Cybercrime


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Cybercrime

Valve Steam bug sees accounts hacked

Valve Steam bug sees accounts hacked

Cybercrime

Valve Steam bug sees accounts hacked

A serious bug in Valve’s Steam engine has allowed a series of user credentials to be stolen over the past week, according to reports.

Karl Thomas27 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

Cybercrime update: take downs, arrests, convictions, and sentences

Cybercrime update: take downs, arrests, convictions, and sentences

Cybercrime

Cybercrime update: take downs, arrests, convictions, and sentences

Information security could use some good news right now, something to offset the string of bad news about data breaches and system vulnerabilities; so how about this: "Cyber Criminal Forum Taken Down, Members Arrested in 20 Countries".

Stephen Cobb27 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

Tech giants take action on ad click fraud

Tech giants take action on ad click fraud

Cybercrime

Tech giants take action on ad click fraud

Some of the biggest digital companies have banded together to take action on the rising tide of ad click fraud.

Karl Thomas22 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

37 million relationship cheats could be exposed by Ashley Madison hack

37 million relationship cheats could be exposed by Ashley Madison hack

Cybercrime

37 million relationship cheats could be exposed by Ashley Madison hack

The 37 million users of hacked infidelity site Ashley Madison are at risk of having their names and private details leaked, reports The Verge.

Kyle Ellison20 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

Huge Morrisons data breach due to employee with grudge, court hears

Huge Morrisons data breach due to employee with grudge, court hears

Cybercrime

Huge Morrisons data breach due to employee with grudge, court hears

A Morrisons employee with a grudge was responsible for posting personal data of nearly 100,000 staff onto the internet, a court heard.

Karl Thomas17 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

British teenager sentenced for massive Spamhaus attack

British teenager sentenced for massive Spamhaus attack

Cybercrime

British teenager sentenced for massive Spamhaus attack

British teen Seth Nolan Mcdonagh, aka "narko" has been sentenced for his role in a 2013 attack which slowed the internet around the world.

Karl Thomas16 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

Dozens arrested in international Darkode crackdown

Dozens arrested in international Darkode crackdown

Cybercrime

Dozens arrested in international Darkode crackdown

International law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 60 people suspected of carrying out cybercrime associated with the Darkode forum.

Karl Thomas15 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

Cybercrime

Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

In April, ESET’s Laboratory in Latin America received a report on an executable program named "Liberty2-0.exe." Now, it asks is there a version 1.0?

Diego Perez14 Jul 2015


Privacy, Cybercrime

Tour de France leader Chris Froome has had his data hacked, claims Team Sky

Tour de France leader Chris Froome has had his data hacked, claims Team Sky

Privacy, Cybercrime

Tour de France leader Chris Froome has had his data hacked, claims Team Sky

Yellow Jersey wearer targeted by critics who claim he has been using performance-enhancing drugs.

Graham Cluley14 Jul 2015