Cyber Crime

US Gov warns of BEC attacks to hijack shipments of food productsUS Gov warns of BEC attacks to hijack shipments of food products

US Gov warns of BEC attacks to hijack shipments of food products

US government is warning of business email compromise (BEC) attacks aimed at hijacking shipments of food products and ingredients. The…

3 years ago
Glupteba botnet is back after Google disrupted it in December 2021Glupteba botnet is back after Google disrupted it in December 2021

Glupteba botnet is back after Google disrupted it in December 2021

The Glupteba botnet is back, researchers reported a surge in infection worldwide after Google disrupted its operation in 2021. In…

3 years ago
Fire and rescue service in Victoria, Australia, confirms cyber attackFire and rescue service in Victoria, Australia, confirms cyber attack

Fire and rescue service in Victoria, Australia, confirms cyber attack

The fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria, Australia, has shut down its network and turned to operating…

3 years ago
Social Blade discloses security breachSocial Blade discloses security breach

Social Blade discloses security breach

Social media analytics service Social Blade disclosed a security breach after a database containing allegedly stolen data from the company…

3 years ago
Data of 5.7M Gemini users available for sale on hacking forumsData of 5.7M Gemini users available for sale on hacking forums

Data of 5.7M Gemini users available for sale on hacking forums

Gemini crypto exchange warns users of an ongoing phishing campaign after a third-party vendor suffered a security breach. Gemini crypto…

3 years ago
MCCrash botnet targets private Minecraft servers, Microsoft warnsMCCrash botnet targets private Minecraft servers, Microsoft warns

MCCrash botnet targets private Minecraft servers, Microsoft warns

Microsoft announced that a botnet dubbed MCCrash is launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. Microsoft spotted a…

3 years ago
Database of the FBI’s InfraGard US Critical Infrastructure Intelligence portal available for saleDatabase of the FBI’s InfraGard US Critical Infrastructure Intelligence portal available for sale

Database of the FBI’s InfraGard US Critical Infrastructure Intelligence portal available for sale

The portal of the FBI's InfraGard US Critical Infrastructure Intelligence was hacked, and data is available for sale on a…

3 years ago
FBI seized 48 domains linked to DDoS-for-Hire service platformsFBI seized 48 domains linked to DDoS-for-Hire service platforms

FBI seized 48 domains linked to DDoS-for-Hire service platforms

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized forty-eight domains that offered DDoS-for-Hire Service Platforms to crooks. The U.S. Department of…

3 years ago
Crooks use HTML smuggling to spread QBot malware via SVG filesCrooks use HTML smuggling to spread QBot malware via SVG files

Crooks use HTML smuggling to spread QBot malware via SVG files

Talos researchers uncovered a phishing campaign distributing the QBot malware to Windows systems using SVG files. Talos researchers uncovered a…

3 years ago
GoTrim botnet actively brute forces WordPress and OpenCart sitesGoTrim botnet actively brute forces WordPress and OpenCart sites

GoTrim botnet actively brute forces WordPress and OpenCart sites

Researchers discovered a new Go-based botnet, dubbed GoTrim, attempting to brute force WordPress websites. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers spotted a…

3 years ago