Monthly Archives: February 2015
Doubts about how CSE monitors Canadian emails to the Government
New secret documents leaked by Snowden reveal that CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to Government, but privacy advocates criticized how CSE does it. Privacy advocates and Canadians are worried […]
The Europol and security giants dismantled the Ramnit botnet
The Ramnit botnet has been shut down in a joint effort by the Europol and the security firms Symantec, Microsoft, and Anubis Networks. Another success For the Europol and its […]
Lenovo released an automatic removal tool for Superfish adware
Lenovo, with the support of Microsoft and McAfee, has developed a removal tool to clean its laptop and delete the Superfish malware. Last week, the news of the presence of Superfish […]
Lenovo sold laptop with pre-installed Superfish malware
The Lenovo computer company knowingly shipped laptops with pre-installed Superfish malware. And ‘controversy on the web, users are outraged. Lenovo is in the storm one again, security experts discovered that […]
Ali Baba, the APT group from the Middle East
Adrian Nish of BAE System presented the results of its investigation on the Ali Baba APT group operating from the Middle East that hit Western companies. Yesterday the Kaspersky Lab […]
Carbanak cybergang swipes over $1 Billion from banks
The advances of the New York Times on the “Carbanak cybergang” In Valentine’s Day, the New York Times published the news that a group of cybercriminals used a malware to […]
EU parliament bans the Microsoft mobile Outlook app
The experts at the IT Department of the EU parliament bans the Microsoft mobile Outlook app due to the recently disclosed privacy and security issues. A few days ago I […]
Obama signed a new Executive Order on sharing cyber threat information
The US President Obama has recently announced a new Executive Order Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing. Cyber security is a primary goal for the President Obama’s administration, aligned with […]
Unknown hackers hit Gas Pump Monitoring Systems in the US
Researchers from Trend Micro discovered that unknown hackers have compromised Gas Pump Monitoring Systems in the US … it’s security emergency. Researchers at Trend Micro and many other security firms have observed […]
US Government Launching New Agency for Dealing with Cybersecurity
US government will create a new center which is going to co-ordinate all the other units that work towards providing a more effective defence against cybercrime. The new center will […]
11 percent of mobile banking apps includes harmful code
A recent study published by RiskIQ security firm revealed that more than 11 percent of mobile banking apps includes harmful code. With the rapid spread of mobile banking services has […]
GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, IPT rules
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has considered unlawful the GCHQ access to information gathered by the NSA through its massive surveillance programs. The British intelligence GCHQ acted illegally in accessing millions of personal […]
Cybercrime exploits Anthem data breach in Phishing campaigns
Following the Anthem data breach, cyber criminals launched phishing campaigns to harvest customers’ personal information and credentials. A few hours after disclosure of the news of the data breach suffered by the […]
Target Hackers Hit Third Parking Service
Criminal crew behind Target and Home Depot data breaches is now targeting online parking reservation services, Book2park is the third victim since December. The hacking crew hackers behind the data […]
Data Breach at Anthem Health Insurer could impact million users
The nation’s second largest health insurer Anthem announced that hackers violated its servers and stolen personal information from all of its business lines The health insurance provider Anthem has confirmed […]
Dyre banking trojan tweaked to spread Upatre malware via Microsoft Outlook
The U.S. is most affected by a new variant of Dyre that hijacks Microsoft Outlook to spread malware. But it’s not just banks or bitcoin wallets being targeted as the […]
Cybercrime – UNICRI study analyzed risks for the economy and enterprises
UNICRI published a study on the impact of the cybercrime on the economy in the Europen region with a specific focus on the effect suffered by enterprises. The UNICRI has […]
IC3 and FBI warn about Business Email Compromise aka Wire Payment Scam
IC3 and FBI warn about a significant increase of cases related to Business Email Compromise, nearly 2,000 individuals were victims of a wire payment scam. According to an online statement […]