Tag: malware
Sextortion attacks costing victims over $8bn a year, FBI claims
The FBI has claimed sextortion complaints have seen a ‘massive increase’ since the start of 2021, with the total financial losses accounting for over $8m.
Honeywell report finds external malware is rising challenge for industrial firms
Honeywell has found the number of cyber threats that use USB sticks and other external media devices as a launch point doubled during 2021.
DarkSide ransomware shuts down on back of US pressure, lost server...
The DarkSide ransomware variant that was responsible for bringing operations at a US pipeline to a standstill last week has allegedly shut down.
DarkSide ransomware behind Colonial Pipeline incident, FBI claims
The FBI has declared that the cybercriminal behind the recent Colonial Pipeline was a ransomware variant known as DarkSide.
EPC kicks off malware platform pursuit to boost fraud sharing capabilities
The European Payments Council (EPC) has begun the search for a Malware Information Sharing Platform (MISP) to aid real-time fraud information sharing.
Largest US pipeline operations halted following ransomware attack
Operations at the Colonial Pipeline have been brought to a standstill following a ransomware cyberattack that affected some of its IT systems.
Regulator targeted by 80,000 email attacks per month
One of the UK's most influential financial regulators was targeted by 238,711 malicious and unsolicited emails over the final three months of 2020, averaging around 80,000 email attacks per month.
Nine out of ten IT professionals have been breached
New research reveals that 94% of IT professionals have seen their digital infrastructures hacked by outsiders or had their own co-workers compromise data.
Russian charged for trying to recruit company employee to install malware
The US Department of Justice has charged a Russian citizen who travelled to the US to recruit a big company employee to install malware on the business' computers.
This hacking group has been targeting FinTechs since 2018
If you've never heard of Evilnum, then you better read this carefully as the hacking group has targeted European FinTechs since 2018.
