• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-12-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on A ransomware attack is spreading worldwide, using alleged NSA exploit

A ransomware attack appears to be spreading around the world, leveraging a hacking tool that may have come from the U.S. National Security Agency.The ransomware, called Wanna Decryptor, struck hospitals at the U.K.’s National Health Service on Friday, taking down […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-12-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on The nasty new Jaff ransomware demands $3,700 payments

Attackers behind the highly successful Locky and Bart ransomware campaigns have returned with a new creation: A malicious file-encrypting program called Jaff that asks victims for payments of around $3,700.Like Locky and Bart, Jaff is distributed via malicious spam emails […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-12-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on The nasty new Jaff ransomware demands $3,700 payments

Attackers behind the highly successful Locky and Bart ransomware campaigns have returned with a new creation: A malicious file-encrypting program called Jaff that asks victims for payments of around $3,700.Like Locky and Bart, Jaff is distributed via malicious spam emails […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-12-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Password managers: The good, the bad, and the ugly

In a world where we’re being told to change our passwords every five minutes thanks to the latest massive breach, it’s hard to imagine life without a password manager. Though now that these killer apps are a dime a dozen, […]