Leaked Documents Indicate FBI Spied On Every TorMail User in 2013
A lot of important news hardly ever gets picked up by mainstream media these days. About a week ago, several documents were leaked indicating how the FBI received permission …
Tag: malware
TrickBot Banking Trojan Has Security Researchers Concerned
November 9, 2016
Finance, News, Technology
Banking Trojans are a significant economic threat. Not only can they target individual users, but they can also cause extensive damage to entire corporate networks. TrickBot, a new banking …
New Mirai-inspired IoT Malware Is Making The Rounds
November 2, 2016
News, Security, Technology
Internet of Things malware has suddenly become a top priority for manufacturers around the world. The recent Mirai botnet attack, which knocked many popular internet services offline for the …
XiongMai Technologies Admits Their Devices Are Susceptible To Mirai Malware
October 24, 2016
News, Security, Technology
More and more information about the recent DynDNS cyber attack is becoming available as the investigation continues. XIongMai Technologies, a Chinese company manufacturing surveillance video camera components, admitted that …
Locky Ransomware Developers One-Up Security Researchers Yet Again
October 20, 2016
Education, Malware, Ransomware
It has been quiet around once-popular Bitcoin ransomware Locky for quite some time now. That doesn’t mean, however, that its developers have given up on the project. A new …
Criminals Step Up Their Card Skimming Game With Bluetooth-Enabled Tools
Credit Card Skimmers have been a significant threat to card paying users for quite some time now. Skimming has become all the more popular lately, even though the trend …
Top 5 Most Common Phishing Attacks
1. Dyre malware email Dyre was delivered through emails, with links directed towards a phony file sharing service called Cubby. The emails looked pretty standard, as do most other …
Top 5 Cyber-crimes of the Millennium …So Far
October 13, 2016
Education
Cybercrime has become a huge business in today’s world. With increased regularity we are seeing headlines related to mass malware injections, cyber heists, and identity theft. While some are …
Researchers Develop Tool To Embed Malware In Instagram Pictures Through Steganography
October 13, 2016
News, Security, Technology
Instagram has quickly become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. All of the positive attention makes it a prime target for hackers and internet …