A Chinese hacking group attacked the websites of twelve state-run or public research institutions over the Lunar New Year holiday after the group threatened to target over 2,000 government agencies.
A Pyongyang-backed hacking group is believed to be behind an email phishing scheme that targeted South Korean security experts on three occasions earlier this year, according to police Sunday.
The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday issued an updated advisory highlighting the risks associated with ransomware payments, while naming North Korea as one of the main culprits behind such attacks.
Hostages are computer files, and negotiation is done through emails. Ransom is paid in bitcoin. American weekly magazine the New Yorker published a story about ransomware negotiators. Ransomware is malware that infects a...
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