(Natural News) The University of California San Francisco paid $1.14 million in bitcoin to hackers following a ransomware attack that took place earlier this month. The attack encrypted data on the university’s School of Medicine servers, rendering it inaccessible. The hackers initially demanded $3 million, but the university got them to agree to a lower […]

(Natural News) Scammers have been using Twitter to gain access to high profile accounts, not only putting the user’s privacy at risk but also making their most sensitive and influential communications vulnerable. Because hackers can gain access to high profile accounts, Twitter has become a national security risk. Once scammers are able to Tweet under […]

(Natural News) A nuclear attack is terrifying, that much is certain. Both the United States and Russia have pulled out of a decades-old nuclear weapons pact; North Korea continues to test their missile program; and tensions in Iran are putting a lot of people on edge. However, there’s another threat that the world needs to look […]

(Natural News) Officials in the state of Washington have acknowledged the loss of “hundreds of millions of dollars” to an international scheme that hammered the state’s unemployment insurance system. The attack, which is thought to have originated in Nigeria, could mean even longer delays for thousands of unemployed workers still waiting for legitimate benefits. The […]

(Natural News) As you might expect, online retail giant Amazon has been enjoying incredible sales these days as people are generally stuck at home around the world – around $11,000 a second of sales, to be more precise. Their share price has climbed by more than a third in under a month, and owner Jeff […]

(Natural News) A newly discovered flaw in chips powering wireless devices from a number of popular brands has left over a billion people vulnerable to hacking. Researchers working for the Slovakia-based internet security company ESET discovered a flaw that can allow hackers to steal data from people using these devices. ESET researchers have officially tagged the flaw as CVE-2019-1526, but have […]

(Natural News) Data has become more valuable than oil, and technology companies are constantly coming up with new ways to extract personal information out of your home. The reason smart TVs are so cheap on black Friday is because the data they will eventually collect on every consumer is far more valuable than the cheap […]

(Natural News) The Department of Homeland Security is warning against a critical flaw in Medtronic defibrillators which can be hacked by malicious actors. If a hacker were to exploit this flaw, they could gain control of the machine and rewrite commands — actions which could have fatal consequences. At the time of this reporting, there […]

(Natural News) A popular electric scooter model manufactured in China can be remotely hacked and locked down. According to a “proof of concept” test by security research firm Zimperium, these electric scooters can be remotely accessed and controlled. Hackers can remotely accelerate the scooter or cause it to hit the brakes, putting the rider at […]

(Natural News) American consumers are becoming more aware of home “assistant” products offered by tech behemoths Amazon and Google that act as ready reference devices. No doubt you’ve seen the commercials: A guy in the kitchen asks his machine how much of an ingredient to use for a dish; a high school student asks a […]