cybercriminals
Ross Ulbricht is Dread Pirate Roberts, risks life imprisonment
After deliberating for three and a half hours, a jury has found Ross Ulbricht guilty of all seven counts he was accused of, which means he could potentially spend the rest of …
Supposedly clean Office documents download malware
Bitdefender is warning Microsoft Office users against the emergence of a new spam campaign that is looking to trick antispam filters in order to allow spam to pass freely into …
What makes phishing emails so successful?
According to the results of a study performed by researchers from the University at Buffalo, “information-rich” emails that alter the recipients’ cognitive …
Hottest Snapchats scam spreads on Facebook
A spam campaign revealing the 10 Hottest Snapchats is a new entry to the long list of Facebook scams flooding the social network. Bitdefender’s Labs have now blacklisted …
WhatsApp sees increasing complexity of spam campaigns
Over the past few months, AdaptiveMobile has tracked an increase of spam complexity on messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, in the United States, Europe and India, and expects …
Beware of malware masquerading as Oracle security patches
Oracle is warning users about malware sites actively offering Oracle patches for download. “It has come to our attention that there are non-Oracle sites offering Oracle …
Ransomware-wielding crooks made over $217,000 in a single month
Crypto-ransomware continues to be a very effective way for cyber crooks to “earn” serious money: the method is so lucrative that with a single campaign, the crooks …
Top Facebook scams and malware attacks
Millions of people fell for Facebook scams in 2014. Though security experts, companies and tech-savvy users guard against Facebook cyber attacks, many unwary users continue to …
Russian hackers stole millions from banks, ATMs
Tens of millions of dollars, credit cards and intellectual property stolen by a new group of cyber criminals. Group-IB and Fox IT, in a joint research effort, released a …
Malware peddlers turn again to malicious links
In the continuous see-sawing that spammers and malware peddlers perform between sending out emails with malicious links and those with malicious attachments, the former method …
Thousands fall for Free Audi R8 Facebook scam
Over 200,000 Facebook users have so far fallen prey to a like-farming scam promising two free Audi R8 cars, and thousands are joining the victim list each hour, according to …
Shaping mobile security
Most of us are familiar with the “triangle’ project management model, which highlights the constraints on delivering results in projects. The three corners of the …