cybercrime
US State Department targeted by hackers
Around the same time the unclassified network of the Executive Office of the US President was breached, the same thing happened to some computer systems belonging to the US …
Most of the top 100 paid Android and iOS apps have been hacked
97% of the top 100 paid Android apps and 87% of the top 100 paid Apple iOS apps have been hacked, according to Arxan Technologies. In addition to an increase in app hacks …
First victims of the Stuxnet worm revealed
After analyzing more than 2,000 Stuxnet files collected over a two-year period, Kaspersky Lab can identify the first victims of the Stuxnet worm. After Stuxnet was discovered …
Personal info of 800,000 USPS employees compromised in breach
The US Postal Service has joined the ranks of private sector companies and governmental agencies that have been breached and had data stolen by hackers. According a statement …
BrowserStack hacked, but it’s not shutting down
BrowserStack, the popular cross browser testing service used by over 25,000 customers around the world, including Microsoft, eBay, Adobe, Wikipedia and many others, has …
While rare, manual account hijacking is more damaging
Online accounts are a valuable resource for scammers: not only do they often contain additional personal and financial information about their owners, but they are also a …
Darkhotel espionage campaign targets corporate executives traveling abroad
Kaspersky Lab researched the Darkhotel espionage campaign, which has lurked in the shadows for at least four years while stealing sensitive data from selected corporate …
Fake malware-laden Amazon emails target UK, US shoppers
As the holiday season slowly approaches, and users increasingly turn to the Internet to do their holiday shopping before the seasonal madness begins, cyber crooks are trying …
53M customer email addresses were also stolen in Home Depot breach
US retailer Home Depot has published an update on the investigation into the breach of their payment data systems and has warned that the attackers managed to get their hands …
After Silk Road 2, global law enforcement seizes other dark markets
The takedown of online drug bazaar Silk Road 2.0 and the arrest of its alleged operator was only the first overt evidence of the success of a bigger law enforcement action. …
Silk Road 2.0 shut down, operator arrested, charged
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has announced today the arrest of Blake Benthall, a.k.a. “Defcon,” in connection with his …
Dridex-laden spam emails targeting First World bank users
Dridex, a relatively new and improved version of the infamous Cridex/Feodo banking Trojan, is being widely disseminated via email spam campaigns. First spotted in July 2014, …
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