Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. The data is published after Medibank reportedly declines to pay a US$10 million ransom demand.

Passwords 229

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 229

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I would never want to live in any of our properties we bought as investments.

Education 111

Education Marketing IT Insurance 111

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. > 54% of all data breaches come from ransomware attacks in manufacturing, healthcare, government, financial, retail, and technology industries. 27% of all attacks mine crypto currencies, usually on unmonitored cloud systems.

Cybersecurity 96

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 96

Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

These were companies spanning all sorts of different industries; big tech, general infosec, antivirus, hosting, finance, e-commerce, cyber insurance - I could go on. A Lot Happens in 11 Months I onboarded 5 new governments onto HIBP: Austria, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark (and a 6th one about to be announced any day now).

IT 135

IT Mining Sales Data breaches 135