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Image: Getty The international police organization Interpol has arrested 2,000 people in a crackdown on social-engineering rackets and intercepted $50 million in illicit funds. Interpol announced it had conducted raids at 1,700 locations over two months, seizing $50 million in fraudulently gained proceeds and arresting 2,000 people, which it described as “operators, fraudsters and money […] More
Image: Getty/Virojt Changyencham Linux users need to be watch out of a new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that spreads between networks using stolen SSH keys and runs its crypto-mining malware in a device’s memory. The Panchan P2P botnet was discovered by researchers at Akamai in March and the company is now warning it could be taking […] More
A newly discovered form of Android malware steals passwords, bank details and cryptocurrency wallets from users – and it does so by bypassing multi-factor authentication protections. The malware has been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at F5 Labs, who’ve dubbed it MaliBot. It’s the latest in a string of powerful malware targeting Android users. In addition […] More
Image: Getty/FG Trade After 27 years as Microsoft’s Windows web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) is no longer supported. But that doesn’t mean the legacy Windows browser isn’t still in use, and despite years of warning it seems there are people that aren’t ready for the change. It’s been just over a year since Microsoft announced […] More
Getty Images Over the last few years, we’ve been battling an array of organic malware attacks from various SARS-CoV-2 variants that have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-05309) in host system immunity. Fortunately, prominent pharma security vendors, such as Pfizer, have made the required software patches available to thwart these attacks using the latest mRNA […] More
After getting the umpteenth notification in your email inbox about a compromised password (we feel your pain), it’s time to start looking at more secure options. After all, remembering every single letter, number, and symbol when you’ve had to change your Facebook account’s password every few months can get confusing. With NordPass’ surprise sale More
While having access to an encrypted SSD — like the new Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 80 — is nice, sometimes you want something smaller and more convenient to carry around with you. Enter the Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 50 More
Over 24 billion usernames and passwords are up for grabs on cyber-criminal marketplaces and the amount of breached credentials is still rising as hackers take advantage of weak and re-used passwords. Analysis by cybersecurity researchers at Digital Shadows found that there’s been a 65% increase in usernames and passwords sold, traded or dumped in cyber-criminal […] More
