Why Computer Criminals Are Targeting the NHS
We all know what happened on 12 May 2017. That’s the day when an updated version of WannaCry ransomware… Read More
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West African Computer Criminals Steal $3M Annually from Targets, Finds Report
West African computer criminals steal approximately three million dollars annually from businesses and individuals, finds a new report. In their… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Twin Russian Hackers
Last week, Tripwire explored the story of Brandon Bourret and Athanasios Andrianakis, two men who developed an app that… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Brandon Bourret and Athanasios Andrianakis
Last week, we explored the story of Randall Charles Tucker, a serial distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacker who targeted… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Randall Charles Tucker
Last week, we explored the story of Valérie Gignac, a Canadian woman who is believed to have hacked users’ webcams… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Valérie Gignac
Last week, we explored the story of Konstantin Simeonov Kavrakov, a Bulgarian who hacked Bill Gates’ bank account and stole… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Konstantin Simeonov Kavrakov
Last week, Tripwire explored the story of Austin Alcala, a teenager who penetrated a number of American videogame corporations… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Austin Alcala
Last time, we explored the story of Timothy Lance Lai, at one time a private tutor who was arrested for… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Timothy Lance Lai
Last week, Tripwire explored the story of Lance Ealy, a computer criminal who filed more than 150 fake tax… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Lance Ealy
Last week, Tripwire explored the story of Aleksei Shushliannikov, a hacker who is responsible for having used ransomware in… Read More
Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Aleksei Shushliannikov
Earlier this month, Tripwire announced Computer Criminals Brought to Justice, a continuation of its 10 Notorious Computer Criminals Brought… Read More
Fraudsters Targeting UK University Students with Fake Tax Refund Emails
Fraudsters are targeting UK university students with fake tax refund emails designed to steal their personal and/or banking information. According… Read More
14 Malware Families Targeting E-Commerce Brands Ahead of Black Friday
Researchers discovered 14 malware families targeting dozens of e-commerce brands just over one week before Black Friday. Kaspersky Lab observed… Read More
State Officials Request More Federal Money for Election Security
State officials requested more money from the federal government to help fund their efforts towards better election security. On 21… Read More
Federal Jury Convicts Operator of “Scan4You” Counter Antivirus Service
A federal jury convicted one of the digital criminals responsible for operating the notorious "Scan4You" counter antivirus (CAV) service. On… Read More
Two Romanians Extradited to the United States for $18M Phishing Scheme
Romania has extradited two of its citizens to the United States for a phishing scheme they allegedly used to… Read More
Cobalt/Carbanak Malware Group Leader Arrested in Spain
The Spanish National Police has arrested the leader of a criminal group responsible for developing sophisticated banking malware including… Read More
How Foundational Prevention Fills in the Gaps of Threat Detection
Digital threat detection isn't as easy as it was more than a decade ago. The threat landscape no longer… Read More
RaaS Keeps Victims Guessing by Not Using Special File Extension
A relatively new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform keeps victims guessing by not using a special file extension with the files… Read More
5 Notable DDoS Attacks of 2017
We all know what a great year distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks had in 2016. In the last four months,… Read More
Hacker Flooded Tourism Agency’s Facebook Page with Bizarre Posts
A hacker commandeered a tourism agency's Facebook page and abused that unauthorized access to make a series of bizarre… Read More
On Bug Bounty Programs: An Interview with HackerOne’s CEO
In September 2017, I created a list of 10 essential bug bounty programs for 2017. Readers with a keen… Read More
Malvertising Op Pushes Code that Mines Cryptocurrencies in Browser
A malvertising campaign is distributing code that mines different cryptocurrencies inside an unsuspecting user's web browser. For the operation, computer… Read More
4 Credit Bureau Data Breaches that Predate the 2017 Equifax Hack
UPDATED 19/9/17 to correct the fact that US Info Search never sold any data to Ngo Equifax made headlines on… Read More