cybercrime

NASCAR Team Partners Malwarebytes After Ransomware Attack

Malwarebytes becomes sponsor of NASCAR team after its testing data was encrypted by ransomware

8 years ago

Acer Security Flaw Exposed Customer Data For 11 Months

Acer is preparing to alert customers to a data breach that affected Acer's e-commerce site from May 2015 to April…

8 years ago

InfoSec 2016: Watch Out For The Professional Cybercriminal, Warns Mikko Hyppönen

F-Secure's Mikko Hyppönen tells us why businesses need to be aware of increasingly professional cyber-criminals

8 years ago

Criminal Marketplace Offers Cheap Server Access For Global Cyber-Attacks

Fancy a DDoS attack? Cybercrime marketplace offers access to compromised third party servers for just £4.23

8 years ago

Donald Trump Data Pilfered After Democrat Hack By Russians

Democrat computer hacked by Russian intelligence agencies and lifted opposition data on 'The Donald'

8 years ago

New Trojan Uses Zeus Tricks To Target Russian Banks

Dr Web researchers find new malware that can spread itself and avoid detection on Windows systems

8 years ago

Criminals Offer Windows Zero-Day For £66,000 In Bitcoin

Zero days are coming out of the shadows and are fast becoming a commodity for the criminal masses, warns Trustwave

8 years ago

SWIFT Hack Shows Attackers Penetrating Bank Defenses

ANALYSIS: Using highly specialized malware, online thieves manipulated the international banking system and stole more than $80 million (£55m)

8 years ago

TeslaCrypt Ransomware Criminals ‘Retire’, Hand Over Master Key

Ransomware gang closes down and gives crypto key to ESET, but reasons are unknown

8 years ago

Bank Of England Orders SWIFT Security Review

UK banks ordered to review their cyber security measures after the SWIFT Bank Bangladesh heist

8 years ago

Hacking Forum Hack Exposes 473,000 Members And 2.2m Posts

Nulled.IO forum used to sell credentials and cracks is itself hacked, potentially allowing law enforcement to solve other attacks

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Criminals Go For Gold With Olympic Ticket Scams

Kaspersky Lab report warns against Olympic tickets that seem too good to be true

8 years ago

Jigsaw Ransomware Adds Pornographic Twist

The Jigsaw malware deletes files for every hour that passes until a ransom is paid

8 years ago

Spam Emails Getting Nastier, Kaspersky Lab Warns

Spam levels are falling, but Kaspersky Lab says that malicious emails are increasingly becoming malicious and criminalised

8 years ago

SWIFT Warns Of Malware Attack On Second Bank

SWIFT continues to deny compromise of its systems, but warns of fresh attack on an unnamed bank

8 years ago

Pornhub Launches Bug Bounty Programme For Security Researchers

PornHub offers up to £17,300 to anyone who discovers security flaws on the site

8 years ago

Online Scams Leave One In Ten Out Of Pocket

Nearly half of consumers targeted by online scams in 2015, with one in ten losing money, Kaspersky report finds

8 years ago

Ransomware Promises Donation To Children’s Charity

How low can they go? New ransomware scam promises kid charity donation AND tech support for three years

8 years ago

Ransomware Makes Up Quarter Of UK Malware Attacks, Warns ESET

Britain continues to be ransomware epicentre, as ESET researchers warn of a sudden spike in attacks

8 years ago

‘Elite’ Dating Site BeautifulPeople.com Leaks Details Of 1.1m Users

Names, addresses and incomes among details of BeautifulPeople.com users now up for sale

8 years ago

Fake Social Button Plug-in Redirects To Exploit Kit, Warns Malwarebytes

Notorious Angler exploit kit is hiding as social buttons on hacked WordPress websites, says Malwarebytes

8 years ago

Journalist Convicted Of Aiding Anonymous Newspaper Hack

Journalist jailed for two years for helping Anonymous hack the computer system of his former employer, the LA Times

8 years ago

Cybercriminals Boost Professionalism As Zero-Day Flaw Discoveries Spiral Out Of Control

The rate of zero day vulnerability discoveries doubles in 2015 from 2014, as advanced attackers exploit, stockpile and resell High-Value…

8 years ago

Fake CEO Email Scam Nets Fraudsters £1.6 Billion

Email from the boss? Better check it is really from the CEO and not a lowly fraudster, warns the FBI

8 years ago

Hackers Will Crack Hotmail And Gmail For Just £90

Dell SecureWorks report warns that business is booming for the dark web as hacking gets more professional and profitable

8 years ago

Ransomware Recovery Worries IT Professionals

Security professionals pessimistic of recovery chances amid growing ransomware menace

8 years ago

America To Charge Iranian Nationals Over Cyber-Attacks – Report

DoJ to file hacking charges against six Iranian nationals accused of hacking banks and New York dam

8 years ago

Met Police Chief: Don’t Reward Victims Of Online Fraud

Bernard Horgan-Howe says that focus should be on helping public improve online protection

8 years ago

Uber Offers “Treasure Map” For Friendly Hackers To Locate Bugs

X marks the spot. Transportation firm offers “treasure map” of computer system for hackers to find vulnerabilities

8 years ago

Hacker Typo Thwarts Billion Dollar Bank Heist

Sheer scale of banking crime revealed after prevention of billion dollar bank heist, but attackers still pocketed $80m

8 years ago