Minecraft, with over 500 million registered users and 166 million monthly players, faces significant risks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, threatening server functionality, player experience, and the game’s reputation. Despite the prevalence of DDoS attacks on the game, the majority of incidents go unreported, leaving a gap in awareness and protection. This article explains what […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Vladimir Dunaev Faces Up to 35 Years in Prison David Perera (@daveperera) • December 1, 2023 A Russian national pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court for his role in developing TrickBot. Operators of the malware targeted hospitals and healthcare centers with ransomware attacks during the […]
Australia faces a “persistent threat” from state-backed hackers, the country’s signals intelligence agency said Wednesday, highlighting the particular danger of Russian and Chinese cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. Australia has been hit by a string of high-profile hacks in the past 12 months, including one late last week that crippled major ports for three days. Without […]
Elizabeth Bernholz’s latest faces the childhood fears we never quite shake off pic: Teri Varhol If you think you were freaked out during the pandemic – and let’s face it, most of us were – then spare a thought for Gazelle Twin aka Elizabeth Bernholz. “During the pandemic I had a sort of double hit […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare Tennessee Practice So Far Faces 5 Proposed Class Action Lawsuits Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 16, 2023 Image: The Chattanooga Heart Institute The number of people affected by a Tennessee cardiac care clinic hack has more than doubled to 411,000 since the healthcare group […]
Russian hacker Dariy Pankov has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and now faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Pankov, who was extradited from the Eastern European country of Georgia earlier this year, was charged with developing and selling a piece of malware […]