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Phish out WPA networks’ password with Wifiphisher

Greek computer geek George Chatzisofroniou has released a stable version of Wifiphisher, a tool aimed at automating phishing attacks against WPA networks in order to discover …

Scandinavian banks hit with DDoS attacks

The new year started poorly for Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers: the latter have been prevented from executing their online banking transactions by a DDoS …

Number of cyber attacks on retailers drops by half

Despite an 50 percent decline in the number of attacks against U.S. retailers, the number of records stolen from them remains at near record highs. IBM Security researchers …

The hidden dangers of third party code in free apps

Research from MWR InfoSecurity has shown the various ways hackers can abuse ad networks by exploiting vulnerabilities in free mobile apps. When people install and use free …

Top Facebook scams and malware attacks

Millions of people fell for Facebook scams in 2014. Though security experts, companies and tech-savvy users guard against Facebook cyber attacks, many unwary users continue to …

Digital crime landscape in 2015

Based on its work this year in the fields of cyber security and financial crime, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and Scott McVicar, its Managing Director of Cyber Security, …

Russian hackers stole millions from banks, ATMs

Tens of millions of dollars, credit cards and intellectual property stolen by a new group of cyber criminals. Group-IB and Fox IT, in a joint research effort, released a …

Actions to strengthen your defense, minimize damage

IT professionals should use the nearly epic scale of the Sony cyber attacks to spur their companies into action versus panicking about potential risks. “The FBI is right …

Cybercrime will continue to evolve

The breadth and depth of the data breaches seen by the world in 2014 was shocking – spanning major banks, e-commerce giants, healthcare giants, casinos and others, …

Week in review: ICANN systems breached, critical Git and SOHO router flaws

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: The problem with security shortcuts A combination of irresponsible user …

USBdriveby: Compromising computers with a $20 microcontroller

Security researcher Samy Kamkar has devised a fast and easy way to compromise an unlocked computer and open a backdoor on it: a simple and cheap ($20) pre-programmed Teensy …

New Zeus variant targets users of 150 banks

A new variant of the infamous Zeus banking and information-stealing Trojan has been created to target the users of over 150 different banks and 20 payment systems in 15 …

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