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Emsisoft
Company blog · blog.emsisoft.comsecurity
Emsisoft is the company blog at blog.emsisoft.com, writing about security. Since 2016, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Hitting the BlackMatter gang where it hurts: In the wallet”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this Emsisoft cybersecurity blog's ransomware coverage as a reality check, listing incidents such as a police department infected by a malicious email attachment. The writing itself is not judged.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Straight-talking security advice from the Malware Experts
Most-linked posts?
- Hitting the BlackMatter gang where it hurts: In the wallet2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-10-25
What Hacker News says?
> Maybe at one point, but at this point the general audience > B) Knows enough to do things right Reality check: https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/34822/the-state-of-ransomware-i... Note that not all these incidents resulted from drive-by-downloads or elaborate hacks: > Riviera Beach: In June, Riviera Beach, Florida, was hit with ransomware when a police department employee opened a malicious email attachment. In 2019, p…
Comment linking /en/34822/the-state-of-ransomware-in-the-us-report-and-statistics-2019/
on “Krita 4.4.0”Submitted Meet Ransom32: The first JavaScript ransomware as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spotlight on ransomware: Ransomware payment methods as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted (2014) The story of insecure ransomware keys and self-serving bloggers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Has the antivirus industry gone mad? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Decrypter for Ransomware HydraCrypt and UmbreCrypt available as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitting the BlackMatter gang where it hurts: In the wallet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitting the BlackMatter gang where it hurts: In the wallet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How do hackers make money from your stolen data? as a story · 1 points
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