World Cyber News

Certains cybercriminels n’ont vraiment aucun scrupule et profitent souvent des événements les plus dramatiques pour s’enrichir. Dernièrement, le site MalwareHunterTeam a découvert le ransomware RansSIRIA. Comme son nom l’indique, il profite de la crise des réfugiés syriens. Il s’agit d’une variante du ransomware WannaPeace. COMMENT FONCTIONNE RANSSIRIA ? RansSIRIA se manifeste […]

Secureworks has recently discovered a threat actor whose business email compromise (BEC) campaigns focus solely on global maritime shipping companies and their customers. Named GOLD GALLEON, the group is said to have attempted to steal at least $3.9 million from their intended victims between June 2017 and January 2018 alone. Overall, […]

SunTrust Banks Inc announced it discovered that a former employee may have attempted to download information on nearly 1.5 million clients and share it a criminal organization. A former employee at the SunTrust Bank may have stolen data on 1.5 million clients,  including names, addresses, phone numbers, and account balances. “The […]

Unscrupulous crooks behind the RansSIRIA Ransomware try to exploit attentions on Syrian refugee crisis Researchers at MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new strain of ransomware called RansSIRIA that encrypts victim’s files and then states it will donate the ransom to Syrian refugees. Unscrupulous cybercriminals try to exploit every situation, even the most dramatic incidents. […]

  Fraude EDF : gare au courriel d’un pirate ! Fraude EDF – Des centaines de courriers électroniques aux couleurs d’EDF diffusés par un pirate. Mission de l’escroc, se faire passer pour l’opérateur d’énergie et mettre la main sur vos données bancaires. Nouvelle vague de phishing et d’une fraude EDF. Des hameçonnages […]

According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. Imagine a […]

Russian state-sponsored hackers are targeting network infrastructure devices worldwide, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have warned on Monday. A joint technical alert published by the organizations says that the targets are “primarily government and […]

The bankers in Bengaluru claimed to have discovered a new malware that helps the hackers siphon off money from a number of bank accounts forcing the southern city policemen to probe a number of complaints they received from the affected account holders. The policemen probing the cyber crime initially talk […]

The City of Atlanta entered into emergency contracts worth $2.7 million to help restore the city’s computer network in the days following the March 22 ransomware cyber attack. But despite hiring a stable of security consultants and crisis communications experts, some departments remain hobbled by an attack that occurred after years […]

GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming announced this week that the U.K. has launched a major cyberattack on the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. According to the spy chief, the GCHQ the attack was launched in collaboration with the U.K. Ministry of Defence and has distributed operations of the Islamic State. The UK intelligence […]