Feb 24, 2017 | Malware and Exploits
A new macintosh ransomware variant found packaged in software supposed to ‘crack’ or give you access to free editions of paid software, has no ability to decrypt the files it has encoded. While an infected mac user might make a payment, that there is no...
Feb 10, 2017 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
Hundreds of thousands of people may have had their credit card data hacked into after buying Arby’s fast food. The restaurant found that its computer systems and tills in some US stores were breached by malware, that allows attackers to remotely steal data from...
Feb 7, 2017 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
In late December 2016, we revealed that IHG had hired a security consultant to investigate whether they had been subject of a data-breach. Now we can confirm that the data breach is verified by IHG themselves in a press release issued late last Friday. IHG said it...
Jan 26, 2017 | Data Breaches
The Police Department in Cockrell Hill, Texas has admitted in a press release that they have lost years worth of evidence after the department’s server was encrypted in a ransomware attack. Lost evidence included all body camera video, some in-car video, some...
Jan 24, 2017 | Cyber-Crime
G-Data recently published an analysis of a new ransomware called Spora, that appeared in January. It was first spotted by the folks over at ID Ransomware, and was mainly affecting Russian users, but it is venturing out into other areas of the globe now. Spora function...
