cybercriminals

Specific embedded devices are targeted by criminals in order to gain access or utilize for further attacks. Modems are attacked to change DNS-servers for advertising or …

The holidays are a busy time for everyone-¦ especially for hackers trying to phish your employees. Phishing is most effective when it exploits human emotions—fear, greed, …

Paunch, the creator of the infamous Blackhole exploit kit, is being prosecuted along with 12 other individuals involved in a Russia-based cybercrime ring, the Russian Ministry …

The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, working with police in Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, have taken …

Cybercriminals have been ramping up their efforts as the year draws to a close, and have initiated hundreds – if not thousands – email spam campaigns, trying every …

As the value of Bitcoin continues to rise, a lot of people are trying to cash in on the craze. Some do it legally, by getting their own machines to perform the calculations …

Fake PayPal emails claiming recipients will have limited access to their account because they didn’t provide enough information have been landing for the last few days …

Kaspersky Lab has recorded several thousand attempts to infect computers used for online banking with a malicious program that its creators claim can attack “any bank in …

A cybercriminal gang based in Nigeria has been setting up phishing and 419 scam campaigns as well as delivering information-stealing malware to targets around the world, say …

A piece of malware masquerading as an AutoCAD component with the goal of making systems vulnerable to later exploits has been analyzed by Trend Micro researchers. Unlike the …

Motherboard used the deep web to find out just how easy it was to buy guns, drugs, and other contraband online. VICE Germany editor Tom Littlewood talks with cryptology …

Ross William Ulbricht, the alleged 29-year-old founder of black market drug website Silk Road, has been denied bail by US District Judge Kevin Fox in the Southern District of …