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Scale, details of massive Kaseya ransomware attack emerge

Scale, details of massive Kaseya ransomware attack emerge

Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.
by The Associated Press

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Ransomware attack before holiday leaves companies scrambling

Ransomware attack before holiday leaves companies scrambling

Businesses around the world rushed Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that has paralyzed their computer networks, a situation complicated in the U.S. by offices lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
by The Associated Press

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Pinterest bans all weight loss ads

Pinterest bans all weight loss ads

Pinterest will now ban all ads containing weight loss language or imagery, adding to the platform's growing roster of prohibited content.
by Savannah Sicurella

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UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

A U.S. government report on UFOs, released Friday, said it found no evidence of aliens, but acknowledged 143 reports of "unidentified aerial phenomena" since 2004 that could not be explained.
by Greg Myre

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Cybercrime is on the rise. What can we do to protect ourselves?

Cybercrime is on the rise. What can we do to protect ourselves?

In just the last couple of months, cybercriminals have hacked several U.S. companies using different types of ransomware, paralyzing a petroleum pipeline, compromising a meat manufacturer, delaying ferry operations between Massachusetts’ mainland and Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and even targeting K-12 schools. Wednesday, host Kerri Miller talked to two cybersecurity experts about cyber threats, the risks of corporate hacking, what can be done to prevent them and what can be done to protect those who are most vulnerable.
by Kerri Miller and Ariana Rosas

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