The authors of the popular Angler exploit kit integrated an exploit for a Flash Player flaw fixed by Adobe just a couple of weeks ago. The creators of the popular Angler exploit KIT are known for being quick in integrating and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities,...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was breached by hackers that "used an online service provided by the agency" to access data for more than 100,000 taxpayers. According to theĀ Associated Press, theĀ Internal Revenue ServiceĀ (IRS) suffered a data breach,...
An Eagle High School student may be charged with a felony after being accused of a cyber attack on the West Ada school district. I have decided to write about this story because it is the demonstration of the interference of cybercrime with the teenager's...
Researchers at FireEye have detected a new strain of point-of-sale (POS) malware being used in the wild and served through a spam campaign. A new malware called NitlovePoS has the capability of capture and exfiltrate track one and two from payment cards,...
McAfee discovered in the Deep Web a ransomware-construction kits that allow easy to build malware in just 3 steps, implementing an interesting model of sale. In the criminal underground it is easy to find malware-construction kits that allow easy to build...
A security researcher at Trend Micro discovered that the malware used by the Carbanak cybergang is using a C&C server linked to the Russian FSB. Maxim Goncharov, security expert at Trend Micro, revealed that one of the most sophisticated malware...
Experts at ESET have discovered over 30 scareware uploaded to the Google Play store over nine months masquerading as Minecraft cheats and tip guides. Do you completely trust mobile applications available on the official app store like Google Play?Ā If...
Security experts at FireEye have published a report that details the cyber threats targeting various sectors in the Nordic countries. According to FireEye, threat actorsĀ targeted strategic industries (i.e. aerospace and defense, energy, health and pharmaceuticals,...
Hi-tech car thieves use Ā£30 jamming devices in car parks, the devices allow them to bypass car coding and reprogramme vehicles before driving off in them. Car thieves are becoming even more technological, we have read many newsĀ regarding hackers that...
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