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Epic Games Ransomware Attack Was Just a ‘Scam Operation’
Last week a ransomware group claimed they had stolen of data from Epic Games which consisted of 189GB of information. This is of course concerning for both Epic games and us as we had no information on what the data included, whether it was employee information or customer information. Fortunately,…
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Ransomware Group Claims To Have Stolen From Epic Games
A ransomware group has made the claim that they have stolen data from Fortnite creators Epic Games which includes details including email addresses, passwords, full names, payment information and more. Epic Games Ransomware Attack As reported by Eurogamer, Ransomware group Mogilevich has alleged that they have acquired almost 200GB of…
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International Police Have Taken Cybercrime Gang Lockbit’s Website
In a collaboration between several major police forces worldwide, the website for ransomware group LockBit has been taken and disrupted the operations of one of the worlds largest cybercrime groups. LockBit Website Taken As reported by cyberscoop.com, the LockBit website has been seized by the UK’s National Crime Agency in…
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Massive Hack At Insomniac Games Leads to Blackmail, Doxxing and Game Leaks
Some news that will probably not come as a shock is that Sony has been hacked again! Well, one of their long-time Sony developers has been hacked at least, and it’s not looking good, not that it ever does. Insomniac Games Leaks This time the ransomware attack resulted in a…
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Discord.io Suffers Data Breach Exposing 760,000 Members Details
A third-party application named Discord.io has recently suffered a data breach that has exposed up to 760,000 members and has forced the service to shut down. Discord.io Data Breach As reported by Techradar, Discord.io is a third-party application which allows users to generate custom invite links for their Discord servers.…
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BlackCat Hacking Group Claims To Have Stolen 80GB of Data From Reddit
Ransomware Gang BlackCat also known as AlphV has claimed to have hacked Reddit amidst all of its current drama surrounding its API pricing. Reddit Hack Claims Based on Information shared by BleepingComputer, the BlackCat Ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a system breach that occurred back in February after an…
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UK to Introduce New Law Mandating Businesses to Disclose All Ransomware Attacks
While ransomware is a sad modern reality (and risk) for both businesses and individuals, for the former it’s particularly tempting, wherever possible, to not actually disclose to the public when they have been the victim of a cyber security attack. In fact, with many cyber security insurance policies offering to…
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Cyber Security Insurance Analyst Says Premiums Are Doubling Each Year Due to Attacks!
It is a sad reality of modern times that as businesses look to move more and more into the online world, this only goes to increase their overall risk of eventually being a victim of hackers and/or security exploits. – Because of this, we have seen in recent years the…
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Ransomware Experts Believe More Businesses Are Paying to Get their Data Back
Ransomware currently represents one of the biggest cyber security threats to both businesses and individuals. – For those of you unaware, this particular malware encrypts all of the main data on the PC (or laptop) and then requests a payment (usually in the form of Bitcoin) to give you the…
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FBI Warns Firms Over Malware-Riddled USB Sticks
If you received a free USB stick in the post, would you put it into your PC? – It’s honestly a tricky question to answer. While many of us ‘in the know’ would clearly recognise this as a potentially very bad idea, and particularly so if we were uncertain about…
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Ransomware Groups are at War With their Malware’s Creators!
Ransomware is a rather odious piece of malware that, once infected on your system, looks to encrypt all of your files and charge you for the privilege of getting them back. Payments are, of course, often requested in Bitcoin due to the inability for it to be tracked. The bottom…
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Kaspersky Issues Warning Over James Bond Download/Stream Links!
You wouldn’t steal a handbag. You wouldn’t steal a car. Piracy is a crime, etc., etc. – No, we’re not going to patronise you by starting off with a ‘holier than thou’ declaration of the problems that can be created if you choose to dabble in the more buccaneering aspects…
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TerraMaster Introduce New Anti-Ransomware Software!
TerraMaster has announced the launch of its comprehensive suite of cybersecurity features to provide excellent protection against all variants of ransomware, viruses, and other forms of cyberattack. There has been an increase in new variants of ransomware that specifically target NAS devices. TerraMaster continuously bolsters the suite of cybersecurity features…
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Hack Group Publishes Gigabyte’s Confidential Documents
It’s been a tough month for Gigabyte, as just a couple of weeks ago, they were hit by a massive ransomware attack. The attack saw them lose around 112GB of data to the hackers. Of course, they wanted a big fat cash settlement to have the data returned or they…
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