Cybercrime


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Cybercrime

Pokémon GO hype: First lockscreen tries to catch the trend

Pokémon GO hype: First lockscreen tries to catch the trend

Cybercrime

Pokémon GO hype: First lockscreen tries to catch the trend

ESET has discovered the first ever fake lockscreen app on Google Play, named Pokemon GO Ultimate. As its characteristics suggest, it deliberately locks the screen right after the app is started forcing the user to restart the device.

Lukas Stefanko15 Jul 2016


Malware, Cybercrime

Over 1000 Wendy's restaurants hacked - customers' credit card details stolen

Over 1000 Wendy's restaurants hacked - customers' credit card details stolen

Malware, Cybercrime

Over 1000 Wendy's restaurants hacked - customers' credit card details stolen

Fast food giant Wendy's says that it now believes that more than 1000 of its restaurants across the United States have fallen victim to a hacking gang, who used malware to steal customers' credit and debit card information.

Graham Cluley08 Jul 2016


Cybercrime

Cash machines turn 49 today: Are ATMs really that secure?

Cash machines turn 49 today: Are ATMs really that secure?

Cybercrime

Cash machines turn 49 today: Are ATMs really that secure?

Forty-nine years after the first ATM was installed in London, we ask how secure our cash machines are today?

Ondrej Kubovič27 Jun 2016


Cybercrime

Crimeware: Malware and massive campaigns around the world

Crimeware: Malware and massive campaigns around the world

Cybercrime

Crimeware: Malware and massive campaigns around the world

Cases of malware and crimeware incidents are reported daily around the world. Indeed, the number of reports, detections and threats grows constantly.

Pablo Ramos08 Jun 2016


Privacy, Cybercrime

Mandatory password reset for some Facebook and Netflix users in wake of mega-breaches

Mandatory password reset for some Facebook and Netflix users in wake of mega-breaches

Privacy, Cybercrime

Mandatory password reset for some Facebook and Netflix users in wake of mega-breaches

Don't panic. Facebook and Netflix have not suffered a data breach. But it's quite possible that they are asking you to change your password.

Graham Cluley08 Jun 2016


Cybercrime

Is the federal government doing enough to catch and prosecute computer criminals?

Is the federal government doing enough to catch and prosecute computer criminals?

Cybercrime

Is the federal government doing enough to catch and prosecute computer criminals?

With ransomware running rampant we asked Americans if they thought the US federal government was doing enough to catch and prosecute computer criminals.

Stephen Cobb07 Jun 2016


Cybercrime

Network ELOFANTS and other insider threat insights from the DBIR and beyond

Network ELOFANTS and other insider threat insights from the DBIR and beyond

Cybercrime

Network ELOFANTS and other insider threat insights from the DBIR and beyond

An ELOFANT is an "Employee Left Or Fired, Access Not Terminated" and these ghost account insiders can undermine your organization's information security, as recent DBIR stats suggest.

Stephen Cobb02 Jun 2016


Privacy, Cybercrime

65 million Tumblr users should probably be careful...

65 million Tumblr users should probably be careful...

Privacy, Cybercrime

65 million Tumblr users should probably be careful...

65 million Tumblr users have had their details compromised as a result of a recently-discovered breach dating back to 2013. But it's not just their passwords that they should be concerned about.

Graham Cluley30 May 2016


Cybercrime

Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack

Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack

Cybercrime

Teenager charged over Mumsnet hack and DDoS attack

An 18-year-old man has been charged by British police in connection with an internet attack that saw Mumsnet hacked, users' accounts breached, passwords stolen, and the site blasted offline.

Graham Cluley23 May 2016