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Hackers hit Sacramento transit system, demand money to stop attack

21

Nov

2017

Hackers looking for a payout have hit the Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) system, defacing the agency website, erasing data from some of its servers, and demanding money to stop the attack and not do further damage. Read More

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Criminals leverage unsecured IoT devices, DDoS attacks surge

20

Nov

2017

Organizations experienced an average of 237 DDoS attack attempts per month during Q3 2017 – equivalent to 8 DDoS attack attempts every day – as hackers strive to take their organizations offline or steal sensitive data, according to Corero Network Security. Read More

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Funeral home hacked; hackers use account for phishing scam

23

Oct

2017

Social engineering is one of the oldest tricks in the hacker book, used to target companies large and small. Psychological trickery to get employees to click on links, download infected documents or give away personal information via email is one of the top techniques still practiced by cybercriminals for fraud. Phishing schemes are common; they’ve […]

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