Month: January 2017

Decryption tools are now available for three ransomware families that have been discovered during the past few weeks, allowing victims to recover files without paying a dime.

Dubbed DeriaLock and PHP Ransomware, two of the new malware families were found by Check Point, a security firm that recently became part of the No More Ransom (NMR) project.

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Of all the “What to watch” lists gumming up your social media feeds, “Which tech trends are on the horizon” should be the one you pause long enough to read.

The Internal Revenue Service is fighting to obtain vast amounts of data on Bitcoin and other digital currency transactions. But what the IRS will get–and when–remains unclear. In November, a federal court authorized the IRS to serve a John Doe Summons on Coinbase, Inc.

A security researcher claims to have discovered a large volume of data inadvertently leaked online by a subcontractor that provides healthcare services and professionals to the United States government.

Potomac Healthcare Solutions provides services to the U.S.

The recently released Joint Analysis Report (JAR) published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to detail tools used by Russian hackers in cyber attacks against the United States election didn’t deliver on its promise, security experts argue.

The control room of a power plant in Nebraska. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

As the Washington Post’s story of Russian hackers burrowed deep within the US electrical grid, ready to plunge the nation into darkness at the flip of a switch unraveled into the story of a single non-grid-connected laptop with a piece of malware on it, the Post has faced fierce criticism over how it fact checked and verified the details of its story.

The lack of proper security mechanisms in travel booking systems exposes passengers’ personal information and allows fraudsters to steal tickets and loyalty bonuses, researchers have warned.

Last week, at the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany, Karsten Nohl and Nemanja Nikodijevic of Security Research Labs detailed the vulnerabilities affecting major travel booking systems and demonstrated how easily they can be exploited.

KeepKey, a hardware wallet designed for the secure storage of bitcoin and other virtual currency, informed users on Saturday that the company’s systems had been targeted by a hacker on Christmas Day.