The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2018

Related: Why cryptojacking is more insidious than ransomware. On the face, the damage caused by cryptojacking may appear to be mostly limited to consumers and website publishers who are getting their computing resources diverted to mining fresh units of Monero, Ethereum and Bytecoin on behalf of leeching attackers.

Mining 176

Mining Cloud Ransomware Passwords 176

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

In March 2013, several impossibly massive waves of nuisance requests – peaking as high as 300 gigabytes per second— swamped Spamhaus , knocking the anti-spam organization off line for extended periods. Related: IoT botnets now available for economical DDoS blasts.

IoT 263

IoT Mining Manufacturing Security 263

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Rather than dropping ransomware on victims’ machines and hoping they would pay to regain access to their files, cyber criminals were increasingly cutting out the middle man and infecting victims’ machines with software that used their spare processing power to mine for cryptocurrency. It intends to take the case to the Supreme Court.

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This part will also discuss managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. That is almost 2000 times more data in less than 20 years (Press 2013, Patrizio 2018). DT is creating real-time data that can be “mined” to uncover information about products, customers, market trends, and financial risks.

Digital transformation 59

Digital transformation Blockchain IT Computer and Electronics 59

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. In December 2018, the company provided an update to its initial analysis revealing a disconcerting scenario, UPnProxy was still up and running.

Mining 97

Mining Communications Ransomware IT 97

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans).

Computer and Electronics 113

Computer and Electronics Phishing Ransomware Encryption 113