Security News

With 1.2 million phishing attacks, 2016 was a success for cybercriminals (Help Net Security)
2017-03-01 13:00

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) observed that 2016 ended as the worst year for phishing in history. The total number of phishing attacks in 2016 was 1,220,523. This number represents the...

Cybercriminals Use Cracked Builder to Spawn Betabot Variants (SecurityWeek)
2017-02-28 19:39

Cybercriminals start cashing in on vulnerable WordPress websites (ZDNet)
2017-02-23 14:54

Ukrainian Cybercriminal Sentenced to Prison in U.S. (SecurityWeek)
2017-02-20 09:53

Duqu Malware Techniques Used by Cybercriminals (Schneier on Security)
2017-02-16 16:28

Duqu 2.0 is a really impressive piece of malware, related to Stuxnet and probably written by the NSA. One of its security features is that it stays resident in its host's memory without ever...

Russian-speaking cybercriminals created over 75% of all crypto ransomware (Help Net Security)
2017-02-15 13:48

According to the Kaspersky Lab’s telemetry, in 2016 more than 1,445,000 users (including businesses) around the globe were attacked by 54 thousand modifications of 60+ families of crypto...

The emergence of new global cybercriminal attack patterns (Help Net Security)
2017-02-01 12:45

The findings of a new Malwarebytes report illustrate a significant shift in cybercriminal attack and malware methodology from previous years. Ransomware, ad fraud and botnets, the subject of so...

Preparing for the holiday shopping season? Cybercriminals are getting ready as well (Help Net Security)
2016-11-15 14:12

The number of financial phishing attacks is expected to rise during the Holiday shopping season which starts unofficially on Black Friday. Retrospective research by Kaspersky Lab specialists shows...

Cybercriminals in the health sector put under the microscope (The Register)
2016-10-26 18:42

Electronic health records: The new gold standard for cybercriminals (TechRepublic)
2016-10-24 21:11