Light has been shed on a specialized brand of cybercrime in the form of surveillance conducted through luxury hotel Wi-Fi, designed to spy on unwary business travelers. According to research released by security firm Kaspersky, a cyberespionage campaign dubbed Darkhotel […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Business Targeted by Hacker
A pizza chain targeted in a credit card hacking scheme told a federal judge this week that its former law firm has a conflict of interest in the case because it represents the son of a Russian lawmaker charged with […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Koreans are being targeted with memo malware
Hackers are attacking a Korean organisation with malware disguised as an internal memo offering a free car inspection, according to security firm Symantec. Once downloaded the Baccamun trojan opens a backdoor on the infected machine, leaving the computer vulnerable to […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
South Korean Bank Customers targeted by Android Malware
A Mobile software company Cheetah Mobile has identified a malicious piece of Android malware that replaces the legitimate banking apps with fake versions. According to the Cheetah Mobile For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post South Korean Bank Customers targeted by Android Malware appeared…
US Defense Contracts Targeted By The Iranian Hackers Again
A group of Iranian hackers has moved from the destruction of the political sites to a new specialty called Cyberespionage. The group of hackers called the Ajax Security team was working on a number of operations against the U.S based defense contracts. They also had the intention to target Iranians…
MUSCAT – Hackers on Sunday targeted the website of Oman’s official news agency, singling out and mocking Algeria’s newly re-elected president Abdelaziz Bouteflika as a handicapped “dictator”.
It is claimed by Oman’s news agency that their website has been hacked and false reports regarding Algeria’s newly re-elected president was posted. This was a very serious issue which needed the agency to declare and clarify the whole matter. The hackers misrepresented a news story about letter written by…
Men who targeted Ohio bridge with C-4 plot sentenced
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Rt. 82 bridge Three of the five self-described anarchists who aimed to blow up an Ohio bridge to protest capitalism and the U.S. government will serve between 11 and eight years in federal prison. The men were arrested last April in an…
SMSmishing Unabated: Best Buy targeted by fake gift card campaign
News of SMS (text) phishing scams are nothing new to readers of this blog. ESET researcher Cameron Camp recently wrote an article explaining how they work and how to avoid them here on ESET’s Threat Blog: SMSmishing (SMS Text Phishing) – how to spot and avoid scams, And just before…
M-Trends #3 – RATs! Increasing Use of Publicly Available Malware in Targeted Attacks
I was somewhat unnerved when I saw the evidence for our #3M-Trend this year: the use of publicly available malware in targeted attacks is increasing. After all, when I first started learning about the Advanced … View full post on National Cyber Security
M-Trends #2: Everything Old is New Again – Targeted Attackers Using Passive Backdoors to Evade Networks
Earlier this week, I talked about malware threats. Today, we’ll address a new trend. Turns out the perpetrators of targeted attacks are pragmatic, and are happy to borrow techniques that are even a decade old. Trend #2 in M-Trends: An Evolving Threat is titled “Everything Old Is New Again,” and…
