Christmas-themed phishing lures hit users’ emails from spammers behind Emotet. According to researchers, Cofense Labs discovered the phishing emails.
The attackers are trying to gain legitimacy with subject lines such as “Christmas” or “Christmas Party”. One…
Researchers discovered a new malware campaign mining for Monero. This is a cryptocurrency and the campaign deploys miner on Windows installations.
In order to avoid detection, it is using the hollowing technique. This covers up a process behind a secondary process. In order…
Chrome warns you if your password was stolen, according to Google’s announcement. So, Google will alert users if their credentials were compromised. The new feature was integrated into Google Accounts. Thus, users have an easy way to check if their login credentials…
Two Romanian hackers infected 400,000 victims with malware and have been sentenced to jailtime. The malware stole credentials and financial information. So, it scammed victims out of four million dollars.
Bogdan Nicolescu, 37, and Radu Miclaus, 37, were sentenced to 20…
Cybersecurity experts discovered a new version of the Snatch ransomware. This reboots infected Windows computers into Safe Mode. Then, it encrypts victims’ files to avoid antivirus detection.
In the diagnostic mode, Windows starts with a minimal set of drivers and…
A Vietnamese group supported by the authorities compromised BMW and Hyundai. So, the giants’ networks were under cyber-attacks for months, recently.
“Ocean Lotus” (code name APT32) has been operational for a few years. In the spring, it infiltrated the network of…
Attackers managed to compromise a tobacco web platform in Romania. The British American Tobacco (BAT) is one of the most gigantic manufacturers of nicotine and tobacco products. It seems that everything happened due to a ransomware attack and data breach.
The data breach…
The social media giant sued a Chinese company which infiltrated Facebook for ad fraud. Mark Zuckerberg’s company claims that the company used malware to compromise hundreds of thousands of accounts. Then, it used them to run “deceptive ads” promoting counterfeit…
Immersive Labs discovered multiple vulnerabilities in NASA’s VPN (virtual private network). Also, Shell uses the same VPN.
Alex Seymour, an Immersive Labs researcher, discovered the vulnerabilities on October 7. These could allow attackers who had access to a computer…
Europol shut down more than 30.000 websites, for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Also, the authorities arrested three suspects in the global operation.
According to them, the domains used to offer all kinds of counterfeit goods, from pirated products, to fake…
