cybercrime
Phishers are targeting millions of DHL customers
As the end-of-the-year holidays are quickly approaching, people are starting to order more things (read: gifts for themselves and loved ones) online so that they can avoid the …
Information security innovation and the fast-paced threat landscape
Gary Warner recently became the Chief Threat Scientist at PhishMe. In this interview he talks about how his past positions prepared him for this new job title, information …
Data breaches and bots are driving cybercrime surge
From July to September, ThreatMetrix detected more than 90 million attempted attacks across industries, representing a 20 percent increase over the previous quarter. This …
Three indicted in largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history
On Tuesday, federal prosecutors unsealed a superseding indictment charging Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein with orchestrating massive computer hacking …
Exposing Rocket Kitten cyber-espionage group operations and targets
Check Point identified specific details and analyzed cyber-espionage activity conducted by the group Rocket Kitten, with possible ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard …
Beware of Apple-themed phishing emails threatening to limit your account
A new email phishing campaign is targeting businesses and consumers who have Apple IDs, trying to get them to enter their Apple login credentials, personal and credit card …
Final TalkTalk breach tally: 4% of customers affected
TalkTalk continues with its practice of updating the public with information regarding the recent data breach on Fridays, and according to the latest update, the total number …
Crypto e-mail provider ProtonMail pays ransom to stop DDoS attack, attack continues
Switzerland-based end-to-end encrypted e-mail provider ProtonMail has been on the receiving end of a heavy DDoS attack since Tuesday, November 3, and unavailable to its users …
A new, streamlined version of Cryptowall is doing rounds
Cryptowall 4 (although the number is not mentioned in the new, changed ransom note) is not drastically different from version 3. According to malware researcher Nathan Scott, …
Sale of legitimate code-signing certs booms on darknet markets
In the underground cybercrime economy, many players have specialized in one or two skills and services. It should come as no surprise, then, that some have become experts at …
Crypto-ransomware encrypts files “offline”
Ransomware comes in various forms, and not all ransomware encrypts files – some just block computers until the ransom is paid. When the file encryption feature is …
Another teenager arrested in connection to TalkTalk hack
A 16-year-old boy from Norwich has become the fourth person arrested in connection with the investigation into the TalkTalk data breach.Detectives from the Metropolitan Police …