Los Angeles College Pays Hackers $28,000 Ransom To Get Its Files Back

The Hacker News Daily Updates Crypto 101 Want to know how to exploit a common cryptographic flaw or forge administrator cookies, recover passwords? Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Jan 10, 2017 Los Angeles College Pays Hackers $28,000 Ransom To Get Its Files Back Ransomware has turned on to a noxious game of Hackers to get paid effortlessly. Once again the heat was felt by the Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) when hackers managed to infect its computer network with ransomware and demanded US$28,000 payment in Bitcoins to get back online. The cyber-attack ... Read More Goodbye! Yahoo to rename itself 'Altaba' after Verizon Deal It's time to say goodbye to Yahoo! While Yahoo's core internet business was being sold to Verizon for $4.8 Billion, the remaining portions of the company left behind is renaming itself to Altaba Inc, which marks the sad ending of one of the most familiar brand names on the internet. In a public ... Read More Over 27,000 MongoDB Databases Held For Ransom Within A Week The ransomware attacks on poorly secured MongoDB installations have doubled in just a day. A hacker going by the handle Harak1r1 is accessing, copying and deleting unpatched or badly-configured MongoDB databases and then threatening administrators to ransom in exchange of the lost data. It all ... Read More FTC Sues D-Link Over Failure to Secure Its Routers and IP Cameras from Hackers Image Source: Book - Protect Your Windows Network from Perimeter to Data The United States' trade watchdog has sued Taiwan-based D-link, alleging that the lax security left its products vulnerable to hackers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit (pdf) against D-Link on Thursday, ... Read More Netgear launches Bug Bounty Program for Hacker; Offering up to $15,000 in Rewards It might be the easiest bug bounty program ever. Netgear launched on Thursday a bug bounty program to offer up to $15,000 in rewards to hackers who will find security flaws in its products. Since criminals have taken aim at a rapidly growing threat surface created by millions of new Internet of ... Read More Crypto 101 Want to know how to exploit a common cryptographic flaw or forge administrator cookies, recover passwords? Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India