Here’s a short list of 7 malware categories we hope you never encounter. Sadly, it’s not an exhaustive list… but it’s a helpful start.
Tag Archives: keylogger
Big breach, Creep-O-Meter and Black Friday [PODCAST]
It’s the latest Naked Security Podcast – you’re welcome!
Grade hacking may cost high school its valedictorian
The grade tampering came to light while drawing up a list of top students. Now it’s unclear which students legitimately belong on that list.
Dridex botnet taken down, multi-million bank fraud suspect arrested
Andrey Ghinkul, aka Smilex, is alleged to have stolen millions, including $990,000 from a school in Pennsylvania, with a bank fraud botnet.
Tutor gets a year in jail for hacking his students’ grades
Timothy Lai used keyloggers to break into computer systems at a school in Orange County, California, and adjust the grades of his students.
Twin prodigies-turned-hackers face long jail terms after pleading guilty
The youngest ever to graduate from George Mason University, they put their talents to use at schemes like inflating gift card value and stealing credit card data.
Student jailed for using keylogger to up his exam marks
A university student who plugged keyloggers into his school’s computers to snatch staff passwords, access the exam application and jack up five test scores has been jailed.
5 online privacy and security tips for travelers
Going on holiday or traveling for businesss any time soon? Here are 5 online privacy and security tips for when you’re on the road.
Woman charged with planting spyware on cop’s phone
A woman has been charged after eavesdropping on “sensitive law enforcement communications” by tapping the mobile phone of her police officer ex.
Arrests made after keyloggers found on public PCs at US hotels
Proof of the lack of hygiene in publicly accessible PCs came up yet again when the US Secret Service last week warned that cybercrooks are installing keyloggers on the PCs in hotel business centers to steal personal and business information from travelers.