cybercrime
Fake Twitter verification profiles trick victims into sharing personal, payment card info
A little over 18,000 Twitter users looking for a way to get their accounts verified have been duped by a single fake account promising to provide the service into visiting a …
US OPM takes vulnerable background investigation portal offline
The US Office of Personnel Management announced on Monday that it has temporarily suspended the E-QIP (Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing) system, a …
Hackers are exploiting Magento flaw to steal payment card info
Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability in eBay’s Magento platform to steal users’ billing information (including payment card info), warns Sucuri …
Nigerian scammers are stealing millions from businesses
When someone mentions advanced fee or romance scams most people immediately associate them with Nigerian scammers. But there is another type of scam that these fraudsters …
Hackers are spending a huge amount of resources targeting financial services
Websense revealed a high degree of specialization among criminals attacking financial services, a huge investment in the lure attack phase and the specific and anomalous …
Six key facts about malicious macros and the cybercrime economy
“Cybercrime is big business and criminals are increasingly exploiting people to circumvent automated protection systems. Cybercriminals have, in the last nine months, …
Over $18 million lost to Cryptowall just in the US
“Cryptowall is still “the most current and significant ransomware threat targeting US individuals and businesses,” the FBI warned in a public service …
OPM hack shines light on abysmal state of US federal systems’s security
With each passing day, newly revealed details about the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack show an ugly picture of the security situation in the OPM, and other US …
Cyber attack grounds Polish LOT aeroplanes
Around 1,400 unlucky travelers who were set to depart from Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport on Sunday had their flights cancelled or delayed for hours, as the computer …
Microsoft’s anti-surveillance website was hacked
Digital Constitution – a dedicated website Microsoft set up to keep users informed of its efforts to counter US government’s attempts to access customer emails the …
Exposing cyberattacks targeting government networks in Southeast Asia
Palo Alto Networks uncovered a series of potentially state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting government and military organizations in countries throughout Southeast Asia. Help …
49 suspected members of cybercriminal group arrested in Europe
Yesterday, a joint international operation led to the dismantling of a group of cybercriminals active in Italy, Spain, Poland, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Georgia, who are …