Chthonic Zeus Malware Spread through ‘authentic’ PayPal emails
Hackers are now spreading lethal banking Trojan via the PayPal money request tool. These hackers are spreading the deadly Banking Trojan called Chthonic Zeus through PayPal emails that seem authentic, Proofpoint, a security firm reported. According to the company, the emails are legitimate as they do not trigger any antimalware
O2 Customer data found on the Dark Web as the company denies any data breach
O2 customer data is on sale on the dark web. Reports indicate the origin of the data, acquired in November 2013, was a gaming site. The stolen credentials were then used to obtain more O2 customer data. The client’s information in the dark web includes names, email addresses, phone numbers
Digital Citizens accuse Cloudfare of encouraging malware distribution and piracy
Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA), a consumer interests group, has published a report outlining how piracy sites distribute malware. According to the report, 33 percent of pirate sites distribute malware. DCA continues to explain how companies such as Cloudflare assist these piracy sites. For many years, businesses in the entertainment industry
The 2016 Rio Olympics is here, So Are Cyber Attackers
The 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro is an event for the athletes. However, there are indications, already, that cyber attackers are interested in the event. Hackers from around the globe will pose all kinds of cyber threats. The cyber threats are necessary targeting athletes. People visiting Brazil to
Le VPN Review
Let’s continue dissecting VPNs. Next in line is Le VPN, which is an online privacy service based in France. A trustworthy VPN provider, Le VPN was developed by a team of renowned information security specialists and launched in the year 2010. Since then, it has spread its reaches over various
Canonical hack compromises confidential data of more than 2 million members
Canonical publicly declared that it was victim to a data breach. It told members that the hack compromised personal data. Canonical is the developer of the open source operating system, Ubuntu. According to a report published by Canonical CEO, Jane Silber, the hackers accessed the forums database on 14th July.
A New Way of Planting Banking Malware
Criminals have found a very effective way of planting banking malware and draining accounts. Criminals are always on the lookout for new methods of stealing money from unsuspecting hardworking people. A criminal gang has now found a way to put account-draining Trojan in systems. According to Kaspersky’s blog post published
Best Secure and Anonymous Linux Distros
If you have been following the news carefully, you’ll probably be aware of the San Bernardino incident that has rekindled a very old debate. Should personal security and freedom be absolute, or should there be limitations on it, just for the sake of safeguarding ourselves collectively from foreboding threats. In
Now Business Networks are Being Aimed at by Ransomware
The latest trend of ransomware attacks says, one in ten of such cybercriminal activities where CTB-Locker, Locky and like ransomware are involved, targets are business networks. According to new Kaspersky Labs report on ransomware, cyber criminals are now shifting their attention to corporate networks because they know crypto-ransomware is extremely
Hackers who will find security flaws will be paid by Fiat Chrysler
Last year hackers showed that they could control a moving jeep. Moreover, now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has come up with a method to motivate the hackers to find security flaws in their automobiles; by paying them. In this Bug Bounty program, the Italian-U.S. automaker will be paying between $150 to
