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. Twitter acknowledges that it was relieved of phone numbers and email addresses for 5.4 million users.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 240

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. 27% of all attacks mine crypto currencies, usually on unmonitored cloud systems. Breach damages of $300k to $1 million may be within the risk tolerance for some, and many may expect to recoup damages from cybersecurity insurance.

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Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 119

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. I hate to be vague (I'm usually super transparent on these things), but I'd also hate to disrespect the privacy of this organisation or land myself in hot water legally.

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