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Security Boulevard Community Chats Webinars Library 10 Major Cyber Attacks Witnessed Globally in Q1 2021 Cyber crime has been on the rise for years now and it is not showing any signs of slowing down. To make it worse, the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 just fueled the situation. Those who were expecting relief from the increasing terror of cyber crimes in 2021 are to be disappointed as the number of attacks is only increasing day after day.   #1 Channel Nine on 28th Marc...

It is reported by Bleeping Computer that security researcher DarkTracer has tracked data leaks since 2019, concluding that 34 ransomware groups have leaked data stolen from 2,103 organizations to date. The data are usually leaked on the dark web following a cyber-attack in which the attackers have been able to infiltrate a company system, exfiltrate sensitive data, encrypt the data to prevent access, demand a ransom payment to decrypt the data and — when the victim refuses to pay the ransom�...

12 May 2021, 01:05 am On Tuesday, May 11, Microsoft announced that there was a bug that recently appeared in Outlook. The known issue has brought frustrations to desktop and Microsoft 365 users. According to the Redmond company, users have been experiencing the sudden disappearance of an email text when they typed them in the display. Other reports pointed out that they were receiving empty emails that only bore a "message space." What could be the solution to this recent issue? Whats This Micr...

12 May 2021, 01:05 pm Right now, there are new FragAttacks security vulnerabilities that are targeting your devices, which use the internet. Security experts said that these new flaws are found in all WiFi gadgets. (Photo : Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Crisis Volunteer and Coach Lauren Duncan sits with her laptop in the kitchen, where she usually logs on for her shifts with the crisis text service Shout 85258 on June 02, 2020 in the Woodside Park area of London, United Kingdom. While studyi...

Print this article President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the April jobs report from the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) On the menu today: As the Biden administration is mystified by low hiring last month, we’re left wondering if they’ve tried talking to employers; Meanwhile, already-high gas prices are expected to jump again, in part because hackers have managed to shut down the most important oil pipeline on ...

Article content The cybercriminals who caused an energy crisis on the U.S. East Coast said they had no hard feelings and expressed regret for causing trouble. Colonial Pipeline Co. halted operations on May 7 after hackers stole almost 100 gigabytes of data and locked the company’s computers in a ransomware attack the FBI attributed to the DarkSide hacking ring. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Principled ramsomware hackers who took down the Col...

Dont show me this message again✕ A shadowy hacker group called DarkSide has been accused by the FBI of being behind a ransomware attack on a key pipeline in the US. “The FBI confirms that the Darkside ransomware is responsible for the compromise of the Colonial Pipeline networks. We continue to work with the company and our government partners on the investigation,” the law enforcement agency said in a statement on Monday. Colonial Pipeline operates one of the United States’ most crucia...

(Drone Base/Reuters) Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about business, finance, and economics. On the menu today: the ransomware group behind the Colonial pipeline shutdown, Druckenmiller’s warning to the Fed, a banker bets big on Doge, and David Bahnsen’s conversation with Larry Kudlow. To sign up for the Capital Note, follow this link. Extortion as a Service If the $70 billion run-up in Dogecoin that preceded Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live appearance didn’t convince you we ...

Image credit: Jim Watson Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. Updated May 10, 2021 at 8:29 PM ET A critical pipeline that runs from refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast to terminals as far north as New York was shut down over the weekend after being hit by a massive ransomware attack. The company announced Monday evening that its Line 4 between Gree...

A hacker group linked to the pipeline attack that knocked out much of the East Coats fuel supply claims to have a code of conduct forbidding attacks on some targets sbaker@businessinsider.com (Sinéad Baker) DarkSide, the group linked to the US Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, has a code of conduct. The attack knocked out a major route for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to the US East Coast. DarkSide presents an almost-corporate persona, and says there are some targets it wont att...