The Redcar and Cleveland Council confirmed they were victim of a cyber attack after a ransomware entered the server network by hijacking the private tax information of its citizens.
The same incident happened three weeks ago, where according to reports, hackers accessed the Council's servers by…
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The year 2020 will say goodbye to passwords, according to Fujitsu
The year 2020 will have complex security attacks, although the Orchestration, Automation and Response will have a breakthrough and will also be the year in which outdated practices such as passwords are left behind, which will give way to…
Password “123456” was the least secure of 2019
The passwords '123456' and '123456789' have been the most frequent filtered by cybercriminals in the last year, and only the first one - the most common - was ever used by 3% of Internet users, according to the Ranking of the Worst…
North Korea launches attacks using cryptocurrencies
The attached assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division, said Tonya Ugoretz financial tension between the two countries has led to state actors from North Korea to cybercrime. These words were offered at an event organized by the group…
Hackers use fake Twitter accounts for crypto scams
False accounts in the social network Twitter increase and thousands of users are trapped by deceptive offers. The most recent attack of the hackers went to the account of the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis, pretending to promote a draw in…
Japanese police investigate cryptojacking case
Cryptojacking, defined as the unauthorized use of devices to mine cryptocurrencies is a crime that affects thousands of users around the world. An alleged recent case in Japan keeps in alert the authorities investigating cybercriminals…