Social engineering become the best weapon for cybercrime and malicious hackers
The Technical support frauds are increasing, thanks to the personal info shared by users on social media. Pay attention, prevention is always better than cure.
Companies are targeted by a ransomware masked by curriculum vitae
An independent cyber security researcher found that the cybercrime spreads variant of the Hermes malware, playing on numbers rather than on complexity.
IoT video surveillance systems are in danger of cyber attacks. Also in Italy
The cyber security researchers: over 30,000 DVRs connected to CCTV systems compromised due to the firmware. The cybercrime could take control of them.
USA, Microsoft ask Congress to regulate facial recognition ASAP
Brad Smith, president of the Redmond based group wrote a post to underline the needs of "thoughtful" government oversight to prevent its abuse.
Weak passwords still remain one of the best weapons for the cybercrime
Despite the many warnings and cyber attacks, many people and aorganizations use simple passwords. Sometimes 10 minutes value millions of dollars or euros.
The Health sector is still one of the most targeted by cybercrime
Protenus: In 1Q 2018 more than 1 million patient records were breached. Beware of the insiders. They could be the first source of cyber attacks and threats.
The cybercrime group Prowli infected 9,000 companies globally
Guardicore: The malicious hackers conducted a wide-ranging campaign to attack more than 40,000 machines for cryptomining and traffic manipulation.
Here it is Zacinlo, a malware that is operating in stealth since 6 years
Bitdefender: The malicious adware takes creenshots of users' desktops, can remove potential rivals and is continuously updated with new tools.
The Ticketfly behaviour is a model for companies that suffered cyber-attacks
The company took all operations offline pending investigation into a website defacement attack and reported data breach. Mystery on the real cyber aggressors.
The cybercrime targets the 2018 FIFA World Cup fans with scams
ESET cyber security experts found different attacks with phishing emails and other, related to the Russian event. The aim is common: steal money.