cybercriminals
Internet scams that dominated in 2012
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the 2012 Internet Crime Report – a summary of reported fraudulent activity in the past year. In 2012, the IC3 received …
Scammers combine fake AV and bogus support calls
Scammers have found a new way of relieving unsuspecting victims of their hard earned cash: they have begun combining fake AV with fake support calls. The scam begins with …
Eight indicted in $45M cybercrime campaign
A four-count federal indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn charging eight defendants with participating in two worldwide cyberattacks that inflicted $45 million in losses on the …
Hijacking Facebook accounts via expired Hotmail accounts
Three researchers from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, have discovered a simple way to hijack Facebook accounts by just by misusing existing features and responses …
Porn-downloading ransomware targets German users
The German Anti-Botnet Advisory Centre is warning (in German) users about a new ransomware / BKA Trojan variant that accuses users of being involved in the reproduction of …
Phishers taking over accounts of telecommunication customers
The Internet Crime Complaint Center has received numerous reports of phishing attacks targeting various telecommunication companies’ customers. Individuals receive …
Phishers target eBay customers via live chat support
U.K.-based ISP Netcraft is warning users about phishers impersonating eBay’s live chat support feature in the hopes of getting their hands on eBay users’ login, …
Beware of fake AV and ransomware combo
Ransomware and fake antivirus solutions are well-known threats, but a deadly fraudulent combination of the two has been recently spotted by Total Defense researchers. The …
Attackers breach and encrypt TV station’s email server
The email server of FOX21 News has been hacked over the weekend and the information it contained held ransom. The attackers were asking for $5,000 to decrypt the information …
U.S. media sites compromised, lead to malware
At least five U.S. media sites and a number of other popular ones have been compromised and are redirecting visitors to malicious URLs, Zscaler warns. The sites have been …
IRC/HTTP based DDoS bot nukes other bots
Online underground markets seem to offer anything and everything a budding cyber criminal might need. Compromised online accounts? They’ve got them. Malicious domain …