World Cyber News

Due to the unprecedented and unexpected increase in the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, there has been a sudden rise in cyber-attacks on cryptocurrency marketplaces and exchanges. Hackers are unleashing all sorts of attacks from DDoS to spearphishing and frontal attacks to make use of the popularity of cryptocurrencies. Monero […]

In September this year when Equifax servers were hacked it allowed attackers to steal personal details of more than 143 million Americans – That was over 40% of the entire population of the United States. Now, the Cyber Risk Team at UpGuard have discovered a massive trove of data belonging to households in […]

PRILEX is a new ATM malware analyzed by researchers at Trend Micro that was used in high-targeted attacks against a Brazilian bank. Security researchers from Trend Micro recently discovered a strain of ATM malware dubbed PRILEX that was involved in targeted attacks in Brazil. PRILEX is written in Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6), […]

In late 2015, a security researcher found voter registration records of 191 million US voters on the Internet. Months later, hackers were found selling those records on several dark web marketplaces. Now, the IT security firm Kromtech has revealed that its researchers discovered a MongoDB database (a popular database management system) containing […]

The recently uncovered malware known as “Triton” and “Trisis” was likely developed by Iran and used to target an organization in Saudi Arabia, according to industrial cybersecurity and threat intelligence firm CyberX. FireEye and Dragos reported on Thursday that a new piece of malware designed to target industrial control systems […]

The U.S. federal officials have arrested two hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world’s biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year. According to the federal court documents unsealed Tuesday, Paras Jha […]

Security researchers have uncovered a previously undetected group of Russian-speaking hackers that has silently been targeting Banks, financial institutions, and legal firms, primarily in the United States, UK, and Russia. Moscow-based security firm Group-IB published a 36-page report on Monday, providing details about the newly-disclosed hacking group, dubbed MoneyTaker, which […]

A 31-year-old Vietnamese hacker, Le Duc Hoang Hai, stole highly sensitive data belonging to Perth Airport’s building and security infrastructure after breaching its computer systems. The incident took place in March 2016, when Hai got his hand on login credentials of a third-party contractor allowing him to access the airport systems. What […]

Android Ransomware Kits on the Rise in the Dark Web More than 5,000 Android ransomware kit listings have been spotted so far this year, with the median price range hitting $200. Most ransomware kits still focus on targeting Windows systems, but Android ransomware kits are selling for a premium and are […]

Anonymous hit Israel and threatens cyberattack on US Govt #OpUSA – OpIsrael – The hacker collective Anonymous threatens cyber attacks on US Government and launched the offensive against the Israeli targets.   In the last hours, the hacktivists leaked online names, emails, and passwords of Israeli public employees and shared a list of US […]