Russian hackers have taken a shine to a new cybercrimeware kit called Rubella Macro Builder that is being touted as fast, cheap and capable of beating a basic antivirus defensive system.
A Swiss hacking group has reportedly claimed credit for using a hijacked email domain to bombard schools around the U.S. with fake threats of violence. Meanwhile, a credentials phishing campaign is also stoking school shooting fears by impersonating a campus security alert.
Savannah, Ga., is still in the process of recovering from a malware attack that took place last week that forced the city to shut down part of its computer system in an attempt to limit damage.
About 10 percent of the email credentials of all those employed at Fortune 500 companies have been leaked on the dark web, according to a new study.
Several universities and more than 20 companies have been hit with malware whose creators are using several layers of subterfuge to camouflage their phishing attack by taking advantage of a few trusted brand names. The new scam was uncovered by Comodo and eventually leads to an info stealer malware being installed. So far it has…
Personal or other non-official email accounts can only be used to conduct official government business in “rare and extraordinary circumstances,” according to a memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
The opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea are still a month away, but cybercriminals have already started using them as part of their social engineering plans in several phishing attacks aimed at groups involved with the games. The attack centers around emails containing malicious Word documents, but a McAfee Advanced Threat…
A London court heard a case earlier this month in which one of Australia’s richest people tried to recover $1 million scammed from him in a convoluted ruse that combined traditional phishing with the “Catfish” online phenomenon preying on lonely people looking for love.
Most humans have a soft spot for animals. Cybercriminals are another breed obviously, as evidenced by the Dublin Zoo’s computer system getting breached so that payments due it were electronically redirected to a criminal’s account.
Hackers are taking advantage of the fact that most people remember their Facebook login tied to the fact that during the holidays nobody wants to lose access to their primary social media outlet as a way to convince their victims to sign on to a malicious landing page that will be used to steal their…
