cybercriminals
Shaping mobile security
Most of us are familiar with the “triangle’ project management model, which highlights the constraints on delivering results in projects. The three corners of the …
Organized cyber crooks plunder SMBs with simple, cheap keyloggers
The popularity and pervasiveness of Zeus/Zbot has made it almost a synonym for banking malware, but there are unfortunately many more types of malicious software that allow …
How cybercriminals scam consumers during the holiday season
McAfee announced its annual “12 Scams of the Holidays” list, which includes the most popular ways cybercriminals scam consumers during the holiday season as they …
After Silk Road 2, global law enforcement seizes other dark markets
The takedown of online drug bazaar Silk Road 2.0 and the arrest of its alleged operator was only the first overt evidence of the success of a bigger law enforcement action. …
Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced for hacking CSC servers
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been found guilty of hacking into the mainframe of CSC, a company tasked with keeping and handling sensitive information …
RBS WorldPay hack ringleader finally sentenced
Nearly five years after the day he was indicted, Sergei Nicolaevich Tsurikov has finally been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer intrusion for his …
Emma Watson leaked Facebook video delivers Trojans
A new scam is taking advantage of Emma Watson’s growing popularity and using the Harry Potter star as bait to spread malware on Facebook, warns antivirus solutions …
Aggressive Selfmite SMS worm variant goes global
The Selfmite Android SMS worm is back, and this new version is both more dangerous and more widespread that the initial one. AdaptiveMobile researchers, who discovered both …
Hackers exploit Shellshock bug, compromise Yahoo, WinZip servers
A group of hackers has successfully leveraged the recently discovered Bash Shellshock vulnerability to compromise a number of servers belonging to Yahoo, Lycos and Winzip, and …
Malicious eBay listings redirect users to phishing site
An IT worker from Scotland who is also an “eBay PowerSeller” has discovered an eBay listing for an iPhone that was rigged to redirect potential buyers to a spoofed …
“Win Free iPhone 6” scams hit Facebook
As the day of the release of Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus draws near, scammers have expectedly begun using the new devices as a lure in Facebook scams. As usual, …
Researcher creates exploit for compromising scammers’ computers
Even if you never had to deal personally with “Windows support” scammers, chances are someone you know did or you have heard about these type of scams. These …
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