The Police are supposed to protect and serve but Taiwanese police in the news for distributing malware-infected USB sticks to the winners of a cybersecurity-related quiz during a conference hosted by the Presidential Office in December 2017. According to reports, the National Police – the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CBI) awarded 250 USB sticks with 8GB of […]

The malware is potentially a rehash of an old Windows DNS hijacker. A researcher has discovered a strain of malware in the wild which targets Mac OS X users. The malware, dubbed MaMi, was first spotted by security researcher Patrick Wardle. The researcher spotted a forum post on Malwarebytes in […]

Another day, another Monero cryptomining campaign and this time attackers exploited a security flaw in Oracle Fusion Middleware. Latest SANS Technology Institute report published on 7 January is more like a bombshell for cryptocurrency industry. It reveals the findings of Morphus Labs researcher Renato Marinho, according to which a new globally active […]

It is a fact that the healthcare industry has been a lucrative target for cyber criminals around the world with increasing incidents involving malware attacks on medical centers and hospitals. While cybercriminals do what they are good at, the blame also falls to institutions who do not take their online security […]

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) director blames encryption for thousands of phones the Bureau could not unlock but then he also supports “strong encryption.” FBI director Christopher Wray said during a conference that the Bureau in 2017 failed to open 7,800 mobile devices and view their contents. The reason for this was […]

Necurs Botnet back after Christmas break. Still delivering Globeimposter ransomware via fake documents. After more than a 2 week break for the holidays, Necurs botnet has kicked back into gear tonight.The next in the never ending series of malware downloaders from the Necurs botnet is an email with the subject of  Document No 21941954 ( […]