• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-16-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Suspected spycraft, not hacktivism, swirls around alleged NSA hack

Not even the National Security Agency is immune to carelessness, according to noted leaker Edward Snowden. The agency’s operatives can get lazy, and sometimes they leave behind files inside the servers they’ve hacked.That could explain how an anonymous group managed […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-16-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Cerber ransomware rakes in cash by recruiting unskilled hackers

A ransomware strain has been making a pretty penny by opening its doors to unskilled hackers. 
Security firm Check Point gained a rare look at the inner workings of the Cerber ransomware and found that its developers are building a network […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-16-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Cerber ransomware rakes in cash by recruiting unskilled hackers

A ransomware strain has been making a pretty penny by opening its doors to unskilled hackers. 
Security firm Check Point gained a rare look at the inner workings of the Cerber ransomware and found that its developers are building a network […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-15-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on NSA hacked? Top cyber weapons allegedly go up for auction

An anonymous group claims to have stolen hacking tools that might belong to the National Security Agency and is auctioning them off to the highest bidder.It’s a pretty bold claim, but the hackers have offered sample files, and some security […]