cybercriminals

While it still unknown whether the recent attacks against Saudi Aramco and RasGas were part of the so-called Shamoon attacks, the latter are continuing unabated, says …

The CVE-2012-4681 Java zero-day vulnerability might have been patched, but because it was added to the popular Blackhole exploit kit and because most users regularly forego …

Malicious spam emails impersonating American Express have been hitting inboxes in the last few days, trying to make recipients open the file in the attachment. The email …

Windows 8 has not yet been released and cyber crooks are already taking advantage of its name. McAfee researchers have recently spotted a new rogue AV solution dubbed …

Microsoft has updated its Services Agreement last week, and has begun notifying its users about the change via email. Eager to take advantage of any kind of legitimate opening …

A rather industrious piece of malware that – among other things – paves the way for other malware by disabling AV solutions and software update modules has been …

The problem of the two unpatched Java zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in the wild by attackers looking to gain access to their targets’ computers is …

Malware peddlers occasionally take advantage of the good reputation of big security companies to spread their malicious wares, and in a recently spotted malicious email …

The recently discovered Java zero-day flaw that has been spotted being used in limited targeted attacks in the wild has created quite a stir. A module that exploits the …

Fake Facebook notifications informing users that a friend has posted a new photo of them on the social network have been spotted hitting inboxes around the world. The emails …

Bogus emails supposedly coming from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), informing users that their “tax transaction” has been cancelled and trying to get them …

The psychology and economics behind the so-called Nigerian advanced fee fraud scams have been recently been explained by Microsoft researcher Cormac Herley in great detail, …