Cyber Security News

New Malware Seen Targeting Indian ATMs
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New Malware Seen Targeting Indian ATMs

ATMs have long been viewed by hackers as instant jackpot machines compromised to spit out sums of money when malicious code is executed. They are not only machines which contain relatively large sums of cash but they also are a treasure trove of information begging to be stolen. Researchers based at

Emotet Raised from the Dead
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Emotet Raised from the Dead

Widely regarded as one of the most dangerous botnets in recent history Emotet activity stopped in May 2019. Researchers noticed that Emotet activity started picking up again in August. In less than a month, researchers have detected a new spam email campaign been distributed by the botnet. Malicious

Business Email Compromise Scams Raked in $26 Billion
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Business Email Compromise Scams Raked in $26 Billion

In a recent public service announcement released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) revealed the true extent and costs associated with Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. IC3 in the announcement reported that there had been a 100% increase in BEC scams

New Cyber Espionage Malware Emerges
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New Cyber Espionage Malware Emerges

Researchers have discovered a new piece of malware which creates a backdoor by abusing Windows BITS service in order to hide traffic be sent and received by the operator's command and control servers. This is not the first instance of researchers discovering malware designed to abuse the BITS system

14 iOS Vulnerabilities Found
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14 iOS Vulnerabilities Found

Last week the InfoSec community was informed about 14 vulnerabilities found in Apple’s iOS. Further, it was stated that these vulnerabilities were actively seen being exploited in the wild since September 2016. Over seven months of research was published by Google’s Project Zero working in conjuncti

Malware hiding in Textbooks and Essays
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Malware hiding in Textbooks and Essays

For students purchasing a new year’s worth of academic material and textbooks, the price for the books can be overwhelming. For those students, a quick search may reveal that the book they desperately need is available for free online. For a lot of students free beats paid 99% of the time, sadly, ac

TrickBot Upgrades for SIM Swapping Attacks
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TrickBot Upgrades for SIM Swapping Attacks

To say that TrickBot trojan has become more than a constant pain for those defending networks would be an understatement. Added to the constant stream of updates and upgrades the malware authors also rent out their creation to other cybercriminal organizations. This tactic has resulted in the malwar

Enterprise Networks under Attack
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Enterprise Networks under Attack

Hackers are actively attacking enterprise networks by exploiting flaws made public earlier this month. The hackers taking advantage of public technical details and demo exploit code to launch attacks against enterprise targets. The hackers are exploiting flaws discovered in Webmin, a web-based utili

Advanced Hackers Increase Scope of Bank Attacks
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Advanced Hackers Increase Scope of Bank Attacks

Hackers do not need computer science geniuses to carry out successful cyber-attacks or scams, with many attacks relying on the work and malware developed by previous threat actors. When a seemingly advanced hacker group which uses its own tools begins to attack financial institutions warning flags s