Blake DowlingJuly 13, 2024
9min0
The list of cyber threats is getting pretty long.
Tag: malware
Blake DowlingJuly 13, 2024Blake DowlingJanuary 21, 2023
8min0
Working in technology for over 25 years, ransomware is the worst cyber threat I have ever seen.
Blake DowlingJanuary 15, 2022
6min0
These attacks are happening now, and one could land on your desk any day.
Associated PressApril 1, 2021
9min2073
There is no indication that any personal information has been stolen.
Associated PressDecember 17, 2020
5min566
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency gave its most detailed comments yet since the suspected Russian attack that emerged this weekend.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 2, 20193min376
A new threat makes apps work together to harm users.
Blake DowlingNovember 4, 2017
7min261
This year has been exceptionally brutal on the cybersecurity front, and ransomware in particular. You know it is terrible when Webster tosses the name in the book. According to the 2017 Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “ransomware” is malware requiring the victim to pay a ransom to access encrypted files. Also added were other random words that have […]
Blake DowlingSeptember 13, 2016
4min172
Over the years, I have composed dozens of columns on cyberthreats, skimming credit cards at the pump, boss-phishing, crypto locker, and identity theft. In a lot of those stories, you don’t hear about the bad guys getting the hammer. The Department of Homeland Security has an enormous task of defending government agencies from nation-state cyberattacks, […]
Jim RosicaJuly 28, 2016
2min336
The state’s lawyers are being targeted by yet another online scam. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent out a warning Wednesday night about a new “imposter scam.” This time, her office is the one being spoofed. “Bar members are receiving emails purported to be from the Florida Attorney General’s Office, erroneously informing (them) that their business is being sued by […]
Jim RosicaMay 24, 2016
7min345
The Florida Bar is warning members: Be careful when opening email that looks like it came from us. A handful of attorneys have recently reported “spam emails containing malicious malware” infecting their computers, according to a Bar alert sent to the state’s lawyers on Tuesday. The subject lines of the emails, which were sent from “@flabar.org” […]