cybercrime
Private email account of CIA Director compromised by teenage hackers?
CIA Director John Brennan apparently got his private AOL email account hacked, and the attackers revealed that it contained information that shouldn’t have been there: …
We’ve been hacked! Okay, I’ll deal with it next week
That was the message I got from a CEO when we presented evidence that their organization had been compromised and the attackers had been free to roam for months, resulting in …
Prices of stolen data on the Dark Web
Over the years, the McAfee Labs team has worked with IT security vendors, law enforcement and others to identify and evaluate numerous websites, chat rooms, and other online …
Cyberattacks will cost U.S. health systems $305 billion
Cyberattacks over the next five years will cost U.S. health systems $305 billion in cumulative lifetime revenue. Accenture estimates that one in 13 patients – roughly 25 …
UK, US law enforcement agencies disrupt Dridex botnet
The UK’s National Crime Agency is spearheading an onslaught against the Dridex (aka Bugat, aka Cridex) banking malware and the criminals that wield it.“Dridex …
America’s Thrift Stores breached by Eastern European criminals
America’s Thrift Stores, a for-profit organization that operates thrift stores in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, is the victim of a data …
Chinese hackers arrested at US request
Late last month, China’s president Xi Jinping made a state visit to the US and it resulted, among other things, in an agreement that the US and China will provide each …
Attackers compromise Cisco Web VPNs to steal login credentials, backdoor target networks
Another Cisco product is being targeted by attackers looking for a permanent way into the computer networks and systems of various organizations, Volexity researchers …
Hackers breach firm whose tech is used in Samsung Pay
It was revealed on Wednesday by the New York Times that LoopPay, a US-based Samsung subsidiary whose technology is central to the Samsung Pay mobile payment system, has …
The average cost of cybercrime escalates to $15 million per organization
A new study by the the Ponemon Institute and HP reveales a dramatic increase in the overall cost of cyber crime. The 2015 Cost of Cyber Crime Study quantifies the annual cost …
Attackers take over org’s OWA server, harvest domain credentials with malicious DLL
Researchers from cyber attack detection and response outfit Cybereason have discovered a novel APT technique that was used by attackers to gain persistence in an (unnamed) …
T-Mobile customer data stolen from Experian already for sale
The personal info of 15 million T-Mobile USA customers stolen in the recently revealed Experian breach is possibly being already sold on the Dark Web.Irish fraud prevention …
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