Security News

Week in review: Acunetix 11 review, BEC scams exposed, innovation and cybercrime (Help Net Security)
2017-07-17 01:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 751 domains hijacked to redirect visitors to exploit kit An unknown attacker has managed to modify the name servers...

Two New Platforms Found Offering Cybercrime-as-a-Service to 'Wannabe Hackers' (The Hackers News)
2017-07-15 03:57

Cybercrime has continued to evolve and today exists in a highly organised form. Cybercrime has increasingly been commercialised, and itself become big business by renting out an expanded range of...

Don’t let cybercrime hold your innovation to ransom (Help Net Security)
2017-07-13 15:47

When things break, our natural instinct is to look for someone to blame. Why? Because nothing happens by accident. It’s either done on purpose, a casualty of neglect or lack of preparation. Trust...

The FBI and You: Investigating Cybercrime (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-30 18:48

Todd Carroll of Chicago FBI on Importance of Collaboration to Deter AttacksAs nation-state directed cybercrime increases, the FBI is bringing counter-intelligence expertise to bear in its...

Cybersecurity trends: Fight against cybercrime shows both improvements and downsides (Help Net Security)
2017-06-21 12:30

Trustwave released the 2017 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2016. The report demonstrates both good and bad news in...

"FIN10" Cybercrime Group Extorts Canadian Firms (Security Week)
2017-06-16 12:07

A profit-driven cybercrime group tracked as FIN10 has been running an extortion operation mainly targeting organizations in North America, security firm FireEye reported on Friday. read more

Jaff Ransomware Operation Tied to Cybercrime Store (Security Week)
2017-06-04 20:28

Jaff, a ransomware family that emerged on May 12, the same day WannaCry did, appears connected to wider operations, as a recent sample was found to share server space with a refined cybercrime...

Jaff Malware Probe Uncovers Link to Cybercrime Marketplace (Threatpost)
2017-06-03 12:00

Researchers have discovered a shared backend infrastructure between the Jaff ransomware and a black market carder shop.