Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Cybercrime.
In 2023, ransomware is still the most fear-inducing term for Internet users and organizations. After years of relative obscurity, the popularity of this collection of malicious software exploded between 2015 and 2017. Since then, revenues have grown, and the cybercrime market has professionalized. ... Read more
10 months ago
The 8Base ransomware group has been detected since March 2022, but has suddenly become much more active in the past month than before. The hacker collective uses known cybercrime methods, but is suddenly operating at lightning speed with victims in many industries. VMware warns in a blog of the dan... Read more
10 months ago
LetMeSpy has been hacked, resulting in the leakage of user data. The so-called mobile "stalkerware" service claims to be mainly useful for legitimate purposes. However, its capabilities are well-suited to the aims of malicious users. The developer of LetMeSpy says a hacker stole the application'... Read more
10 months ago
Hackers have given the formerly popular hacker forum RaidForums a post-mortem exposé akin to the old forum's actions. A database containing the data of more than 478,000 members of the hacker forum was recently posted online. RaidForums was a notorious platform where hackers hosted and sold the... Read more
11 months ago
LockBit has been gaining notoriety with the likes of the British Royal Mail and Deutsche Bank. The ransomware is persistent and remarkably self-sufficient. How does this popular tool of cybercriminals operate? Enterprises are going digital at an ever-increasing rate, accelerating the appeal of c... Read more
1 year ago
With a staggering 459 attacks, the increase in ransomware activity is up 91% from the previous month and a whopping 62% compared to March 2022. The primary reason behind this disturbing surge in cybercrime is CVE-2023-0669, a vulnerability found in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool ... Read more
1 year ago
Cybersecurity firm Cybersixgill has released a report on current trends in cybercrime. It shows that generative AI tools such as ChatGPT are making life easier for criminals of this kind. We have highlighted before that the possibilities of generative AI are extensive. For example, there are a n... Read more
1 year ago
Cybercriminals can hijack and resell the Internet access of unsuspecting users. By making users' bandwidth available for proxyware services, criminals are able to earn up to $10 (just over €9) per affected device per month. Security vendor Sysdig warns companies of the risks. Sysdig's Threat R... Read more
1 year ago
The Amsterdam Prosecutor's Office disclosed that a 25-year-old Dutch man was arrested in late November on suspicion of stealing personal data from tens of millions of people worldwide, including most of Austria's population. The data was allegedly offered for sale. The cybercriminal landed on t... Read more
1 year ago
27 brands from different sectors are being impersonated in a typosquatting campaign to trick unsuspecting users and install malware in their systems. Typosquatting is as old as the internet. The technique involves a malicious actor creating a fake website with a domain name similar to a legitima... Read more
1 year ago
