cybercrime
Google account passwords stolen in phishing attack
Hackers have been stealing Google account passwords in a new and better crafted phishing attack that is hard to catch with traditional heuristic detection, according to …
The prime target for malicious emails
In the first quarter of 2014 spammers started imitating messages from mobile applications. They especially like the popular mobile messengers – WhatsApp, Viber and …
Orange hacked again, 1.3M users affected
French telecom provider Orange has suffered a second data breach in less that four months, and this time the intruders made off with personal information of some 1.3 million …
Industries on the cyber war front line
ThreatTrack Security published a study that looks at the security vulnerabilities of two industries most often targeted by cybercrime: energy and financial services. 72% of …
Attackers rope DVRs in bitcoin-mining botnet in record time
How long does it take for one out of the box digital video recorder to be compromised with malware once the device has been connected to the Internet? The unfortunate answer …
25% of breaches go undetected for more than a day
Recent data breaches have had little impact on the security controls of retail and financial organizations, according to Tripwire. Of the 102 financial organizations and 151 …
Cybergangs accelerating velocity of targeted brand development
Cybercrime gangs are accelerating their substitution of targeted brands at an alarming new pace, according to a new APWG report. Of the 681 targets that were phished in 2H …
How cybercriminals profit from money laundering through gambling sites
A new report by McAfee sheds light on the underground world of online gambling. It identifies the proliferation of online casinos, an industry set to grow nearly 30% over the …
French orgs targeted with social engineering attacks
Over the last year, Symantec researchers have been following and warning about exceptionally effective and sophisticated malware delivery / phishing campaigns that have been …
Iowa State University servers breached, made to mine Bitcoins
Iowa State University has revealed yesterday that five of its departmental servers on campus have been hacked, and that Social Security numbers of nearly 30,000 of its past …
Nine patterns make up 92 percent of security incidents
Verizon security researchers have found that 92 percent of the 100,000 security incidents analyzed over the past ten years can be traced to nine basic attack patterns that …
3M payment cards compromised in Michaels Stores/Aaron Brothers breach
In the wake of the highly publicized Target and Neiman Marcus breaches, Texas-based arts and crafts store chain Michaels has stated in January that it has been targeted by …