The blog page of one of the leading media sites in the United Kingdom, “The Independent” has been compromised, which may put its millions of readers at risk of getting infected with ransomware. We have already informed The Independent about this security incident and are working with them to contain the situation. For their part, the news website staff was quick to respond and take action to mitigate the risk this event posed to the website itself and its user base.
Read MoreHacking incidents we’ve documented in the past show a common strategy used by attackers: finding a vulnerability and exploiting it. Whether it was the New York Times or small businesses in Asia, the starting point was found to be a compromise caused by a vulnerability. This vulnerability may either have been technical (vulnerable software), or non-technical…
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