Almost a year ago we warned about the spreading of Remtasu malware, and far from lessening, we have been able to identify numerous instances of this threat being propagated further. Win32/Remtasu.Y variants are the most common in Latin America, mainly in Colombia but also in Turkey, Thailand, and other countries. One of the latest campaigns has been … More Malware used to take over Facebook accounts
Two major cyberattacks have siphoned over $50 million and nearly $80 million from the Belgian bank Crelan and the Austrian aircraft parts manufacturer FACC, respectively. Official statements released by both firms this month were light on detail but indicated that they had fallen victim to a scam known as Business Email Compromise (BEC). The common … More European firms’ financial departments the target of cyberattacks
It should have been a great week for the Irish Lottery, with the largest jackpot (12 million euros) for 18 months up for grabs. However, things didn’t run entirely smoothly in the run-up to the Wednesday night draw. Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), which runs the Irish Lottery, confirmed in a statement that it suffered a … More Irish lottery and ticket terminals knocked offline by DDoS attack
The GCHQ in the UK has admitted that it hacks computers and other devices at home and overseas and does so without individual warrants, Privacy International has revealed. Court documents that have been released by the organization confirm that the intelligence agency is engaged in these sorts of highly divisive activities, relying on “thematic warrants” … More GCHQ confirms that it hacks computers without ‘proper warrants’
VTech has announced that it has experienced a data breach, which has affected up to five million of its customers. The specialist electronic toys and technology company revealed that its Learning Lodge website, which has been “temporarily suspended”, was compromised on November 14th. Learning Lodge, which is similar to app stores like Google Play, is … More 5 million VTech customers affected by major data breach
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