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Stay safe online - 2026-06-07

Indian police raids 26 call centers: arrests 63 tech support scammers

The arrests were made after Microsoft officially complained to the officials. More
News Spam and phishing   2018-11-30

Iranian hackers found guilty for launching SamSam ransomware attack

The Department of Justice announced about the criminals who were found guilty of spreading SamSam ransomware. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-29

3ve ad fraud scheme taken down by the United States

The guilty ones for the 3ve ad fraud scheme arrested and charged with numerous crimes. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-28

Lenovo's settlement with FTC over Superfish adware reached $7.3M

Lenovo agrees to pay $7.3 million for compromising users' security by pre-installing price comparison software on 28 models of their laptops. More
News Security   2018-11-27

Hacked Target's Twitter account used in Bitcoin mining scam

Bitcoin mining scam strikes again: Target's Twitter account hacked. More
News   2018-11-26

Personal Amazon customer data exposed: technical error to blame

Amazon reports about a technical error that leaked emails and customers' names just before Black Friday. More
News   2018-11-25

Outlaw group uses botnet for scanning, cryptomining and brute-forcing

Outlaw hackers used Shellbot trojan variant to target organizations. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-11-23

Millions of USPS users’ data leaked due to a security vulnerability

A security bug on usps.com site leads users to data exposure. More
News Security   2018-11-22

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