Cyber Security News

Rest in Peace Rex Mundi
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Rest in Peace Rex Mundi

Europol along with French, UK, and Thai police arrested eight people suspected either to have been involved or to have been part of a now infamous hacker group known as Rex Mundi. Meaning king of the world in Latin, the group has been active since 2012. The group became particularly known for hackin

Phishing Scams targeting Apple Users
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Phishing Scams targeting Apple Users

Scammers, hacker, and cybercriminals have some tried and tested methods for targeting victims. An old classic that seems to never go out of style is the phishing email. News of a new scam seems to come around like clockwork. It would appear that no user no matter the platform or operating system is

Cyber Criminals Targeting Latin American Banks
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Cyber Criminals Targeting Latin American Banks

The film industry loves to portray bank robbers as street smart criminals who plan audacious schemes to physically break into bank vaults. The reality as always it not so glamorous with more and more bank robberies been confined to the digital realm. News broke towards the end of May of an attempt t

APT28 Changes Tactics
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APT28 Changes Tactics

Towards the end of May, we covered an article concerning APT28 and their potential involvement in the creation of VPNFilter. The group has earned notoriety stemming from multiple attacks and campaigns. The group also seems to be trying to break records for the most names; the group also goes by Sedn

Australians Hit by Tech Support Scam
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Australians Hit by Tech Support Scam

In recent months Tech Support Scams (for example: Microsoft Warning Alert, Do Not Ignore This Windows Alert, YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED) have seen a drastic rise in popularity. According to researchers at Microsoft the rise in such scams amounts to a 24% increase. The problem has even resulted i

Canadians’ Personal Information Held Hostage
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Canadians’ Personal Information Held Hostage

On Monday, May 28, two Canadian banks revealed they had suffered cyber-attacks over the weekend. The two institutions, Simplii Financial and Bank of Montreal, both released statements confirming that they had been hacked. Later it was revealed that the hackers responsible are attempting to hold the

All is not fair in Love and Cyber War
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All is not fair in Love and Cyber War

Last week it was reported that it appeared that a Russian state-sponsored hacker group was potentially gearing up for an attack on Ukraine. Due to the work of numerous security researchers and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) the attackers' plans were foiled somewhat. Such events will in

Over 500,000 Routers Hacked in Attempt to Target Ukraine
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Over 500,000 Routers Hacked in Attempt to Target Ukraine

On May 23, 2018, researchers at Cisco Talos published a report detailing their discovery of a giant botnet of hacked routers that appears to be preparing for a cyber-attack on Ukraine. Researchers say that the botnet has been created by infecting home routers with a new malware strain named VPNFilte

200 Million Rows of Information Stolen from Japanese Companies
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200 Million Rows of Information Stolen from Japanese Companies

On May 18, various cyber news sources began reporting that a data set containing 200 million rows of personally identifiable information (PII) has been made available on an underground Chinese marketplace. Articles surfaced on Security Week, and Dark Reading, amongst others. All reported that the so

Hackers Reveal Fully Operational Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
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Hackers Reveal Fully Operational Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

There is very little that can be considered more frustrating than realizing all your hard work has been made useless because of a silly mistake. This is probably what a group of hackers must be feeling at the moment. In this instance, the hackers appeared to have accidentally exposed two fully-worki