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Top security trend predictions for 2014
AppRiver released its list of the top IT security trend predictions for 2014. They predict organizations will see the following in 2014: State-sponsored attacks and cyber …
Malware creation hits record-high numbers
PandaLabs has published the results of its Quarterly Report for Q3 2013. One of the main conclusions that can be drawn from this global study is that malware creation has hit …
Watch out for less advanced malware and new exploit kits
This year, cybersecurity took center stage with nation-state attacks, numerous high-profile data breaches and prominent cybercriminal arrests. Websense Security Labs outlined …
Cryptolocker crooks offer victims a second chance
The criminals behind Cryptolocker, the destructive ransomware that has lately been targeting mostly US and UK PC users, are trying to earn more money by offering users who …
Researchers sinkhole several Cryptolocker C&Cs
The cyber crooks behind Cryptolocker, one of the latest ransomware threats, are having much success in infecting PC users with the deadly malware, but whether the victims fork …
Phishing and malicious attachments on the increase
Spam volume has dropped in August, but with the level of phishing increasing tenfold and malicious attachments being found in 3.4 percent more emails when compared with July, …
Clever email campaign delivers deadly ransomware to orgs
A new type of ransomware that obviously concentrates on targeting organizations instead of home users has been spotted by Emsisoft researchers. Dubbed CryptoLocker, the …
Aggressive ransomware scam redirects to child porn
Getting denounced for viewing or owning child pornography is a huge deal in most Western world countries, so it’s no wonder that ransomware peddlers are using that …
Ransomware changes Windows login credentials
So far, ransomware has mostly been spotted targeting US, Canadian, Australian and European users, but its not limited to hitting citizens of these traditionally prosperous …
The mobile cybercrime landscape is becoming more defined
McAfee found that Android-based malware achieved a 35 percent growth rate not seen since early 2012. This rebound was marked by the continued proliferation of SMS-stealing …
HTML ransomware goes global
Last week we saw that a ransomware scheme does not need to involve actual malware, as clever cyber crooks leveraged browsers’ “restore from crash” feature to …
Opera infrastructure compromised, users hit with malicious update
A breach of the Opera Software internal infrastructure has resulted in the theft of an expired Opera code signing certificate and used it to sign a piece of malware, package …
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