by thelanzagroup | Feb 22, 2016 | Jeff Lanza's Blog
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center is aware of this bitcoin conversion because that is what they said they paid to hackers to get the encryption key to unlock their data. The linked article provides more details, but to prevent this from happening to you personally...
by thelanzagroup | Feb 15, 2016 | Jeff Lanza's Blog
The security from Imperva reports that over a three-month period in 2015, a single cybercrime gang managed to earn at least $330,000 in bitcoins thanks to an estimated 670 victims paying attackers’ ransom demand to decrypt their ransomware-infected systems. On...
by thelanzagroup | Feb 8, 2016 | Jeff Lanza's Blog
The Wall Street Journal had a great article this past weekend on identity theft tax refund fraud. I have been talking about this crime in my presentations and ways to stay protected so you don’t become a victim. Here is some additional advice from the article:...
by thelanzagroup | Oct 28, 2015 | Jeff Lanza's Blog
I don’ t mean co-conspirator in a legal sense or with criminal culpability. But it is true that our actions online can contribute to the success rate of the cyber criminals. Over the years, law enforcement has fought crime epidemics involving hoodlums, mobsters...
by thelanzagroup | Aug 14, 2015 | Jeff Lanza's Blog
Another example of how hackers continue to find new ways to steal. In this case, anyone who has any market investments, including IRAs, 401Ks, or traditional pensions are victims. The hackers gained inside information and traded before the portfolio managers of our...
