Law enforcement in Moscow, with support from Group-IB, recently arrested a 32-year-old hacker, accused of taking part in stealing funds from customers of Russian banks using Android Trojans. At the height of their activity, the attackers reportedly siphoned between $1,500 […]
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In a perfect world, you would be playing your favorite online action, shooter, and fantasy games without concern—in a magical world with no hackers, malware, or cyber-attacks. Unfortunately, that world doesn’t exist. In the real world, pretty much everything you
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They say that crime doesn’t pay, and that’s often true – but some former hackers have enjoyed lucrative afterlives as security consultants, once they’ve finished their jail time. Others have drawn on their experiences to write novels. Many end up
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Phishing attacks continue to evolve and become more sophisticated. Attackers improve their ability to craft messages designed to lure victims and to design websites that appear to be authentic – increasing the chances that you will be caught off guard.
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Social networking is all the rage. Kids these days have mostly moved to Instagram and Snapchat rather than Facebook, but many have profiles and access on all of the above and then some. Various websites continue to sprng up for
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How much information does someone really need to know in order to impersonate you to a third party? Your name? Birth date? Address? Armed with easily found information such as this, and maybe a couple other key pieces of information
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There is something to be said for having the right knowledge to avoid a cyber threat. In spite of using relatively little security tools, security professionals are generally less likely to become compromised. On the other hand, many average or
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Threat actors are always looking for new ways to infect as many users as possible with their malicious payloads. As a means to this end, these threat actors get creative with the types of files they use to deliver their
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Holidays and other notable events bring out the spammers like ants at a picnic. Security companies and IT departments consistently report a large increase in malicious email during shopping seasons like Christmas or important world events like the Brexit vote
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Cyber security is an incredibly hot topic right now. With more than 3.5 billion Internet users worldwide, there are millions of opportunities for hackers to exploit, and in recent years, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become prime targets for
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