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16 million mobile devices infected by malware
Security threats to mobile and residential devices and attacks on communications networks rose in 2014, threatening personal and corporate privacy and information. …
Phishing attacks increasingly target financial data
28.8 percent of phishing attacks last year aimed to steal financial data from consumers, according to a new report by Kaspersky Lab. The results show how cybercriminals have …
Active spam campaign leads to sophisticated PayPal phishing sites
PayPal-themed phishing campaigns are nothing new, but they are more and more legitimate-looking as time goes by. Researchers with OpenDNS Labs have spotted one such campaign …
French firms targeted with ransomware
French companies are the latest targets of cyber crooks wielding the CTB Locker (aka Critroni) ransomware. The emails look like their coming from an employee of the target …
Gamers, beware of fake in-game communication apps
Online gamers are often targeted by cyber thieves, as their game accounts hold coveted items and/or funds to buy them. In order to gain access, the crooks usually set up …
Ross Ulbricht is Dread Pirate Roberts, risks life imprisonment
After deliberating for three and a half hours, a jury has found Ross Ulbricht guilty of all seven counts he was accused of, which means he could potentially spend the rest of …
Supposedly clean Office documents download malware
Bitdefender is warning Microsoft Office users against the emergence of a new spam campaign that is looking to trick antispam filters in order to allow spam to pass freely into …
What makes phishing emails so successful?
According to the results of a study performed by researchers from the University at Buffalo, “information-rich” emails that alter the recipients’ cognitive …
Hottest Snapchats scam spreads on Facebook
A spam campaign revealing the 10 Hottest Snapchats is a new entry to the long list of Facebook scams flooding the social network. Bitdefender’s Labs have now blacklisted …
WhatsApp sees increasing complexity of spam campaigns
Over the past few months, AdaptiveMobile has tracked an increase of spam complexity on messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, in the United States, Europe and India, and expects …
Beware of malware masquerading as Oracle security patches
Oracle is warning users about malware sites actively offering Oracle patches for download. “It has come to our attention that there are non-Oracle sites offering Oracle …
Ransomware-wielding crooks made over $217,000 in a single month
Crypto-ransomware continues to be a very effective way for cyber crooks to “earn” serious money: the method is so lucrative that with a single campaign, the crooks …
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