Privacy in the Digital Age: Whose Data Is It, Anyway?
Concerns about privacy on the Internet have always been out there, but news events of late seem to be bringing this problem more and more into the public eye. Earlier this month, Google began implementing its “new” privacy policy – despite opposition from many parties, including French and European Union regulators. The new privacy policy […] more…Latest Mass Compromise of WordPress sites – More Details
We are getting lots of questions about the latest mass compromise targeting WordPress sites (redirecting to fake AV) that has affected over 30,000 domains. The first question is how are these sites getting hacked? On all the cases we analysed, they either had outdated versions of WordPress, or of a plugin. We can safely rule […] more…Compromised Website for Luxury Cakes and Pastries Spreads Ransomware
During the past few days, we’ve been monitoring Laduree.fr, the website of a well-known confectionery company based in France. A seemingly unlikely target for cybercrime, Ladurée’s website was compromised in order to infect users’ systems with ransomware. The ransomware, detected as TROJ_RANSOM.BOV pretends to be notifications from the National Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie nationale), commonly known […] more…More information
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