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CD Project Red does an about-face, says ransomware crooks are leaking data
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) CD Projekt Red, the maker of The Witcher series, Cyberpunk 2077, and other popular games, said…
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EA source code stolen by hacker claiming to sell it online
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Game-maker Electronic Arts and the Presque Isle Police Department in Maine are responding to an event…
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Mystery malware steals 26M passwords from 3M PCs. Are you affected?
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have discovered yet another massive trove of sensitive data, a dizzying 1.2TB database containing login…
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Hackers can mess with HTTPS connections by sending data to your email server
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) When you visit an HTTPS-protected website, your browser doesn’t exchange data with the webserver until it…
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US seizes $2.3 million Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware attackers
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The FBI said it has seized $2.3 million paid to the ransomware attackers who paralyzed the…
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Hacker lexicon: What is a supply chain attack?
Enlarge (credit: Frank Lindecke / Flickr) Cybersecurity truisms have long been described in simple terms of trust: Beware email attachments…
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This is not a drill: VMware vuln with 9.8 severity rating is under attack
Enlarge A VMware vulnerability with a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10 is under active exploitation. At least one…
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Ransomware will now get priority treatment at the Justice Department
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Justice Department has created a task force to centrally track and coordinate all federal cases…
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Attack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cut-throat gang
Enlarge / Ransomware (credit: Getty Images) The cyberattack that halted some operations at the world’s biggest meat processor this week…
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Shortages loom as ransomware hamstrings the world’s biggest meat producer
Enlarge (credit: Matthew Stockman / Getty Images) A ransomware attack has struck the world’s biggest meat producer, causing it to…
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