Security Affairs
Last week, a cyberattack hit Pop TV, Slovenia’s most popular TV channel, disrupting the operations. Last week, a cyber-attack has disrupted the operations of Pop TV, the Slovenian most popular TV channel. The attack, which likely was a ransomware attack, impacted the computer network of the TV channel and caused the cancellation of the evening […]
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The now-disrupted LockBit gang outpaced its competitors in volume in 2023, as ransom amounts spiked 20% year-over-year.
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DarkReading
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Plants at Massachusetts dairy company Hood LLC are back up and running after the company’s network system was the victim of a cyber security incident.
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AMD says it observed performance hits of up to 15% on Windows 11-compatible AMD processors when using some applications.
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DataBreaches
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CSO
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The Record
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A cyber-attack has disrupted the operations of Pop TV, Slovenia's most popular TV channel, in an incident this week believed to be an extortion attempt.
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Security Affairs
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The Record
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered two tech support firms to pay $26 million for scamming customers into buying computer repair services they did not need.
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(Machine translation of German-language article at zdf.de). Peter Wering reports: ….. Russian groups are currently making little ransom from...
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PCMag
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Her dance moves and K-Pop covers have won her 847,000 followers on YouTube. Then Natthamon “Nutty” Khongchak allegedly cheated thousands of them in a $55 million forex scam.
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