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A new variant of Ransomware, Ransom32, uses JavaScript to ease the process of attacking use systems with Ransomware and cause problems. Ransomware has been the thorn in systems all over the world, be it personal computers or other systems, even those belonging to police departments. Ransomware is a malicious program that takes control over a […]
Bitcoin-for-DDoS extortion scheme has a new victim and its none other than the BTCC — However, the hacker was unfortunate this time as the company was capable financially and had implemented advanced DDoSprotection measures beforehand. On 31st December, the first of the series of DDoS attacks on BTCC, a renowned Bitcoin trader company, took place, […]
Crooks are targeting English and Portuguese speaking Facebook users with “Holidays special offers malware scam.” It’s that time of the year when social media is full of free stuff from marketers who want to gather as many leads as possible and possibly convert them later on — Giveaways or discounts are the best marketing practices […]
A recent Facebook phishing scam asks users on the social media giant to verify their page because a suspected page forgery was detected — However, it’s a sophisticated scam. Facebook and phishing scams have an ultimate connection for life. Every day thousands of users around the world lose their accounts due to lack of awareness about such […]
LinkedIn can be a hacker’s treasure trove and job seeker’s nightmare. The IT security company Symantec revealed that dozens of fake accounts on social networking sites are being used by hackers pretending to be recruiters. The accounts holders let hackers plot a network of business professionals and achieve the professional’s trust. By building a connection […]
The latest Facebook scam asks users to download a video player — The price for this player is your login credentials. Facebook is gearing up itself to compete with YouTube in the online video streaming business and there’s no doubt that it is doing good but, there’s a problem with the social media giant and […]
It is easy to hack a domain and set up scams for visitors but using a government email address to run a phishing campaign is a bit odd. Recently, I received an email which of course went straight to spam. I wouldn’t care if it was a random email but, in fact, it was from a state […]
New day, new phishing attack! This time, it’s the Apple id which has been used by the attackers to steal from the innocent users. A phishing email has been discovered alerting Apple users that their Apple ID would be suspended if they do not complete a verification within time. The email further states that the […]
Rohit Jawa, a 25-year-old man, was arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio on 15th June 2015 for scamming on eBay — He was accused of defrauding eBay customers for making fraudulent purchases. Rohit started his fraudulent operations in 2013 and employed 9 eBay and 18 PayPal accounts for carrying out his fraudulent purchases. He may now face […]
PayPal has been one of the most attractive platforms for the hackers and spammers. During a recent year, PayPal users have been played around them. But, PayPal’s own security has not been a problem rather cyber criminals has been launching phishing attack on the PayPal’s users. Mind you PayPal has one of the best security layouts […]
Video gamers have found themselves the target of a new type of scam. No malware or hacking into the games rather a simple phishing scam which is filling scammers’ pockets. Scammers have been found to be sending emails to the gamers portraying themselves as the officials from the gaming companies claiming that they will take legal […]
Researchers at an IT security company Heimdal Security have discovered a number of compromised web pages ranked on google for keywords like Java JRE, MSN 7, and Windows 8. Basically, while searching for software like Java JRE, MSN 7 and Windows 8 users are finding compromised pages ranked in the top positions. The file on these […]
TalkTalk (UK’s largest broadband and mobile phones service provider) has possibly faced one of the biggest breaches in the history of cyber breaches. According to some of the reports, millions could be affected as the company currently has more or less 4 million customers from all over the UK and their personal and financial data […]
Social media sites are storehouses of people who are easily duped into believing almost anything which is posted and some proof of this is another circulating ‘shocking footage’ video link that has once again taken over Facebook. The video link, like many others, shows a particularly distressful image of an African woman with the caption […]
The global security company ProofPoint has identified a suspicious malware on its radar capable of stealing money from an ATM faster than the majority of bank robbers. As per their research, the malware robs ATMs in real-time and known as GreenDispenser. It gets activated via a boot-enabled CD-ROM drive. Once activated, the malware searches for […]
Last week, news spread across the web (appearing in newsfeeds of many users) that Facebook is about to assign a fee for every user who wishes to keep their profile private. This is just a hoax! Many variations of the hoax have been passed around stating that users have to copy and paste a specific […]
Kovter Trojan can hide in Windows registry and does not need to be stored on the computer’s hard drive- claims Symantec — Research reveals that Kovter’s security evading feature is akin to Poweliks malware. The malware was discovered firstly in 2013. Symantec’s researchers detected the malware’s version 2.0.3 in May 2015. It happens to be the […]
Hackers are stealing eBay usernames and passwords by hosting phishing sites on eBay’s very own network. These sites appear convincing because of the fact that the fake login form is being hosted on a genuine eBay domain, ebaydesc.com. This domain is typically used to host eBay listings descriptions, which later are displayed on eBay Listings page within […]
A new phishing campaign has been doing the rounds on the Internet in which hackers are using Amazon UK’s fake email message as bait to entice targeted user base for phishing attacks, a security research reveals. A blog post published by security and malware experts over at Malwarebytes blog which states that hackers are using spam email […]
Another day, another Facebook phishing scam — The email claims to be sent by Facebook Team and warns recipients that they have 24 hours to reconfirm their account details to avoid permanent deletion from the social network. Facebook is in the news again and so is its Security because a threatening email titled “Last Warning” […]
Another day — Another PayPal Phishing scam! There’s an email claiming that PayPal is considering a payment reversal. Allegedly, a payment was made without the account holder’s consent that seems like a transaction error. What happens is that in order to respond to PayPal’s request for information, user are asked to click a login link to […]