dominant factor in daily life. Now, businesses of all shapes and sizes are beginning to transition away from the pure "work from home" models that most have been employing over the past year. Based on the early, emerging trends, it doesn't seem like work life will go back to the way it was before. Most companies seem to be gravitating toward a hybrid model, where significant percentages of [...]
Hackers around the world have been busy this year, with Intuit being the latest company to fall victim to their attacks. The TurboTax company recently announced that their network was breached following a series of account takeover attacks, and that as a consequence, an undisclosed number of Turbo Tax customers had their personal data compromised. The company stressed that this breach was not a consequence of failed network security on their part, but rather, bad password practices in[...]
The hackers behind the malware called SolarMarker have begun using an innovative and unexpected means of distributing their poisoned code. They've started publishing PDF documents filled with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) keywords in a bid to boost the visibility of malicious websites that pose as Google Drive, but in fact, are simply repositories for the malware itself. A potential victim may get an email containing a PDF promising detailed information on attractive insurance [...]
Scammers are increasingly relying on a tried and true bit of social engineering to fool unsuspecting users into unwittingly signing up to receive a flood of additional spam email. They accomplish this by blasting out an email asking recipients if they wish to unsubscribe. The emails don't specify exactly what the recipient is unsubscribing from, or why unsubscribing is necessary. Of course, the main purpose here is to verify that the email address is valid and that the recipient is [...]
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