May 18, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
By Ondrej Kubovič Just recently we reported on various ransomware types that failed in their malicious intentions. Some were cracked by security experts due to poor implementation, while others flopped because the decryption key had been ‘left’ on the victims’...
May 17, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
Today f-secure is reporting that another locky payload server has been hacked. The malicious payload has been replaced with an image that warns not to click on email attachments – although the hacker uses the term ’emails attachment’ – so...
May 16, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, General Security
By Stephen Cobb Security professionals gave a large collective sigh of sadness this past weekend when BoingBoing published this headline by Cory Doctorow: “Half of Americans reluctant to shop online due to privacy & security fears.” Sarcastic remarks like “No...
May 15, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
The Swift global financial messaging network, which is used by banks to move billions of dollars daily has reported that another malicious attack on a bank has attempted to make us of their messaging system to potentially steal millions. The announcement by Swift...
May 12, 2016 | Browser Security, Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
By Graham Cluley If you’re running Adobe Flash on your Windows, Mac, Linux or Chrome OS computer you’re potentially at risk. Adobe has issued a security advisory, warning of an as-yet unpatched critical security hole in its popular Flash player software that is...
