Cyber Crime

Authors of Locky Ransomware are big fans Game of Thrones series

Researchers at PhishMe found the names of Game of Thrones show characters and other references into the script used to…

8 years ago

Massive HerbaLife spam campaign spreads a variant of Locky ransomware

Researchers spotted a new widespread ransomware campaign leveraging emails with malicious attachments using Herbalife branded messages. Researchers at security firm Barracuda have…

8 years ago

Retefe banking Trojan leverages EternalBlue exploit to infect Swiss users

Cyber criminals behind the Retefe banking Trojan have improved it by adding a new component that uses the NSA exploit EternalBlue. ETERNALBLUE is…

8 years ago

Crooks using Linux.ProxyM IoT botnet to send spam messages

Experts at security firm Doctor Web discovered a new botnet of IoT devices leveraging the Linux.ProxyM, that is used by…

8 years ago

CCleaner hackers targeted tech giants with a second-stage malware

The threat actor that recently compromised the supply chain of the CCleaner software targeted at least 20 tech firms with…

8 years ago

SEC announces it was hacked, information may have been used for insider trading

The top U.S. markets regulator SEC announced a security breach, accessed data might have been used by crooks for insider…

8 years ago

ISPs in at least two countries were involved in delivering surveillance FinFisher Spyware

Security researchers at ESET have uncovered a surveillance campaign using a new variant of FinFisher spyware, also known as FinSpy. Finfisher infected…

8 years ago

Iranian cyber spies APT33 target aerospace and energy organizations

The Iran-linked APT33 group has been targeting aerospace and energy organizations in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.…

8 years ago

FedEx announces $300m in lost business and response costs after NotPetya attack

FedEx is the last firm in order of time that disclosed the cost caused by the massive NotPetya, roughly $300m…

8 years ago

New Android Banking Trojan Red Alert 2.0 available for sale on crime forums

Researchers discovered a new Android banking Trojan, dubbed Red Alert 2.0, that is being offered for rent on many dark websites…

8 years ago

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