Cyber Crime

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

The spike in Bitcoin price is making it a less useful payment method in the cybercrime underground

The recent spike in the Bitcoin price and the fees associated with each transaction are making Bitcoin a less useful…

8 years ago

Experts from Bleeping Computer spotted a new Cryptomix Ransomware variant

Security experts spotted a new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware that uses a different extension (.FILE) and a new set of contact emails.…

8 years ago

Financially motivated attacks reveal the interests of the Lazarus APT Group

Researchers at security firm Proofpoint collected evidence of the significant interest of the Lazarus APT group in cryptocurrencies, the group’s arsenal of…

8 years ago

Experts uncovered a new GlobeImposter Ransomware malspam campaign

Experts observed cybercriminals are conducting a new malspam campaign to distribute a new variant of the GlobeImposter ransomware According to Lawrence Abrams from…

8 years ago

Chinese authorities have sentenced a man to 5 years in prison for selling a VPN service without the authorization

The Chinese authorities have sentenced a man to five-and-a-half years in prison for selling a VPN service without the authorization.…

8 years ago

Digmine Cryptocurrency Miner spreads via Facebook messenger

Researchers from security firm Trend Micro observed crooks spreading a new cryptocurrency mining bot dubbed Digmine via Facebook Messenger. Watch out for video…

8 years ago

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