World Cyber News

Alors que s’ouvre, dimanche 28 janvier 2018, le 30e sommet de l’Union Africaine,le nouveau siège de l’Union africaine, « offert par la Chine, généreux donateur, aux amis de l’Afrique », est espionné par Pékin depuis son inauguration en 2012. Il y a un an, les informaticiens du bâtiment, construit en 2012 par les Chinois, […]

Another day, another cryptocurrency exchange under cyber attack – This time Coincheck, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has been hacked and lost $534 million in NEM tokens. One of Japan’s and Asia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has suffered a data breach in which unknown hackers have stolen 58 billion Yen of the virtual currency “NEM (Nemu)” ($534 million […]

Ransomware Leaves Ohio Clinic Inoperable We’ve heard of ransomware infections infecting hospitals and clinics.  We’ve also heard that at times patients have been sent away because some of the more sophisticated procedures could not be done.  Now, a medical clinic in northeastern Ohio has been completely shut down due to […]

Are you using Linux or Mac OS? If you think your system is not prone to viruses, then you should read this. Wide-range of cybercriminals are now using a new piece of ‘undetectable’ spying malware that targets Windows, macOS, Solaris and Linux systems. Just last week we published a detailed article on […]

SpriteCoin cryptocurrency ransomware spy on user, steal saved passwords Another day, another ransomware scam but this time scammers are tricking users by introducing them to a cryptocurrency called “SpriteCoin” that does not exist in reality. The IT security researchers at Fortinet have discovered a new ransomware scam in which hackers claim to […]

Cybercriminals stole $172 billion from 978 million consumers in the past year Consumers are confident they’re safe online, but hackers have proven otherwise, stealing $172 billion from 978 million consumers in 20 countries in the past year, according to the 2017 Norton Cyber Security Insights Report. Globally, cybercrime victims share a […]

Opera Mobile Browser for Android & iOS Blocks Cryptocurrency Mining Last month Opera introduced its browser’s 50 beta version with built-in cryptocurrency mining blocker for desktops. Now, the company has launched anti-cryptocurrency mining feature for mobile browsers on Android and iOS devices meaning that if a user is browsing on Opera, hacker, […]