Tag: Irish

Irish businesses targeted by an infected fake complaint email

June 19, 2013

ESET Ireland has detected another threat targeting Irish businesses. Emails are being received by .ie email addresses, with an infected attachment and an official looking complaint notification: Subject:     FW : Complaint – 5458414 Date:     Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:52:35 -0600 From:     Dun & BradStreet <alert@dnb.com> New Complaint : 5458414 Dun & Bradstreet … More Irish businesses targeted by an infected fake complaint email

Ransomware in Irish part of global cyber-extortion attack

September 20, 2012

In recent weeks reports have been coming in, of ransomware appearing on some infected Irish computers. It uses (poorly translated) Irish language in a message that claims the user’s computer has been locked – either by Garda or by some government agency – for some alleged illegal activity, such as downloading illegal content or distributing … More Ransomware in Irish part of global cyber-extortion attack

Is FBI spying on Irish iPhone and iPad users?

September 7, 2012

Identification info on millions of iPhone and iPad users has been leaked to the internet, allegedly from FBI’s computers. Among them are also hundreds of Irish names. The hacker group Anti-sec, a branch of the Anonymous movement, recently claimed it holds 12 million Apple device IDs (UDID), push notification IDs and names of iPhone and … More Is FBI spying on Irish iPhone and iPad users?