Cyber Crime

City of Atlanta paralyzed by a ransomware attack, is it SAMSAM?

Computer systems in the City of Atlanta were infected by ransomware, the cyber attack was confirmed by the City officials. The city…

8 years ago

TeleRAT, a new Android Trojan that uses Telegram for data exfiltration

Security experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new Android Trojan dubbed TeleRAT that uses Telegram Bot API to communicate with the…

8 years ago

Expedia-owned travel website Orbitz says 880,000 payment cards hit in data breach

Orbitz, the travel website owned by Expedia announced on Tuesday that it has suffered a security breach that affected hundreds of…

8 years ago

Frost Bank announced it has suffered a data breach that exposed check images

On Friday, Frost Bank announced that it has suffered a data breach that exposed check images, crooks could use them…

8 years ago

The Book : Digging the Deep Web: Exploring the dark side of the web

My new book, titled 'Digging the Deep Web: Exploring the dark side of the web' is available online, enjoy it.…

8 years ago

Hackers tried to cause a blast at a Saudi petrochemical plant

A new cyber attack against a Saudi petrochemical plant made the headlines, hackers attempted to hit the infrastructure in August. Do…

8 years ago

Chinese APT Group TEMP.Periscope targets US Engineering and Maritime Industries

The China-linked APT group Leviathan. aka TEMP.Periscope, has increased the attacks on engineering and maritime entities over the past months. Past attacks…

8 years ago

GandCrab ransomware evolves thanks to an AGILE development process

According to Check Point report, the authors of the prolific GandCrab ransomware are continuously improving their malware by adopting the…

8 years ago

The RottenSys botnet is already composed of nearly 5 million Android devices

RottenSys - A Chinese crime ring is building a huge botnet that is already composed of nearly 5 million Android…

8 years ago

Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February

Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February 2018, its popularity in the cybercrime ecosystem continues to increase. A new…

8 years ago

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