March 4, 2017 By Pierluigi Paganini Exclusive: MalwareMustDie for Security Affairs released the list of the sites under attack. A criminal gang is using SSH TCP direct forward attack technique. Figure 1: The scheme adopted by… Continue reading Exclusive: A criminal group using SSH TCP direct forward attack is also targeting Italian infrastruc
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Top 5 Tax Season Scams
During tax season most of us are probably still dreading the moment we have to quit procrastinating, buckle down, and file our income taxes. Coincidentally, it’s also a time that cybercriminals are working overtime to scam home users into giving over their financial data, and even their tax returns. The frequency of attacks only… Continue reading Top 5 Tax Season Scams
Behind the Scenes with Ransomware
Take a look at ransomware behind the scenes with Jesse Lopez, lead advanced malware removal engineer at Webroot. Take a look at the best antivirus, anti-malware, anti-spy, etc. software Powered by WPeMatico
New Dark Web Service Helps Crooks Trick You in Revealing Your Payment Card PIN
March 3rd, 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu A new service launched on the Dark Web this week simplifies the process of tricking victims whose card details have been exposed into revealing their card’s PIN. The service, which we’ll reference in this article based on… Continue reading New Dark Web Service Helps Crooks Trick You in Revealing Your Payment Card PIN
Dealing with Overwhelming Volume of Security Alerts
A supporter of the antivirus industry has defended the practice of intercepting encrypted traffic for malware analysis, but admits vendors need to clean up their act. By Liam Tung | March 3, 2017 An advocate for the antivirus (AV) industry has warned security vendors to take heed of… Continue reading Dealing with Overwhelming Volume of Security Alerts
Free antivirus coupon leads to tech support scam
March 3, 2017 by Jérôme Segura In a previous blog post, we showed how users were redirected to a tech support scam page via a rogue Google Chrome extension. This time we take a look at another clever ruse to trick you into calling for assistance, and ultimately getting scammed. This scheme is… Continue reading Free antivirus coupon leads to tech support scam
Crypt0L0cker Ransomware is Back with Campaigns Targeting Europe
March 1st 2017 By Lawrence Abrams The Crypt0L0cker ransomware, otherwise known as Torrentlocker or Teerac, was a common ransomware infection that mostly targeted Australia and European countries in 2014. Towards the middle of 2015, though, this ransomware slowly started dying off to the point that it was hardly distributed anymore. Fast forward to… Continue reading Crypt0L0cker Ransomware is Back with Campaigns Targeting Europe
Cloudbleed Triggered 1.2M Times, Damage Kept to Minimum
By Michael Mimoso March 2, 2017 Having had more than a week to digest Cloudbleed’s causes and impact, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince assessed the damage yesterday in a lengthy post-mortem as relatively low. Prince said there is no evidence the vulnerability, which leaked… Continue reading Cloudbleed Triggered 1.2M Times, Damage Kept to Minimum
DoJ Indicts 19 People in Global Fraud, Money-Laundering Schemes
3rd March 2017 By Dark Reading Staff Federal indictments charged 19 people for participating in international fraud and money laundering operations including the use of BEC schemes, which led to $13M in losses. Nineteen people were charged today for participating in international fraud and money-laundering schemes, which led to the loss of $13M… Continue reading DoJ Indicts 19 People in Global Fraud, Money-Laundering Schemes
Australians beware: myGov phishing on the prowl
March 2, 2017 by Christopher Boyd In Australia, myGov is a “simple and secure way to access government services online”. Secure access to a range of government services using one username and password A single inbox for your messages from Centrelink, Medicare, Child Support… Continue reading Australians beware: myGov phishing on the prowl