cybercrime
One-third of cyber attacks take hours to detect
More than one-third of cyber attacks take hours to detect. Even more alarming, resolving breaches takes days, weeks, and in some cases, even months. Despite increased resource …
Fake, malicious World Cup-themed apps targeting Android users
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil start today, and Trend Micro researchers have pointed out yet another thing that fans need to be careful about: fake and malicious versions …
$445 billion lost due to cybercrime?
Cybercrime has a significant impact on economies worldwide. A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concludes that cybercrime costs …
Why botnet takedowns can cause more harm than good
Zeus is a well-known and highly successful crimeware kit – the flat-pack furniture of the virus world. It is under constant development by several criminals or groups …
Molerats attacks continue targeting US, EU, Middle East organizations
Not all RAT-wielding attackers come from China, say FireEye researchers. For over a year they have been following the activities of a group of hackers that uses the Poison Ivy …
International action against Gameover Zeus botnet and CyptoLocker ransomware
On Friday, 30 May 2014, law enforcement agencies from across the world, supported by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, joined forces in a coordinated action led …
Inside the malware war zone
Adam Kujawa is the Head of Malware Intelligence for Malwarebytes. In this interview he talks about the evolution of malware in the past decade, illustrates the differences in …
8 key cybersecurity deficiencies and how to combat them
While the number of cybercrime incidents and the monetary losses associated with them continue to rise, most U.S. organizations’ cybersecurity capabilities do not rival …
Hybrid Zberp Trojan targets bank users around the world
A new threat created by the amalgamation of the publicly available code of two of the most (in)famous malware around is targeting users of over 450 financial institutions …
Hacker hijacks Apple devices remotely, asks for ransom
An unusual case of cyber extortion has been spotted in Australia: Apple device users in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria have woken up to see …
In wake of breach, eBay has to deal with multiple web vulnerabilities
As eBay flounders while trying to adequately respond to the breach it disclosed last week, and deems weak passwords to be good but stronger ones to be weak, researchers are …
DDoS attacks: Criminals get stealthier
There is a lot of media hype surrounding volumetric style DDoS attacks recently where the focus has been on large Gb/sec attacks, sometimes up to 400 Gb/sec. In reality, these …
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