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UK National Crime Agency Disrupts ‘Shylock’ Malware
Distribution of the “Shylock” malware has been disrupted by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), in an effort to prevent a growing number of users from being compromised. The Shylock malware reportedly infected more than 30,000 PCs across the world, with a specific focus on targeting bank accounts of UK…
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Ransomware Threat Awareness Rising Among IT Security Experts
Almost half of IT security staff know at least one company that has been hit by ransomware attacks, designed to lock victims out of critical files until a monetary ransom is provided. It’s a frightening threat with a growing amount of apprehension related to ransomware, with more security experts aware of…
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Luuuk Banking Fraud Compromising Mobile Bank Users
More than 190 customers of a European bank were reportedly robbed of £400,000, with most customers located in Italy and Turkey, according to Kaspersky Lab. The code-named Luuuk operation utilized a Trojan program that was able to steal financial data, and each time a person entered username and passwords on…
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Companies Struggle to Defend Against Growing Surge of Cyberattacks
Sophisticated cyberattacks are giving security experts around the world complete fits, indicating how serious the problem continues to be. Custom-created malware and cyberattack strategies are easily found online and used to exploit unsuspecting users on a frequent basis. Most recently, Domino’s Pizza restaurants in Belgium and France suffered cyberattacks, in which…
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GCHQ Wants to Share Cyber Threat Analysis With Private Companies
The GCHQ intelligence agency plans to become more proactive in its fight against cyberattacks, opening up cyber threat intelligence information with private companies. It’s a unique turn of events following former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s snooping disclosures, which also accused the GCHQ of organized surveillance activities. To bolster support for…
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Unanswered Questions About Malware Attack On Yahoo
After Saturday’s discovery of Malware infecting visitors to Yahoo.com by security firm Fox IT, we still have some questions that need to be answered. Users who have used Yahoo in the last couple of days and have gone to malicious sites have been redirected to sites that have been armed…
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