Cybercrime


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Cybercrime

Cybercrime update: Arrests, indictments, takedowns, and more

Cybercrime update: Arrests, indictments, takedowns, and more

Cybercrime

Cybercrime update: Arrests, indictments, takedowns, and more

If you search for cybersecurity or cybercrime under Google News the results can be depressing: so many cybercrimes, so few arrests. But over the past few months law enforcement has begun to strike back.

Stephen Cobb14 Aug 2017


Cybercrime

Game of Thrones stars' personal phone numbers leaked, as HBO hackers attempt to extort ransom

Game of Thrones stars' personal phone numbers leaked, as HBO hackers attempt to extort ransom

Cybercrime

Game of Thrones stars' personal phone numbers leaked, as HBO hackers attempt to extort ransom

A leaked document appears to contain the personal telephone numbers and email addresses for actors such as Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke.

Graham Cluley09 Aug 2017


Cybercrime

How black-hats misuse the torrent ecosystem for fun and profit

How black-hats misuse the torrent ecosystem for fun and profit

Cybercrime

How black-hats misuse the torrent ecosystem for fun and profit

Torrents have many legitimate uses, in various segments. However, their popularity among users makes them also into an attractive vector for black-hats.

Ondrej Kubovič01 Aug 2017


Cybercrime

Spiderman pleads guilty to knocking 900,000 German broadband routers offline

Spiderman pleads guilty to knocking 900,000 German broadband routers offline

Cybercrime

Spiderman pleads guilty to knocking 900,000 German broadband routers offline

It seems that Spiderman is in a spot of trouble, tangled in a web of his own making.

Graham Cluley25 Jul 2017


Cybercrime

Web-hosting firm agrees to pay over $1 million to ransomware extortionists

Web-hosting firm agrees to pay over $1 million to ransomware extortionists

Cybercrime

Web-hosting firm agrees to pay over $1 million to ransomware extortionists

A variant of the Erebus ransomware has hit a South Korean web hosting company hard, and disrupted the websites of thousands of businesses.

Graham Cluley20 Jun 2017


Cybercrime

British hacker admits stealing satellite data from US Department of Defense

British hacker admits stealing satellite data from US Department of Defense

Cybercrime

British hacker admits stealing satellite data from US Department of Defense

25-year-old Sean Caffrey failed to properly cover his tracks, leading police officers to his door.

Graham Cluley16 Jun 2017


Cybercrime

Malicious registry keys: Reflective injection

Malicious registry keys: Reflective injection

Cybercrime

Malicious registry keys: Reflective injection

In recent months, we have started to receive various reports about suspicious and malicious registry keys that had been created on users’ equipment. ESET's Diego Perez explores.

Diego Perez15 May 2017


Cybercrime

Huge ransomware outbreak disrupts IT systems worldwide: WannaCryptor to blame

Huge ransomware outbreak disrupts IT systems worldwide: WannaCryptor to blame

Cybercrime

Huge ransomware outbreak disrupts IT systems worldwide: WannaCryptor to blame

Ransomware called WannaCryptor spread rapidly around the world today, encrypting files in as many as 100 countries by using the leaked NSA eternalblue SMB exploit.

Michael Aguilar13 May 2017


Cybercrime

Hackers who stole information from law firms and made millions by insider trading, fined $9 million

Hackers who stole information from law firms and made millions by insider trading, fined $9 million

Cybercrime

Hackers who stole information from law firms and made millions by insider trading, fined $9 million

Law firms, PR agencies, newswires, accountants... all manner of firms need to ensure that they are working hard to secure the information entrusted to them by their corporate clients, and keep it out of unauthorised hands.

Graham Cluley11 May 2017