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Phishing attempts against UK students seek to steal banking data

UK students are facing phishing attempts mimicking tax refund emails. More
News Spam and phishing   2018-11-21

A security flaw in Instagram resulted in users' password exposure

Download Your Data tool bug exposed passwords in plain text. More
News Security   2018-11-20

Black Friday and Cyber Monday alert: beware of scams!

Beware of malware targeting customers during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. More
News   2018-11-19

Due to unprotected database, Kars4Kids suffered from the data breach

Kars4Kids data breach exposed 21 612 records filled with personally identifiable information. More
News Security   2018-11-18

WebCobra - Russian origin crypto-malware mines Monero and Zcash

WebCobra drops a different miner depending on system's architecture. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-16

Ransomware virus hits Media Prima's email system and asks 1000 BTC

Ransomware hits Media Prima Berhad Malaysian media group. Last Thursday, the computer systems of the largest Malaysia's media company, Media Prima, were affected by a ransomware virus. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-15

Steam bug allowed game developers to generate license keys for free

Valve awarded the flaw hunter $20,000 for disclosing the bug that allowed unlimited access to all games on the Steam platform. More

WannaCry is alive. Thousands of users are in danger

WannaCry is still attacking users from all around the world. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-13

New variant of Emotet banking trojan employs email harvesting feature

Banking trojan Emotet is back with the newest spam campaign: can also steal email content . More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-12

Lazarus hackers stole millions from ATMs in Africa and Asia

Lazarus hacking group has been stealing money from ATMs across Africa and Asia since 2016. More
News   2018-11-11

BCMUPnP_Hunter IoT Botnet infects 100k routers worldwide, sends spam

The malware exploits a vulnerability in the UPnP-enabled devices. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-09

A more modern version of Stuxnet tries to enter Iran’s systems

A new Stuxnet version appears to be guilty of an attack against Iran. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-08

1% of HSBC bank customers affected by the data breach

HSBC bank USA announces about the data breach exposing customers' account numbers, balances and other information. More
News Security   2018-11-07

Bitcoin scammers use fake Elon Musk's Twitter account to steal $170k

Hackers took over verified accounts and changed the name to Elon Musk to promote Bitcoin scam. More
News Spam and phishing   2018-11-06

Scammers preparing for Christmas - beware of the fake DHL parcel emails

Experts warn about email scams mimicking DHL shipment notifications . More
News Spam and phishing   2018-11-05