cybercriminals

After a short pause, the failed/cancelled ACH transaction spam is hitting inboxes again. Since yesterday, Websense has intercepted over 200,000 of the following emails: The …

After having disrupted the operation of the Waledac and Rustock botnets, Microsoft has set its sights on a smaller one that is thought to be an attempt to rebuild the Waledac …

Mysql.com has been hacked and is currently serving malware, Armorize warns. The company has detected the compromise through its website malware monitoring platform HackAlert, …

Facebook’s planned changes, while increasing interaction between users, could also flood the site with Twitter-style spambots and increase targeted attacks, according to …

The breach of the Atlanta-based Silverpop Systems back in December 2010 has resulted in the compromise of (some confirmed, some not) corporate mailing lists of over 100 big …

Trend Micro researchers have discovered that 1465 computers belonging to 47 distinct political and economical entities in 61 different (mostly former Soviet Union) countries …

Anonymous sources “in the know” regarding the investigation of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries breach have hinted at the possibility that the attackers are …

Since the third installment of the popular Diablo game franchise has been announced in 2008, fans all over the world have been impatiently waiting for it to become available. …

“Searches for buying software online remains 90 percent malicious, redirecting users to fake stores,” concluded Julian Sobrier recently, after having analyzed the …

48% of enterprises have been victims of social engineering attacks, experiencing 25 or more such attacks in the past two years at a average cost of over £15,000 per …

A bug in the latest version of Skype for iPhone and iPod touch makes its users vulnerable to having their address book stolen just by viewing a specially crafted message, says …

After having its SSL and EVSSL certificates deemed untrustworthy by the most popular browsers, VASCO announced that DigiNotar, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition and was …