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70,000 hacked servers for sale on xDedic underground market

Kaspersky Lab researchers have investigated a global forum where cybercriminals can buy and sell access to compromised servers for as little as $6 each. xDedic forum login The …

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The dynamics of mobile app collusion and malicious activities

Mobile app collusion happens when cybercriminals manipulate two or more apps to orchestrate attacks on smartphone owners. McAfee Labs has observed such behavior across more …

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Businesses lost over £1 billion to online crime in the last year

With online crime becoming an increasing threat for businesses, new figures from Get Safe Online and Action Fraud show that from March 2015 – March 2016, a huge total of …

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Thousands of websites exploited for illegal SEO tactics

Imperva researchers discovered a long-running and still active illegal attack that has been exploiting vulnerabilities in thousands of legitimate websites to increase SEO …

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BEC scams: What you need to know

Ransomware attacks hitting businesses and institutions might be the latest trend, but they are just one of the threats these organizations have to protect themselves against. …

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University pays $20,000 in ransomware attack

The ransomware plague has hit the University of Calgary, and the academic institution did what many victims do: they paid the ransom to get the encrypted files back. The …

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789% year-over-year spike in malware and phishing

An analysis of phishing email campaigns from the first three months of 2016 has seen a 6.3 million increase in raw numbers, due primarily to a ransomware upsurge against the …

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Windows zero-day exploit offered for sale on underground market

Someone is selling an exploit for a Windows zero-day on an underground market for Russian-speaking cyber criminals, and the current price is set at $90,000. Trustwave …

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Hacker imprisoned for stealing Bitcoin, selling botnet on Darkode

A Louisiana man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for using a computer to steal money, hacking computers to obtain passwords, and attempting to sell information …

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Consumers have no idea what ransomware is

A new study reveals almost half (43%) of connected consumers today do not know what ransomware is, despite the recent aggressive spread of this type of cyber threat. In …

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Cybercriminals add DDoS component to ransomware payloads

Instead of just encrypting data files on a workstation (plus any network drive it can find) and locking the machine, a new variant of the Cerber ransomware is now adding a …

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You are what you click: Online search security risks

When it comes to the desire for the ideal body, people may be willing to sacrifice their online security if it takes them a step closer to achieving desired results, according …

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