cybercrime, hackers, lockbit, ransomware

Combating Cybercrime in the Post-Pandemic Era: Taiwan Can Help

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged much of the globe. In mid-May 2021, the Republic of China (Taiwan) saw a sudden rise in case numbers. When Taiwan needed help the most, partners such as the United States, Japan, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, as well as the COVAX Facility global allocation mechanism for ...

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Jets flying over the Taiwan Presidential Office Building

Hackers Break Into Baltimore Computers, Demand Ransom

Hackers have broken into the computer networks of the Baltimore city government, encrypting critical files in the process. It will reportedly take the government several months to unlock all the files and get the systems running normally. The hackers Hackers demanded a ransom of 3 Bitcoins (US$23,300) to unlock the files for each system. For ...

Jack Roberts

Baltimore City Hall.

Internet Is Now a Monster, Says Former CERN Scientist

When Tim Berners-Lee created the HTTP protocol to help CERN scientists across the world share information and cooperate with one another, he laid the foundations of the Internet we know today. Decades after its invention, it is now an integral part of human society. However, Francois Fluckiger, the man who assumed charge of the web ...

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CERN.

How to Protect Yourself From Cybercrime During the Holiday Season

The popularity of online shopping has attracted hordes of cybercriminals on the lookout for security vulnerabilities that can be used to steal financial information and wealth. According to security researchers Carbon Black, the 2017 holiday shopping season saw a 57 percent increase in cybercrime. With Christmas fast approaching, the criminals are expected to increase their ...

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Hacker Who Cracked US Military Unable to Sell Secrets

An amateur South American hacker stumbled onto sensitive information about U.S. military assets. However, lack of experience made him quote a ridiculously low sum for the information, while also making him a target of the U.S. security establishment. Contacting the hacker Recorded Future’s analyst team, the Insikt Group, had embedded themselves into the dark web ...

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