Applanet Founder Fights Back Against US Department of Justice
Back in August 2012, the US Department of Justice announced the seizure of three domains involved in the distribution of pirated Android applications. The founder of the largest of these websites,...
View ArticleFake “Royal Mail Shipment Advisory” Emails Used to Distribute Malware
Expecting something from the Royal Mail? Beware! A malicious email purporting to come from the organization might land in your inbox these days. Dynamoos Blog has investigated the spam campaign. One of...
View ArticleGameover Borrows Kernel-Mode Rootkit from Necurs Malware
Security researchers warn that a new version of Gameover, the peer-to-peer (P2P) version of the notorious ZeuS Trojan, is making the rounds. In addition to configuring their creation to target...
View Article‘Truly Shocking’: Govt Spies Hacked into Live Webcam Chats of Millions
The latest documents leaked to journalists by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and published Thursday in the Guardian newspaper reveal that the British GCHQ spy agency – with possible assistance from...
View ArticleHacktivists Disrupt Websites of Ukrainian Parliament and Right Sector
Hacktivists continue to launch attacks against Ukrainian government websites. The latest targets are the sites of the parliament, or the Verkhovna Rada (rada.gov.ua), the Right Sector nationalist...
View Article41% of British CryptoLocker Victims Sent Money to Cybercriminals
The University of Kent has conducted a second cyber security study. The results show that many people in Britain agree to pay up after their computers are infected with ransomware. 9.7% of the 1,502...
View ArticleLauri Love Charged with Hacking US Federal Reserve
Lauri Love, a British man previously accused of hacking into numerous US government systems, has now been charged for breaching the US Federal Reserves servers. According to the FBI, between October...
View ArticleMt. Gox files for bankruptcy, blames hackers for losses
Mark Karpeles , chief executive of Mt. Gox, attends a news conference at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo February 28, 2014.
View ArticleBogus WhatsApp Hack Installs Shady Software on Victims’ Computers
Ever since Facebook acquired WhatsApp, the number of cybercriminal schemes that leverage the messaging apps reputation appears to have increased. At least two different scams were spotted earlier this...
View ArticleFirst Contagious Airborne Wi-Fi Virus Compromises Network Security
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time that WiFi networks can be infected with a virus that can move through densely populated areas as efficiently as the common cold...
View ArticleSochi Olympics-Themed Malware Emails Reference Terrorism and Military...
Some interesting malware distribution campaigns made the rounds during the recent Sochi Olympics. Security researchers from Symantec have analyzed some of these emails. One of the emails spotted by...
View ArticleMt. Gox Is Dead, Is Bitcoin Dead Too?
NEWS ANALYSIS: One-time leading Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox loses $473 million in theft and declares bankruptcy, but it’s not necessarily the end for Bitcoin.
View ArticleDefending the Mobile Core
Mobile World Congress 2014 — Network security specialist Arbor Networks this week launched a traffic analysis product designed to give mobile operators visibility into their packet core networks so...
View ArticleCasino Operator Las Vegas Sands Admits Hackers Have Stolen Customer Data
After initially saying that it cant find any evidence to suggest that customer information has been compromised, Las Vegas Sands Corp. now admits that the data breach suffered recently has impacted...
View ArticleUroburos: Espionage Rootkit Allegedly Created by Russian Intelligence Agency
Security researchers from G Data have analyzed a piece of malware that appears to have been used by a Russian intelligence agency for espionage operations. The company says this is one of the most...
View ArticleAnonymous Hackers Defaced Polish Sites to Warn the Country That Nazis Are Coming
Hackers of Anonymous Ukraine have defaced several websites from Poland to warn the country that it could have the same fate as Ukraine. Ukraine has suffered a coup and Nazis came to power. Yes, Nazis...
View ArticleSears: There’s No Evidence that Our Systems Have Been Breached
Rumors have emerged that the US retailer Sears has suffered a data breach. However, the company says theres no evidence that its systems have been penetrated by cybercriminals. There have been rumors...
View ArticleColbert gives controversial conference talk
Once you’re logged in, at the top of each article, video or slideshow you will see a list of your Facebook friends who recently visited Choose to share stories you’e read with your friends or turn...
View ArticleFormer Purdue University Student Sentenced to 90 Days in Prison for Changing...
25-year-old Roy Chaoran Sun, a former student of Purdue University, has been sentenced to 90 days in prison for hacking into the schools computer systems to change his grades. Sun has been sentenced to...
View ArticleThis Anti-Nsa T-Shirt Angered Some People At a Huge Computer Security Conference
One of the world’s largest conferences for computer security professionals took place last week in San Francisco, the RSA Conference.
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