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FBI subpoenaed Carnegie Mellon University for Tor-using suspect’s IP address

A court order in the case of U.S. vs Brian Farrell, a man charged with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs while he was allegedly an administrator of the Silk Road 2.0 …

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Source code of “game changer” Android banking malware leaked online

If you ask users and malware analysts, the Android threat landscape is wide enough, but unfortunately it’s likely to get even wider as source code for the GM Bot banking …

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Mobile banking Trojan bypasses Google Play security

The Acecard malware is capable of attacking users of nearly 50 different online financial applications and services and is able to bypass Google Play store security measures, …

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Ecommerce fraud surges 163%

The worst fears of online retailers has been confirmed with data just released today: in 2015, the number of attacks by fraudsters was up 163 percent – growing two and a half …

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Deep and Dark Web: Complexity and escalating cybercriminal activity

Flashpoint released an annual research report that looks to uncover the growing complexity of illicit communities and the industrialization of cybercrime over the past year. …

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Hollywood hospital pays ransom to get their computers, files back

The Hollywood hospital whose systems have been infected with ransomware has paid $17,000 to get the decryption key from the criminals, and is operating normally once again. …

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Fighting malware monetization and application vulnerabilities

As the traditional network perimeter disappears and attack surfaces grow, security professionals are challenged with protecting users, applications and data – without …

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Teenage admin of anonymous XMPP service arrested in connection to fake bomb threats

The teenage administrator of the Darkness.su XMPP service has been arrested last Monday by the French police, in connection to the wave of false bomb threats that were made …

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Beware of Airbnb-themed phishing schemes

Airbnb-themed phishing scams do not crop up often, but customers of the service should be aware of the possibility of getting their login credentials stolen and misused. …

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Netflix-themed phishing, malware supply black market with stolen credentials

As the Netflix movie streaming service spreads all over the world, the number of users rises, as well as the number of those who wish to use it but don’t want to pay for …

Android
Rooting malware lurking in third party Android app stores

Downloading Android apps from Google Play might not always be a safe proposition, but downloading them from third party app stores is definitely less safer. According to Trend …

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Exposing the Adwind RAT: One of the biggest malware platforms in existence today

At the end of 2015, Kaspersky Lab researchers became aware of an unusual malware program that had been discovered during an attempted targeted attack against a bank in …

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