Security News

Spora Ransomware Offers Victims Unique Payment Options (Threatpost)
2017-01-18 12:00

Researchers are keeping close tabs on a new ransomware strain called Spora that offers victims unique payment options.

Distributed Guessing Attack Reels in Payment Card Data (Threatpost)
2016-12-05 19:10

A research paper describes vulnerabilities enabling distributed guessing attacks which allow an attacker to collect payment card data across a number of sites without triggering alerts.

Have Tesco Bank attackers guessed victims’ payment card details? (Help Net Security)
2016-12-02 21:05

A group of researchers from Newcastle University have discovered a practical and easy way for attackers to quickly guess individuals’ Visa payment card info needed to perform fraudulent...

Netwire RAT is Back, Stealing Payment Card Data (Threatpost)
2016-11-29 20:40

Researchers say they spotted the remote access Trojan Netwire stealing payment card data from one organization.

Cross-continental operation brings down payment card fraudsters (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 12:30

On 14 and 15 November 2016, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, the Spanish Guardia Civil, the British West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit together with the Royal Canadian Mounted...