Cyber Crime

BCMPUPnP_Hunter Botnet infected 400k routers to turn them in email spammers

Security researchers at 360 Netlab have discovered a new spam botnet, dubbed BCMPUPnP_Hunter, that likely already infected around 400,000 machines to date.…

7 years ago

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a security breach

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able…

7 years ago

Shellbot Botnet Targets IoT devices and Linux servers

Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted an IRC bot dubbed Shellbot that was built using Perl Shellbot. The malware was distributed…

7 years ago

Security Affairs newsletter Round 187 – News of the week

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

7 years ago

Kraken ransomware 2.0 is available through the RaaS model

The author of the infamous Kraken ransomware has released a new version of the malicious code and launched a RaaS…

7 years ago

Crooks offered for sale private messages for 81k Facebook accounts

Cybercriminals offered for sale private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts claiming of being in possession of data from…

7 years ago

Joshua Adam Schulte, ex CIA employee, accused of continuing leaks from prison

Federal prosecutors accuse former CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte of continuing leaks classified national defense materials from prison. Joshua Adam Schulte (30)…

7 years ago

‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet…

7 years ago

Cyber Defense Magazine – November 2018 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine November 2018 Edition has arrived. Sponsored by: Bosch We hope you enjoy this month's edition...packed with 100+ pages of…

7 years ago

The author of the Mirai botnet gets six months of house arrest

Paras Jha (22), the author of the Mirai botnet has been sentenced to six months of house arrest and ordered…

7 years ago

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