cybercriminals

Perhaps the most striking point about last week’s huge DDoS attack, which took down more than 80 big websites and online services, is that the criminals behind the attack accomplished

Perhaps the biggest problem with cybercriminals is that they are extremely difficult to catch. Think of a real-life bank robbery with guns and face-masks — the thieves leave fingerprints; their

If you are aware of what ATM skimmers are — and in if you’re not, you should read this post first — you probably know how to act in order

In the morning of April 5, 2016 a number of American radio stations treated their listeners to quite the unusual broadcast. Over the course of 90 minutes, the hosts discussed

Similar to other successful business sharks, cybercriminals are in constant search of new markets. They carry out experiments, change target audiences and provide feedback to the victims — all to

Hackers are attracted by any web-resource where large amounts of money changes hands, like moths to light. This is what happened with Steam and, according to Valve’s own calculations, 77,000

Cybercriminals are starting to shift their focus from stealing personal data to other actions which bring immediate profit, experts at SANS institute say. At the recent ‘The Seven Most Dangerous

The morning of November 24, 2014 is engrained into the collective memories of Sony Pictures Entertainment employees. On that day, an unknown cybergang hacked the company’s server, leaked a slew

It seems that there is now a typical scenario for malware evolution. First cybercriminals release a skeleton with basic functions — that piece of malware behaves quietly, showing almost no

Much like the general population, cybercriminals have areas of expertise. Some grift people on social networks, other spread malware via emails and then there are the ones who know how

Believe it or not, math is important. While it may have been easy to roll our eyes at our childhood schoolteachers, human behavior is quite predictable and math helps in

Malware development and our attempts to fight it sometimes remind us of a deep TV series: one can trace how “characters” acquire new skills, overcome hardships and make new achievements.

Following recent terrorist attacks accusations against encrypted means of online communications once again became louder. However the proposed solutions could create even more problems. Governments around the world – from

Checking in to an airport to brag that you are on your way to a Parisian getaway is so yesterday. For starters Swarm has lost it’s luster and usage since

How much time do you spend scrolling through your friends pages on Facebook? You can obviously tell a lot about their lifestyle and pastime thanks to all those check-ins, selfies

Vitaly Kamluk has more than 10 years of experience in IT security and now he holds the title Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab. He specializes in malware reverse engineering,

Why would cyber-criminals want to control your Facebook account? At the very least, they could “like” weird things and promote questionable goods and services on your behalf. However, Facebook is

Merchant vessels are continuously becoming bigger and getting more electronic systems. Seafarers often depend on technology data more than their own skills, knowledge, and senses. Crews are becoming smaller as computer

The Carbanak APT group managed to steal a total of $1 bln from dozens of banks worldwide

In part one of our series, we discussed tech used by bank card ‘seekers’. Today, we’ll cover how criminals carry out the most dangerous skimming processes.

The top privacy data leaks in 2014 include: data breaches at Target and Home Depot, hacks of JP Morgan and Barclays banks, and leaks at Orange and Dropbox.