cybercriminals

TeslaCrypt 2.0 makes it impossible to decrypt affected files

July 15, 2015

“Kaspersky Lab has detected curious behavior in a new threat from the TeslaCrypt ransomware encryptor family. In version 2.0 of the Trojan notorious for infecting …

Nigerian scammers are stealing millions from businesses

June 25, 2015

When someone mentions advanced fee or romance scams most people immediately associate them with Nigerian scammers. But there is another type of scam that these fraudsters …

The downfall of a major cybercrime ring exploiting banking Trojans

June 25, 2015

“A joint investigation team (JIT) consisting of investigators and judicial authorities from six different European countries, supported by Europol and Eurojust, has …

New password recovery scam hitting Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo Mail users

June 22, 2015

A simple yet ingenious scam is being used by scammers to compromise accounts of Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo Mail users, Symantec researcher Slawomir Grzonkowski warns.“To …

Windows Live ID scam targets personal information

May 22, 2015

Kaspersky Lab experts are warning of a new scam that uses Windows Live ID as bait to catch personal information stored in user profiles on services like Xbox LIVE, Zune, …

Police dismantle gang of online fraudsters and romance scammers

April 28, 2015

The Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza), supported by Europol, arrested 10 members of a transnational criminal group. The criminals, mainly Nigerian citizens, were …

Card skimming gang stole 3M euros using ghost PoS terminals

April 23, 2015

French police supported by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) have arrested 18 members of a criminal gang who were illegally using modified, ’ghost’ …

Fake “Urgent billing update” email leads to Virgin Media, Paypal phishing page

March 31, 2015

Customers of UK-based telecom and ISP Virgin Media are being targeted with a clever spam campaign that is after their account information, but also PayPal account login …

Botnets inflating Twitch audiences help broadcasters earn money

March 30, 2015

Most people dream about earning a living by doing something they enjoy. For some gamers, that dream is achievable by using Twitch, the game streaming service that offers …

“Free $20 Steam codes” offer leads to online surveys

March 27, 2015

Users of Steam, Valve Corporation’s popular gaming platform, are the targets of a new survey scam that dangles the opportunity to get $20 Steam codes for free in front …

Apple-themed “Your account has been limited” phishing emails doing rounds

March 26, 2015

Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account …

Multifunctional Vawtrak malware now updated via favicons

March 25, 2015

The Vawtrak (aka Snifula) multifunctional malware has been around since mid-2013. Its information-stealing, backdoor and spying capabilities deservedly earned it the …