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A Canadian woman has been arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for hacking computers, taking over their webcams and spying on people. Police are positive that Valérie Gignac, a 27-year-old suspect is involved in hacking computers of innocent users with the help of malicious software, taking over their webcams, spy on people and loading x-rated websites. […]
Twenty five international cyber criminals (who were involved hacking into banking systems and making of clone payment cards) are arrested by the Romanian authorities this week. The group made over US$15 million from these crimes. They are now detained by the Romanian authorities. The Group includes 52 members, including members from Romania and other nationalities. […]
An email is being circulated as part of a new phishing campaign. It boasts the subject line “Tesco Bank Changes to Interest Rate,” promising latest interest rate reports and changes. Users are required to open an attached document to view the latest changes in the Bank’s offered interest rates. However, the news is fake and this is […]
‘Discontinue Support’—Latest Phishing Scam Targeting Microsoft Outlook Users. An email is being circulated by cybercriminals that appears to be sent by Outlook.com team informing users that on 11th May 2015, MS Outlook will be discontinuing “support on your account and security.” The message is nothing else but another crude phishing attempt. The email warns users […]
Tax Return-themed Emails make Users in America the Target of Ransomware – Attackers sending genuine-looking Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax refund messages. Today, when the culture of filing tax reports in the United States has come to an end, cybercriminals have instigated their phishing lure and are busy distributing fake emails that appear to be from the […]
Paedophiles reportedly have been trading child sexual abuse images for bitcoin, revealed the Internet Watch Foundation/IWF in its annual report for 2014. The group has been tasked with addressing the problem of child sexual abuse images online and the team identified that the “most prolific commercial” child abuse sites had started accepting digital currency for […]
Suspected ‘Nazi’ Android FBI Ransomware Architect Detained In Russia – A Nazi-themed malware control panel was used by the Svpeng cybercriminal gang. It has been announced by Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs that a 25-year-old, who was suspected to be the mastermind behind the harmful strain of Android money-stealing malware called Svpeng, has been arrested. Svpeng […]
Dark web marketplaces are famous for their pharmaceuticals and weapons souks but nowadays a lot more variety has been lurking there than drugs and guns. You can buy almost anything you want. Researchers at an Ireland based Fraud Prevention software developer firm Trustev revealed that numerous small-scale marketplaces sell unusual stuff like Spotify accounts and […]
Domanik Green, a 14-year-old student studying at Florida’s Paul R. Smith Middle School managed to bypass the school’s computer security network using just his computer skills and gained access to the server that contained FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) data. FCAT data is basically a standardized evaluation, which requires to be administered every year for […]
Australia’s Bendigo Bank is apparently sending out emails titled “Morning Update” to users. The email contains the staff member’s name as well as the direct contact phone number. It also contains a business disclaimer having the email ID and phone number of Bendigo Bank. This mail also contains an attachment, a .Zip file titled Bendigo_Report_#[random […]
Researchers have found a new ransomware which shows your files are quarantined, actually the are not. Trend Micro has recently reported that a new ransomware variant targeting Russian speakers, was detected by their threat response engineer, Michael Marcos. BAT_CYRPVAULT.A or CRYPVAULT was evidenced to have been distributed as an attachment to spam emails. This particular ransomware […]
Kristopher Ives, a computer programmer from Oregon, USA believes that a Bitcoin donation of $0.33 to pay the legal fees for famous NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden is enough to land him in jail. According to Ives, the donation he made violates an executive order from President Obama, which prohibits the transfer of funds to individuals […]
Yahoo users receiving another Phishing Scam — The Yahoo Account Confirmation Email is fake! A new email titled Yahoo Account Confirmation has surfaced on the internet which appears to have been sent from Yahoo. It says that the account you own has security issues and therefore, you need to click on the “Authentication Page” button for […]
For many years, cyber criminals have deceived people into carrying out humiliating sexual acts online and later get blackmailed with the recordings of their acts. This mechanism has become easier to be conducted with the emergence of an Android app that facilitates sex extortion. The Irving, Texas, based Cyber security Company Trend Micro states that […]
Dyre Wolf malware, a dynamic campaign has been discovered by researchers, which already has raked in more than $1 million. This latest campaign utilizes a combo of social engineering and malware. The campaign has been dubbed as the Dyre Wolf campaign by IBM Security Researchers. According to them, this campaign targets businesses and firms that […]
The email informs the recipient that if your account is not verified in 24 hours then you will be termed as a fraudulent user and your email account will be taken down. However, if you click on the “verify” button, you can resolve the issue. Let us inform you that this email is just another […]
Cyber criminals are targeting Facebook users with yet another Phishing scam — This time users are receiving a warning message in their Facebook inbox which claims their account will be disabled soon…. Don’t worry, your account won’t be blocked nor it’s a legit warning, it’s same old lowlife cyber criminals try to hack your account with […]
Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) has reported that two of its backup hard drives containing information of about 40000 people involving their health and insurance details have been stolen during the transportation of the hard drives to offsite stores. The incident took place on 13th of February 2015. ISMA is unaware of how this is […]
Hackers are targeting bank of America’ customers with a phishing campaign – If you are a customer at the bank of America DO NOT click any such link. Cybercriminals can send you a fake Bank of America website link in an email or through a social media account. Once you will click the link, it will redirect you […]
Medical and financial data of around 11 million Premera Blue Cross customers has potentially been exposed due to a breach that apparently occurred on the same date as of the Anthem breach. The firm announced about the breach on Tuesday and revealed that it identified the violation on January 29, 2015, and collaborated with the […]
A PhishTank has been located where the Apple store users have been the victims of phishing emails. OVH, very well-known web hosting platform based in Europe which says that it is responsible for running Apple Store Confirmation page. This page seems to be the place of the fraud. So here is a detailed analysis with […]