Sextortion and the Consequences of Getting Caught With Your Pants Down

Chris Hartwig

Sextortion is the act of extorting money from someone using the threat of sharing sexually explicit photos or videos that were obtained by illicit means. The photos and videos used in the extortion…

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FBI Releases Article on Ransomware

Greg Edwards

You know things are getting serious when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) releases an article on a situation. On Friday (April 29th, 2016), the FBI released an article titled “Incidents of…

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Why Signature Based AntiVirus Solutions Fail to Detect Crypto Ransomware

Chris Hartwig

Dell released a SonicWall Security Center alert regarding the Jigsaw ransomware virus on April 22, 2016. The alert explained that “The Dell SonicWall Threats Research team has received reports of a…

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Shodan Demonstrates Why Closing Unused IoT Ports is Critical to Cyber Security

Chris Hartwig

The Internet of Things (IoT) is defined as the vast network of physical objects like cell phones, vehicles, doorbells, and entire buildings that are embedded with electronics, software sensors, and…

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2016 Cyber Security Statistics

Greg Edwards

The first quarter of 2016 has seen a significant rise is cyberattacks, and unfortunately, the forecast doesn’t look much better. Banking Trojans and Ransomware have dominated the cyber security stats…

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How to Deceive Hackers into Exposing Themselves

Nathan Studebaker

We’ve seen it acted out a hundred times on the big screen. The tough-talking cop, who towers over the newly arrested suspect, hands still cuffed behind their back, as the bright lights of justice…

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A Breakdown of Tor

Grant Batterson

Recently a service called Tor has been growing in popularity; it has even gotten media attention at times. Tor itself is a free anonymity project that was created to help spur on the free web…

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How to Decrypt Jigsaw Ransomware

Chris Hartwig

There is a new variant on the old ransomware theme that has been introduced into the wild. Jigsaw ransomware not only locks your computer to encrypt your files but it also deletes them if you don’t…

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Urgent: Zero Day | Remove QuickTime

Greg Edwards

Apple is no longer supporting the video playing application QuickTime for Windows. If you still have it installed, you should uninstall it immediately. At least two Zero Day Vulnerabilities exist…

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