A European operation coordinated by Europol and Eurojust has dismantled an online crime syndicate thought to have caused €2m of damage with the Zeus and SpyEye banking trojans.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
FTC acts against dodgy mobile app that mined Dogecoin behind your back
The app was called “Prized,” but it was the app vendor that took the prizes by co-opting your phone into a cryptocurrency mining botnet.
Drones in restricted area divert planes fighting wildfire
Air drops were aborted as a DC-10 and two smaller planes were forced back from the fire, costing the US Forest Service more than $10,000.
BBC sets up list of news article links ‘forgotten’ by Google
Search engines are now complying with right to be forgotten requests, but the new list makes the de-indexed articles easy to find through the BBC itself.
Latest Flash hole already exploited to deliver ransomware – update now!
Are you still using Flash in your browser? If so, make sure you’ve got the latest update from Adobe, even though it only came out last week.
Cybersquatters giving some US presidential candidates a bad name
Cybersquatters have caused some embarrassment for several of the US presidential contenders. But abuse of domain names can be costly for businesses and dangerous for consumers.
Spearphishing gets personal as woman scammed out of £50k house deposit
Spearphishing isn’t just a threat for businesses. As this case shows, thieves are willing to spend considerable effort prying into the lives and email of ordinary people in the hope of scoring big cash.
Stop Abuse Online site launches to help tackle cyberbullying
The new website, launched by the UK government provides advice and support for women and LGBT online abuse victims.
One man emailed 97,931 people to tell them their passwords had been stolen
‘Atechdad’ searched Pastebin for stolen login credentials, and after three days of searching he emailed victims to tell them the bad news.
Private eye jailed for hacking email of Scientology critics and others
Eric Saldarriaga pled guilty to prying open the accounts of over 50 people, including prominent Scientology critics Mike Rinder and Tony Ortega.