A while ago, we informed you about a Ray-Ban scam campaign flooding Facebook via hacked profiles. Using fake ads that offered massive discounts, attackers tried to lure users into “buying” branded sunglasses, thus giving up their payment card details via an unsecured channel. Spread mostly via posts disguised as ads for Ray-Bans, the scam also … More Hitting emails and Facebook: Ray-Ban scam is back
Within the world of IT security, one of the biggest concerns for companies and users is malicious code that can compromise their systems and/or information networks. This concern is not at all unfounded, as cases of malware and crimeware incidents are reported daily around the world. Indeed, the number of reports, detections and threats observed … More Crimeware: Malware and massive campaigns around the world
It has been two weeks since ESET created a TeslaCrypt decryptor, which allows victims of the ransomware to get their files back. This came on the back of its developers ceasing operations. Since then, over 32,000 users around the globe have taken advantage of this opportunity and downloaded the tool. But even with TeslaCrypt abandoning its territory, … More Beyond TeslaCrypt: Crysis, a new ransomware family lays claim to parts of its territory
Decision makers at banks are in the dark when it comes to data breaches at their organization, according to KPMG’s 2016 Banking Outlook Survey. It revealed that this is especially the case when it comes to the second tier of senior management. For example, while 12% of CEOs were unaware as to whether their networks … More Decision makers at banks ‘in the dark’ about data breaches
Earlier this month, Tumblr revealed that it had recently become aware that user addresses and salted and hashed passwords dating back to 2013 had fallen into the hands of hackers. We recently learned that a third party had obtained access to a set of Tumblr user email addresses with salted and hashed passwords from early … More 65 million Tumblr users should probably be careful…
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