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Weekly Update 325

Troy Hunt

Turns out both cell and wifi in Lapland are, with the benefit of hindsight, exactly what you'd expect from a remote location in the Arctic circle. The rest of the place was pretty amazing though, and a good deal of this week's content has gone to that.

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What is Ransomware? The Major Cybersecurity Threat Explained

Spinone

Also, this ransomware served as a source for Bad Rabbit, a modified version of Petya, that disguised itself as an update for Adobe Flash Player. In 2015, the global ransomware damage was approximately $325 million. As you know, Google always updates automatically. Running the fake installation caused the infection.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

Attackers with Chinese IP addresses accomplish this by uploading malware to a server used to update ESTsoft’s ALZip compression application and steal the names, user IDs, hashed passwords, birthdates, genders, telephone numbers, and street and email addresses contained in a database connected to the same network. . presidential election.