The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced today that they have fined Tesco Bank £16.4 million for negligence in protecting their customers in a 2016 cyber attack that caused £2.26 million to be stolen from the bank’s customers. ‘The fine the FCA imposed on Tesco Bank today reflects the fact that the […]
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Facebook says 50M accounts affected by breach
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts. We’re taking this incredibly seriously and wanted to let everyone know what’s happened and the immediate action we’ve taken to protect people’s security. Our investigation is still in its early stages. […]
14 ans de prison pour le créateur du scanner de virus Scan4You
Un informaticien russe, auteur du service d’analyse de virus Scan4You, condamné à 14 ans de prison. Sur le web, quand vous recevez un fichier douteux, vous pouvez l’analyser en ligne. Des outils web comme Virus Total permettent ce contrôle. Ainsi, vous découvrez si le fichier est dangereux pour votre machine. Un informaticien Russe, […]
US sentences to prison its first ATM jackpotter
US sentences to prison its first ATM jackpotter Argenys Rodriguez got 12 months and a day in prison for making ATMs spit out cash. A 22-year-old man was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for his role in an ATM jackpotting scheme, becoming the first person to […]
Port of San Diego hit by a cyber attack a few days after the attack on the Port of Barcelona
Port of San Diego suffered a ransomware-based attack, a few days after the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that caused several problems. A few days ago the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that caused several problems to the critical infrastructure, now another major international […]
Cobalt threat group serves up SpicyOmelette in fresh bank attacks
Advanced persistent threat group (APT) the Cobalt Gang, also known as Gold Kingswood, is spreading SpicyOmelette malware in campaigns targeting financial institutions worldwide. In a world where cyberattacks against businesses and consumers alike are spreading and evolving in nature and sophistication, it is often financial institutions which bear the brunt. […]
FBI warns companies about hackers increasingly abusing RDP connections
In a public service announcement published today by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI is warning companies about the dangers of leaving RDP endpoints exposed online. RDP stands for the Remote Desktop Protocol, a proprietary technology developed by Microsoft in the 90s […]
Romanian Citizen Admits Guilt in Police Department Ransomware Attack
A Romanian citizen has pleaded guilty to federal charges resulting from a ransomware attack that targeted a police department. On 20 September, Eveline Cismaru, 28, pleaded guilty before the Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich in the District of Columbia to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy […]
Hackers target Port of Barcelona, maritime operations had not affected
The Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack, fortunately, maritime operations had not affected. On September 20, 2018 morning, the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that forced the operators of the infrastructure to launch the procedure to respond to the emergency. At the time of writing, there […]
DanaBot banking Trojan evolves and now targets European countries
Security experts at ESET have recently observed a surge in activity of DanaBot banking Trojan that is now targeting Poland, Italy, Germany, Austria, and as of September 2018, Ukraine. Security experts at ESET have recently observed a surge in activity of DanaBot banking Trojan that was first spotted earlier this year. DanaBot is […]