Hackers targeting users of Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Lloyds Bank and Santander
19,000 malicious emails have been sent in three days from spam servers worldwide, inviting users to download an archive containing a malicious .exe file. Bitdefender warns …
Another malware building toolkit leaked, botnets already popping up
“Another malware building toolkit has been leaked, allowing less tech-savvy crooks to generate a fully functional variant of the KINS banking Trojan and to inject its …
Old MS Office feature can be exploited to deliver, execute malware
A Microsoft Office functionality that has been in use since the early 1990s can be exploited to deliver malicious, executable files to users without triggering widely used …
Let’s Encrypt CA releases transparency report before its first certificate
The non-profit CA launched by the EFF, Mozilla and several other businesses and organizations is determined to gain and retain users’ trust. After hiring outside experts …
Reactions to the Hacking Team breach
Hacking Team, the (in)famous Italian company that provides offensive intrusion and surveillance software to governments, intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the …
Man gets 50 months in prison hacking U.S.-based financial institutions
Qendrim Dobruna, a member of an international cybercrime syndicate, was sentenced to 50 months’ imprisonment and restitution in the amount of $14 million for his role in …
Hacking Team hacked, 400GB+ of company documents and emails leaked
Hacking Team, the (in)famous Italian company that provides offensive intrusion and surveillance software to governments, intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the …
Week in review: Popular VPNs leaking data, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:5 ways to stop the Internet of Things from becoming the Internet of ThievesThis is the …
Mastercard is trying out purchase verification with selfies
Five hundred US MasterCard users will soon be testing out the company’s new system for quickly processing of digital payments, without having to input a PIN or …
How you can anonymously use public Wi-Fi from miles afar
Benjamin Caudill, founder of Rhino Security Labs, is scheduled to demonstrate at the upcoming DefCon a new device that could help users achieve and maintain their online …
Plex forums hacked: IPs, private messages, encrypted passwords compromised
Users of Plex’s forums are being forced to change their password in wake of a breach that resulted in the compromise of some of their private information, including …
The top three banking malware families
“The primary motivator behind banking malware attacks is to capture credentials, financial data, and personal information from employees, and partner company employees, …