Tag: malware
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Could Oil Ship Wakashio Been Hacked Before Mauritius Spill?
Nishan Degnarain Cyber-attacks against global shipping have spiked 400% since Covid-19 lockdowns. And this was before the two high profile hacking victims in the last month alone – the world’s fourth […]
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Six Russian GRU Agents Indicted in Connection With NotPetya Attack
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six members of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) in connection with the June 2017 “NotPetya” cyberattack. The notorious malware release led to prolonged […]
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IMO hit by cyberattack
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said its website and intranet had been disabled by a “sophisticated cyber-attack”, and its IT specialists had shut down key systems to prevent further damage. The […]
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Israeli Military Claim Hamas Hackers Tried to Seduce Soldiers Via Social Media To Spread Malware
February 16: The Israeli military on Sunday said it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ phones by posing as young, attractive women on social […]
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Mac Malware Increasing Rapidly
Source: ZDNet / Danny Palmer February 11: […] Researchers at cybersecurity company Malwarebytes analysed a year of data on cyber attacks targeting its customers and found that malware attacks and other malicious […]
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London Offshore Consultants Suffer Maze Ransomware Attack
December 30: UK marine engineering consultancy London Offshore Consultants (LOC) Group has been hacked by a group known as Maze. The company, with more than 400 employees, saw its computers […]
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Cybercrime Trends Include Mobile Banking Malware Up 50% in First Half of 2019
January 17: A new report from Check Point recaps the cybercrime trends, statistics, and vulnerabilities that defined the security landscape in 2019. In the last year, 28% of organizations were […]
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Suspected Iranian Hacking Campaign Targets European Energy Companies
January 23: A hacking campaign with suspected ties to Iran has targeted the European energy sector in what’s thought to be a reconnaissance mission aimed at gathering sensitive information. The […]
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Android Trojan Kills Google Play Protect, Spews Fake App Reviews
January 11: An Android malware strain camouflaged as a system app is used by threat actors to disable the Google Play Protect service, generate fake reviews, install malicious apps, show […]
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Unremovable Malware Found Preinstalled On Low-End Smartphone Sold in the US
January 09: Malwarebytes said it found malware pre-installed on Unimax U673c handsets, sold by Assurance Wireless (Virgin Mobile) in the US. Low-end smartphones sold to Americans with low-income via a […]
