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Scammers use Google AdWords, fake Windows BSOD to steal money from users

Faced with the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), many unexperienced computer users’ first reaction is panic. If that screen contains a toll free number …

VBA malware is back!

“VBA malware is far from dead. In fact, as Sophos researchers recently noted, approximately 50 to 100 new VBA malware samples are spotted each day. For those who …

Too many vulnerable medical systems can be found online

How many critical medical systems can be found on the Internet, accessible to and hackable by remote attackers? According to security researchers Scott Erven and Mark Collao, …

Chinese fraudsters are hijacking and misusing Uber accounts

Uber accounts continue to be hijacked, this time by Chinese fraudsters. According to Motherboard, a number of users complained recently on Twitter that their accounts have …

Oysters tablet comes preinstalled with Trojanized Android firmware

“Keeping your mobile device free of malware requires intentional care, but sometimes even that is not enough. As Dr. Web researchers recently pointed out, a device you …

Hilton, Trump hotel chains hit by PoS malware

“Payment card data of visitors of a number of Hilton and Trump hotels in the US have been compromised, and some of it is being already used by crooks to rack up …

Mobile ad network exploited to launch JavaScript-based DDoS attack

A type of DDoS attack that has until now been mostly theoretical has become reality: CloudFlare engineers have spotted a browser-based Layer 7 flood hitting one of its …

Yahoo open-sources Gryffin, a large scale web security scanning platform

Yahoo has open-sourced Gryffin, a scanning platform for web applications.The developers’ goal was to create a security scanner that will be able to both discover as much …

Leaked Hacking Team emails show Saudi Arabia wanted to buy the company

Emails stolen in the Hacking Team breach and leaked online by the still unknown attackers continue to be analyzed, and offer insight into the inner workings and controversial …

Mapping the underground cybercrime economy in order to disrupt it

You’ve surely heard – everybody has – about the existence of an underground economy that allowed the proliferation of Internet crime. Many years ago cyber …

Scandinavian users hit with fake post office emails, ransomware

“Scandinavian PC users are the latest group to be targeted with Cryptolocker ransomware. According to Heimdal Security, the threat comes via email. The malware peddlers …

GreenDispenser malware makes ATMs spit out cash

“A new type of malware is being used to drain ATMs in Mexico of all the cash they contain. Dubbed GreenDispenser by Proofpoint researchers, the malware displays an …

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