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How Colombian cybercriminals ran phishing campaigns to steal more than 1 million Facebook’s user credentials

On: June 9, 2022

Tagged: Colombia, Cyber Crime, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, data theft, electronic fraud, facebook, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Malvertising, phishing, privacy, security flaws, social media, technology

A worrying number of cybercriminal campaigns occur with no indication of those responsible for these online crimes, especially those with financial motivations. However, in some cases, threat actors leave enoughRead More →

Europol arrests individual for selling 3D printer designs for homemade weapons on dark web

On: June 9, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: 3D printer, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, Eurojust, Europe, Europol, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, law enforcement, security flaws, Slovakia, technology

A joint operation by Europol, Eurojust, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Slovakia’s National Crime Agency, and the Slovak Police, led to the arrest of an individual considered oneRead More →

The biggest dark web market, selling confidential data of millions, is seized by the FBI

On: June 8, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyber Crime, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Cyprus, Dark Web, Denial of Service (DDoS), electronic fraud, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Joker's Stash, security flaws, SSNDOB, United States, US Department of Justice (DOJ)

A joint operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Cyprus Police, allowed the dismantling of SSNDOB, an illegal dark web operation inRead More →

A new Reuters report explains how cryptocurrency exchange Binance allowed cybercriminal groups to earn and launder millions

On: June 7, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Binance, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, Cyber Crime, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, electronic fraud, Hacking, Hydra, incidents, Information Security, Lazarus Group, money laundering, Reuters, security flaws

According to a report by the international news agency Reuters, the cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance would have allowed criminal groups to launder money for more than $2.35 billion between 2017Read More →

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of baby formula to scam millions of parents

On: June 6, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyber Crime, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data theft, electronic fraud, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, scam, Security breach, security flaws, United States

Millions of parents in the United States are suffering from the shortage of milk formula for babies, a completely unforeseen problem, with no apparent solutions and that is sowing greatRead More →

Vulnerabilities discovered in software used in medical devices for clinical diagnostics and patients’ DNA sequencing would alter the way doctors look for genetic conditions

On: June 3, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyber Crime, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Hacking, Illumia, incidents, Information Security, man-in-the-middle (MITM), remote code execution (RCE), security flaws, technology, vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a security alert regarding a set of vulnerabilities that would allow malicious hackers to take control of Illumia genetic analysis devices.Read More →

Critical vulnerability in Microsoft Word and Windows Search allows malware to be downloaded to millions of devices

On: June 3, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: cybersecurity, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, malicious scripts, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, phishing, remote code execution (RCE), technology, vulnerability, Windows Search

Threat actors could exploit a critical zero-day vulnerability in Windows Search to run remotely hosted malware just by automatically opening a search window with a Word document. According to theRead More →

This new malware can steal cryptocurrency from any wallet and has already done it

On: June 2, 2022

In: Virus

Tagged: Clipminer, cryptocurrency, Cryptojacking, Cyber Crime, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, KryptoCibule, malware, Monero, security flaws, Symantec, WinRAR, WinRAR files

Symantec researchers discovered a new malicious operation using cryptocurrency malware identified as Clipminer. This strain would be based on the KryptoCibule malware, a Trojan with cryptocurrency and e-wallet theft capabilities,Read More →

Now ransomware can encrypt fridges, microwaves, and enterprise IoT devices. PoC published

On: June 2, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cryptojacking, Cyber Crime, Cyberattack, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Internet of Things (IoT), malware, Proof of Concept (PoC), R4IoT, ransomware, security flaws, security risks, technology

Specialists from security firm Vedere Labs published research detailing how a ransomware variant could spread across an enterprise network using vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices. For their research, theRead More →