Here is the weekly roundup :
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Uber Paid 20-Year-old Florida Man to Destroy Data as ‘Bug Bounty’ Program
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Uber has reportedly paid $100,000 as a pay-off to a hacker who stole the personal data of some 57 million users,including 600,000 drivers in the United States, and passed it off as a bug bounty program….
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Cryptocurrency Marketplace Suffers Hack, $64 Million in Bitcoin Stolen
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Cryptocurrency marketplace NiceHash has claimed that the contents of its bitcoin wallet was stolen in a security breach, with nearly $64 billion in bitcoins lost. Slovenia-based cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceCash…
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26% of Ransomware Attacks Target Corporate Businesses
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New research has revealed that the number of ransomware attacks targeting businesses have risen to 26% this year. An unprecedented outbreak of ransomware led by three major…
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FBI, Europol Put an End to Andromeda Botnet Menace
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An international contingent of law-enforcement agencies has conclusively struck a blow to the massive Andromeda malware botnet, one of the longest-running malware families in existence.
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PayPal’s TIO Data Breach Affects 1.6 Million Customers
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PayPal-acquired TIO, a Canadian payments processing company, has suffered a data breach that sees the personal information of some 1.6 million customers stolen by malicious hackers.
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LIFARS Guide:
Bad Rabbit Ransomware Guide
Check out LIFARS latest guide to learn about ransomwares most recent campaign Bad Rabbit. A malware that uses recycled lines of NotPetya code is distributed through a fake Flash Installer.
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