Security News

Fake DVLA SMS tricking UK residents into sharing payment card info (Help Net Security)
2017-04-03 14:53

SMS messages made to look like they are coming from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are being flung at UK residents, in an attempt to trick them into sharing sensitive information....

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...