If you use VLC media player on your computer and haven’t updated it recently, don’t you even dare to play any untrusted, randomly downloaded video file on it. Doing so could allow hackers to remotely take full control over your computer system. That’s because VLC media player software versions prior to 3.0.7 contain two high-risk security[…]
In the last two weeks, Florida has paid more than $1.1 million in bitcoin to cybercriminals to recover encrypted files from two separate ransomware attacks—one against Riviera Beach and the other against Lake City. Lake City, a city in northern Florida, agreed on Monday to pay hackers 42 Bitcoin (equivalent to $573,300 at the current value) to unlock[…]
ran·som·ware ˈransəmˌwe(ə)r/ noun a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. Part 1: The Ransomware Business is Still Booming Nearly 50 percent of organizations have been hit with ransomware Source: Osterman Research According to a June 2016 survey from Osterman Research, almost one[…]