Tomer Teller CNBC Back in 2010, the FBI joined law enforcement agencies across the globe in shutting down a criminal operation that stole some $70 million from U.S. banks. The gang’s weapon of choice was not a machine gun or a set of safe-cracking tools. Instead, the gang relied …
Read More »Cyber Attack ‘Flame’ on Middle East was State Sponsored
Eric Blair Activist Post New malware said to “dwarf Stuxnet in size and sophistication” has reportedly hijacked computer systems in Middle Eastern countries including Iran, Israel, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Researchers believe the malware known as “Flame” has been stealing and deleting massive amounts of information …
Read More »US Government Used Stuxnet Worm To Target Iranian Nuclear Systems
Chris Dougherty Virtual Threat Contributing Writer Stuxnet worm was discovered in June 2010. It initially spreads via Microsoft Windows, and targets Siemens industrial software and equipment. While it is not the first time that hackers have targeted industrial systems, it is the first discovered malware that spies on and …
Read More »Android Smartphone Hackers Building Malware in Russia
Antone Gonsalves CSO The malware business growing around Google Android — now the leading smartphone operating system — is still in its infancy. Today, many of the apps built to steal money from Android users originate from Russia and China, so criminal gangs there have become cyber-trailblazers. Sophos and …
Read More »Hacked Sites Spread Malware to Android Smartphones
Suzanne Choney Technolog @ MSNBC Android phone users should be on guard for new malware that can spread to the phone from mobile websites. Meanwhile, a fresh batch of malicious apps has surfaced in the Google Play store. “This appears to be the first time that compromised websites have …
Read More »What is Cyber Security All About?
In this age of technology and communication convergence, you cannot help but be involved in technologies and innovations that revolve around computers, cellular phones and the World Wide Web. But as we go around our daily lives with these technologies and what not, there are times that we begin to …
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