Without a doubt, Facebook is probably one of the most popular social networking websites in the world. A whole marketing industry is built on promoting products and services on or through this platform. Obviously, it is an important target for
Continue reading 0 CommentsAvoid Scam This Tax Season 2018
According to government organizations and security experts that often write about cyber security issues, tax season is when scam risk is at an all-time high. And it does not matter whether you are an individual user or a company. There
Continue reading 0 CommentsMacUpdate infiltrated to spread disguised Monero currency miners
The MacUpdate website has been hacked to spread software programs mining the Monero digital currency. The malicious programs use the computer’s CPU to solve complex algorithms after an unsuspecting victim downloads modified copies of OnyX, Deeper, and Firefox. The malware
Continue reading 0 CommentsSmominru Miner Employed Over 500,000 Windows Hosts to Mine Monero
The EternalBlue Exploit known by the code CVE-2017-0144 is one of those vulnerabilities that Windows users might be already familiar with. This vulnerability was patched nearly a year ago (March 2017), but it appears that not everyone got the memo
Continue reading 0 Comments'Jackpotting' Hits ATMs in the U.S.
Who would not want to win a Jackpot if it were extremely easy? It seems like hackers in the United States have found their method by “jackpotting” stand-alone ATMs. Back in January, the US Secret Service reported that ATMs were
Continue reading 0 CommentsRansomware Business is in Danger: Tor Proxy was Used to Steal Money from Ransomware Developers
Ransomware infections are nasty threats that are developed and then used by cyber criminals to obtain money from users. Since these threats are related to great profits, their number is growing every day. It would be too naive to expect
Continue reading 0 CommentsTurla Hackers Come Back With New Attacks on Organizations in UK and Post-Soviet States
Turla is a group of cyber criminals who target various government, military, and other institutions alike from which they seek to steal valuable information. It appears to be the hackers are mostly after organizations in Europe or United States. According
Continue reading 0 CommentsMaersk Receives a Cyber Security Wake-up Call By Losing $300 Million
Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, was hit by the infamous NotPetya Ransomware last year. Over the course of 10 days in June and July, the company was in the overhaul mode trying to assess the damage and fix
Continue reading 0 CommentsThe Truth Revealed: Tinder Might Bring You Privacy-related Problems
Tinder is an extremely popular application launched in 2012. It is mainly used as a dating platform in 196 countries and, on top of that, it has already helped more than 20 billion people to make social connections. Unfortunately, not
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