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I read an article ta;lking about another gang that disappeared, although this time, they disappeared mysteriously. The article Burgeoning ransomware gang Avaddon appears to shut…

Hello folks, saw an article I read Insurer Chubb paid $65,000 to help a city unlock ransomware in 2018. A second hack was more expensive.…

Its very interesting how stories like this one come about. Krebs on Security gives us this one, and I found it quite interesting how this…

Hello folks, Continuing to try and blog on these items we’re not going to get to in our news notes this week, EA Sports apparently…

We recently leanrrn that JBS had paid an $11 million ransomware payment to ensure their data was not sold or used in any way, according…

As far as we know and can gather by the article, McDonalds was compromised outside the United States in two different countries. There is nothing…

While I’ve been looking at articles that should highlight news notes, this one keeps popping up in my head. As I wrote in my news…

We covered the Phishing Trends report from Phishlabs in last podcast, and there’s another article that has some highlights. From their data, there are 5…

Samsung has some flaws I think people need to know about. Find details in the article quoted and linked below. This is serious, make sure…

As we know, president Trump when he was in office had put an order banning TikTok from being ran in the United States because of…

This week, we learn about iConstituent, a service lawmakers use to communicate with voters. In an article titled Ransomware hits iConstituent, a service lawmakers use…

I guess I’m not surprised finding this out that it is out on the loose. There’s a quote with the link to the article, I’m…

Hello folks, Michael in Tennessee sent me this article titled ISPs claim broadband prices aren’t too high—Biden admin isn’t buying it from Ars Technica. My…

We know that Trickbot, the pervasive malware that targeted tons of different agencies for many years is probably now among the dying as its code…

There’s lots in the news this week, and lots dealing with the Ransomware issue that we all need to be aware of. Just in the…

Yesterday, I caught the last hour of the WWDC coverage. Partially, I forgot, but then I remembered a webinar I wanted to attend which I…

I think I’m going to file this under the “I can’t believe I read this crap” department. I honestly think its time that we figure…

I’m not sure if we’ve covered this, but in case we didn’t, Trend Micro has an article about their accomplishment of winning the vulnerability disclosures…

So, the article title I used asks a simple question. Are you a T-mobile customer? I know of at least one, and I’m sure I’ll…

Hello folks, I did some reading today and saw that we have an arrest of a Latvian national who is charged with writing the Trickbot…