Cyber Crime

Irish Silk Road admin sentenced to 78 months in federal prisonIrish Silk Road admin sentenced to 78 months in federal prison

Irish Silk Road admin sentenced to 78 months in federal prison

An Irish national has been sentenced to 78 months in jail for his role as one of the administrators and…

6 years ago
New variant of Linux Botnet WatchBog adds BlueKeep scannerNew variant of Linux Botnet WatchBog adds BlueKeep scanner

New variant of Linux Botnet WatchBog adds BlueKeep scanner

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers…

6 years ago
US authorities have sentenced to prison 3 Romanian men who hacked US serversUS authorities have sentenced to prison 3 Romanian men who hacked US servers

US authorities have sentenced to prison 3 Romanian men who hacked US servers

Three Romanian men who have been sentenced to prison for a fraud scheme totaling more than $21 million. US authorities…

6 years ago
Security Affairs newsletter Round 223 – News of the weekSecurity Affairs newsletter Round 223 – News of the week

Security Affairs newsletter Round 223 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition…

6 years ago
Hackers breach 62 US colleges by allegedly exploiting Ellucian Banner Web flawHackers breach 62 US colleges by allegedly exploiting Ellucian Banner Web flaw

Hackers breach 62 US colleges by allegedly exploiting Ellucian Banner Web flaw

Hackers breached at least 62 college and university networks exploiting a flaw in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian…

6 years ago
Dutch police arrested the author of Dryad and Rubella Macro BuildersDutch police arrested the author of Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders

Dutch police arrested the author of Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders

Dutch authorities announced the arrest of a 20-year old man for allegedly developing Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders. Dutch authorities…

6 years ago

Threat actors used the Extembro DNS-changer Trojan in an adware campaign to prevent users from accessing security-related websites. Security experts…

6 years ago
Mysterious hackers steal data of over 70% of BulgariansMysterious hackers steal data of over 70% of Bulgarians

Mysterious hackers steal data of over 70% of Bulgarians

Hackers stole data of millions of Bulgarians, and sent it to local media, According to the media the source could…

6 years ago
DoppelPaymer, a fork of BitPaymer Ransomware, appeared in the threat landscapeDoppelPaymer, a fork of BitPaymer Ransomware, appeared in the threat landscape

DoppelPaymer, a fork of BitPaymer Ransomware, appeared in the threat landscape

Some of the crooks behind the Dridex Trojan have split from the gang and released a forked version of the…

6 years ago
For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacksFor nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks

For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks

Brazilian users have been targeted by a large number of router attacks aimed at modifying the configuration of their routers…

6 years ago