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US hospital paid $55,000 ransom to hackers despite having backups

17

Jan

2018

A US hospital has decided to pay a ransom of 4 bitcoin to regain access to some 1,400 files locked by attackers.

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Bitcoin loses ground; hackers opt for other encrypted digital currencies

05

Jan

2018

Bitcoin’s popularity is waning as alternatives such as Stellar, ZCash or monero climb the cybercriminals’ preferred list.

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Why phishers love HTTPS

06

Dec

2017

As more and more sites switch to HTTPS, the number of phishing sites hosted on HTTPS domains is also increasing. “In the third quarter of 2017, we observed nearly a quarter of all phishing sites hosted on HTTPS domains, nearly double the percentage we saw in the second quarter. A year ago, less than three […]

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