cybercriminals
Bredolab variant delivered by fake Facebook warning
There are over 600 millions of active Facebook users in the world, so it’s no wonder that they are often targets of a great variety of scams. The latest one is delivered …
Cybercriminals shifting to smaller, more opportunistic attacks
Data loss through cyber attacks decreased sharply in 2010, but the total number of breaches was higher than ever, according to the “Verizon 2011 Data Breach …
Malware silently hijacks Facebook account and adds apps
Several months ago, when the operators of the Sality P2P botnet pushed out malware that not only collected usernames and passwords and sends them to the C&C servers but …
WordPress.com servers breached, source code presumed copied
Automattic – the web development corporation behind WordPress.com – has suffered a root break-in and a compromise of several of their servers. “We have been …
French hacker and alleged Anonymous member arrested after bragging on TV
A French hacker has effectually tied a noose around his own neck when he bragged about hacking into the systems of a big government contractor on national TV. He participated …
7 steps to protect against online fraud
Of the three million respondents to a SonicWALL quiz, only 7.4% answered all of the questions correctly. When asked to determine whether a suspect email was a phishing e-mail …
TJX hacker appeals his sentence, claims US government sanctioned his crimes
Albert Gonzales has become a well-known name in information security circles when he was charged of having organized a gang of cyber thieves that managed to steal over 130 …
Scammers continue to exploit Japanese disasters
As Japan has been struck again by a high-magnitude earthquake and warnings about a possible tsunami hitting the Japanese islands have been issued, malware peddlers have …
Uptick in rogue Facebook applications
GFI Software announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of March 2011. GFI researchers found that the Japanese tsunami, earthquake and subsequent …
Bogus Facebook app harvests user login credentials
A bogus application harvesting Facebook users’ login credentials has recently appeared on the social network, according to Symantec researchers. Luring in users with …
Most global energy organizations suffered a breach
More than 75 percent of global energy organizations surveyed admit to having suffered at least one data breach over the last 12 months. Furthermore, 69 percent of …
SpyEye-fueled man-in-the-mobile attack targets bank customers
The customers of a European bank have recently been targeted by a man-in-the-mobile attack featuring a SpyEye variant. “The bank uses SMS based mTANs to authorize …
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