Cyber Crime

Necurs botnet involved in massive ransomware campaigns at the end of 2017

The Necurs botnet made the headlines at year-end sending out tens of millions of spam emails daily as part of…

8 years ago

Forever 21 confirms Payment Card Breach and provides further info on the incident

FOREVER 21 confirmed the presence of a malware at some point of sale (POS) systems in stores across the US. On November 2017,…

8 years ago

A new Facebook security feature reveals fraudulent Facebook-like mails

A new Facebook security feature protects users from identity theft, the tech giant is taking note of every email it…

8 years ago

It’s a mystery, member of the Lurk gang admits creation of WannaCry ransomware for intelligence agencies

A hacker belonging to the Lurk cybercrime gang admits the creation of WannaCry ransomware and DNC hack on request of…

8 years ago

A 28-year-old Kansas man was shot and killed by police in a swatting attack

Andrew Finch, a 28-year-old man from Wichita, Kansas, was killed last week in a swatting attack by police who were…

8 years ago

Info Stealing – The cyber security expert Marco Ramilli spotted a new operation in the wild

The Italia cyber security expert Marco Ramilli, founder of Yoroi, published an interesting analysis of a quite new InfoStealer Malware…

8 years ago

Two Romanians charged with infecting US Capital Police cameras with ransomware early this year

Two Romanian people have been arrested and charged with hacking into US Capital Police cameras ahead of the inauguration of…

8 years ago

Hackers are attempting to breach Magento stores through the Mirasvit Helpdesk extension

The cybersecurity expert Willem de Groot reported cyber attacks against Magento websites running the popular helpdesk extension 'Mirasvit Helpdesk.' de Groot observed attackers…

8 years ago

Pavel Lerner, head of EXMO cryptocurrency exchange, was kidnapped in Ukraine

According to Ukrainian media, the head of the EXMO cryptocurrency exchange Pavel Lerner has been kidnapped in Kiev, the police is investigating…

8 years ago

The popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta suffered a DNS attack

The popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta was hacked, attackers conducted a DNS attack that allowed to steal at least 308 ETH…

8 years ago

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