Cyber Crime

80 defendants charged with participating in massive BEC and romance scams

DOJ charged 80 people, most of them are Nigerian nationals, with participating in massive BEC and romance scams that collected…

6 years ago

Internal Revenue Service warns taxpayers of a malware campaign

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning of an active IRS impersonation scam campaign sending spam emails to distribute malware.…

6 years ago

Experts uncovered a hacking campaign targeting several WordPress Plugins

Researchers at Wordfence reported an ongoing hacking campaign exploiting security flaws in some WordPress plugins. Researchers from Wordfence uncovered an…

6 years ago

Hacker will compensate victims with $1.1 million Bitcoin illegally earned

UK authorities have seized over £920,000 ($1.1 million) worth of Bitcoin from a prolific hacker, the funds will be used…

6 years ago

Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency

The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the case of employees at a nuclear power plant that connected its system online…

6 years ago

China-linked APT41 group targets US-Based Research University

Security experts at FireEye observed Chinese APT41 APT group targeting a web server at a U.S.-based research university. Experts at…

6 years ago

The Cost of Dealing With a Cybersecurity Attack in These 4 Industries

A cybersecurity issue can cause unexpected costs in several different areas, which is the cost of Dealing with an attack…

6 years ago

Damage from Silence APT operations increases fivefold. The gang deploys new tools on its “worldwide tour”

Experts from Group-Ib that exposed the most recent campaigns carried out by Silence reported that damage from the APT group…

6 years ago

Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers in just 3 seconds

Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers installed at the gas pumps to steal customers' credit and debit card information…

6 years ago

Capital One hacker suspected to have breached other 30 companies

Federal prosecutors revealed that Paige Thompson, who was arrested after the Capital One data breach, may have hacked more than…

6 years ago

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