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Amazon fell victim to large-scale fraud

Amazon fell victim to large-scale fraud

Amazon states that it has been the victim of "large-scale" fraud. Unidentified hackers were able to transfer money from vendor accounts to their own bank accounts for six months. Amazon thinks it was the victim of an online attack by hackers who broke into about a hundred vendor accounts. They then... Read more

date5 years ago
Hackers hijacked DNS traffic on D-Link routers for three months

Hackers hijacked DNS traffic on D-Link routers for three months

A hacker group has been hacking in-house routers over the past three months - especially D-Link models - to adjust DNS server settings and hijack traffic intended for legitimate sites and redirect them to rogue cloning. The attackers use known exploits and router firmware to hack into vulnerable de... Read more

date5 years ago
Mira botnet now focuses on business IoT networks

Mira botnet now focuses on business IoT networks

The infamous botnet Mirai is back. A new variant of the botnet focuses on business IoT devices. In this way, Mirai collects a great deal of bandwidth in order to be able to carry out DDoS attacks. Mirai takes advantage of vulnerabilities that usually arise from unpatented software. A hacker who offe... Read more

date5 years ago
Hackers spread malware through fake accounts on LinkedIn

Hackers spread malware through fake accounts on LinkedIn

Security researchers have discovered that hackers are increasingly focusing on LinkedIn users. They offer them a job on the business social network by means of a private message, or draw their attention to a vacancy. But instead of a job, the users have to deal with a More_eggs infection on their co... Read more

date5 years ago
“European SMEs are more exposed than ever to ransomware attacks.

“European SMEs are more exposed than ever to ransomware attacks.

European SMEs are increasingly facing ransomware attacks from hackers. Compared to 2017, the number of hack attacks in 2018 increased by fifty percent. European SMEs suffer more from ransomware attacks than companies worldwide. That's what Datto reports in his State of the Channel Ransomware Report ... Read more

date5 years ago

Hackers think of a way to place Windows malware on macOS

Malware developers are looking for new ways to infect Mac users with .exe files. They normally only work on Windows devices, but according to Trend Micro security researchers, hackers are trying to find ways to change that. Trend Micro researchers looked at an app on a torrent site that would instal... Read more

date5 years ago
Hackers threaten to publish insurance documents from 9/11

Hackers threaten to publish insurance documents from 9/11

A hacker group called The Dark Overlord announced Monday that it had hacked into a law firm. This law firm handles cases related to the attacks of 9 September 2001. The hackers now threaten to publish a large number of internal files, unless a ransom is paid. The Dark Overlord announced the attack ... Read more

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