The number of business email account (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scam incidents worldwide reached 78,000 between October 2013 and May 2018. FBI provided further data related to Email Account Compromise, according to the feds, the number...
Security experts from Fortinet recently detected a new version of the GandCrab ransomware, ver 4.1, that is being distributed through compromised websites A few days ago, I wrote about the return of the GandCrab ransomware (v4), a new version appeared...
Imperva observed a spambot targeting WordPress sites aimed at tricking victims into clicking on links to sites offering betting services on FIFA World Cup Security experts from Imperva recently observed a spike in spam activity directed at WordPress...
Timehop has recently announced to have suffered a data breach that affected 21 million user accounts. The company now shares additional details about the incident. Timehop service aims to help people in finding new ways to connect with each other by analyzing...
Hackers have compromised the website of VSDC, (http://www.videosoftdev.com), a popular company that provides free audio and video conversion and editing software. Experts from Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 Total Security discovered that attackers...
The Israeli-based decentralized cryptocurrency Bancor exchange is the last victim of a security breach in the cryptocurrency industry. According to a statement published by the Bancor exchange, an unknown hacker has stolen roughly $13.5 million worth...
A cyber-espionage group tracked as BlackTech is abusing code-signing certificates stolen from D-Link for the distribution of their malware. Security experts from ESET discovered that an APT group tracked as BlackTech is using code-signing certificates...
The hosting company Domainfactory has taken down its forums after hackers posted messages claiming to have breached into its infrastructure. While I was writing about the Timehope security breach, another incident is making the headlines, the victim...
Timehop, the service that aims to help people in finding new ways to connect with each other by analyzing past activities, has been hacked. Timehop is a service that aims to help people in finding new ways to connect with each other by analyzing past...
An expert found evidences that demonstrate the current distributed LokiBot malware samples were "hijacked" by a third actor. According to the researcher who goes online by the Twitter handle "d00rt," samples of the LokiBot malware samples being distributed...