A new email\ncampaign<\/a> has been spotted threatening ransomware and DDoS attacks\nover fake tax documents allegedly held by the attackers if a Bitcoin ransom\nisn\u2019t paid. The campaign authors also threaten to send fake tax documents to\nthe IRS through a poorly-worded ransom email that even provides Wikipedia\nexcerpts for each threat put forward. Fortunately, as the campaign seems to be\nfocused on corporations rather than individuals, no payments have been made to\nthe attacker\u2019s crypto coin wallet address. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As major data\nbreaches<\/a> continue to flood headlines, a recent study has revealed\nthat nearly two of every three hotels exposes information about its guests to third-parties.\nExcerpts of the data show names, social security numbers, and payment card\ndetails that could give unauthorized users the ability to compromise identities\nor make changes to current reservations. Most of the exposed data involves comping\nthrough third-party services run on hotel websites offering customers\nadditional packages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Police in the UK have officially charged and jailed a man\nfor his part in the operation of a global\nransomware campaign<\/a> with ties to a Russian criminal organization. Charges\nrange from fraud and blackmail to computer misuse relating to DDoS attacks and\nthe Essex man is set to face at least six years. By masquerading as an\nadvertising agent looking to purchase ad space on high-traffic sites, he was able\nto infect ad links with malware and other exploits to spread his campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHotel Reservation Data Leaking Through Third-Party Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ransomware Conspirator Jailed in the UK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Firefox Begins Blocking Cryptomining Scripts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n