Security News

Who's Winning the Cybercrime Battle?
2018-10-12 15:30

Although the U.S. Congress must have designated literally thousands of commemorative days, weeks and months, I’m a bit partial to this month’s designation, National Cybersecurity Awareness month,...

SIE Europe: Data sharing initiative to combat cybercrime launches
2018-10-02 05:30

SIE Europe emerged from stealth mode to launch an initiative to enable European organisations to contribute and share Internet data. This consortium advances the detection and mitigation of...

A law enforcement view of emerging cybercrime threats
2018-09-24 06:00

Cybercriminals are adopting creative new techniques to target their victims at an unprecedented pace and are constantly seeking methods to avoid law enforcement detection. To stay ahead of them,...

Cybercrime Markets Sell Access to Hacked Sites, Databases
2018-09-21 09:48

Payment Card Theft, Ransomware Facilitated by Cybercrime-as-a-Service OfferingsOne mystery with the recently discovered payment card sniffing attacks against such organizations as British Airways...

Mirai Masterminds Helping FBI Snuff Out Cybercrime
2018-09-19 17:11

The three hackers behind the infamous Mirai botnet have been helping law enforcement take down cybercriminals across the globe.

Cybercrime: 15 Top Threats and Trends
2018-09-19 16:33

Europol's Internet Threat Report Finds That Older Crimes Remain Alive and WellCriminals operating online continue to target cryptocurrencies, leverage phishing and other social engineering...

Mirai Botnet Creators Helping FBI Fight Cybercrime to Stay Out of Jail
2018-09-19 14:18

Three young hackers who were sentenced late last year for creating and spreading the notorious Mirai botnet are now helping the FBI to investigate other "complex" cybercrime cases in return to...

Why Cybercrime Remains Impossible to Eradicate
2018-09-17 10:48

Kelihos Bot Herder Offered Bargain Spam Campaign PricingMore evidence that running cybercrime schemes remains inexpensive and accessible to anyone with criminal intent: To send spam emails,...

RiskIQ: British Airways Breach Ties to Cybercrime Group
2018-09-11 16:33

Magecart Gang Tweaked Script on BA's Server to Scrape Card Data, Researchers SayThe British Airways breach, in which up to 380,000 website and mobile users' payment card details were stolen,...

Scrappy 'Silence' Cybercrime Gang Refines Its Bank Attacks
2018-09-05 13:18

Two-Person Gang Is Picking Up After Decline in Cobalt Attacks, Researchers WarnA cybercrime gang called "Silence," which appears to have just two members, has been tied to attacks that have so far...