Peer-to-peer App Kicked off Dofoil Coin Miner Outbreak
BitTorrent client MediaGet was used in a massive 'Dofoil' campaign that installs malicious cryptocurrency miners on hundreds of thousands of computers.
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U.S. Takes Down Cybercriminal Enterprise Responsible for More than $530 Million in Losses
The U.S. Justice Department announced shut down a global cyber crime ring on Wednesday, saying it had indicted 36 people who caused more than...
Sophisticated Cybercriminal Ad-Fraud Rakes in Millions Per Day
Methbot is a state-of-the-art ad fraud infrastructure, capable of hosting legitimate videos and serving them to 300 million fake viewers a day.
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U.S. To Review Cyber Attacks Beyond 2016 Election
The White House said on Friday the intelligence review ordered by President Barack Obama on cyber attacks involving U.S. elections will go beyond the...
Avalanche Network Dismantled in Cyber Operation
The U.S. Justice Department today announced a multinational operation involving arrests and searches in four countries to dismantle a complex and sophisticated network of...
Internet Disruptions Were Caused By Attacked Connected Devices
The cyber atttack that cut access to some of the world's best known websites on Friday was caused by a botnet runing on common devices...
Europol Says Ransomware Is A Top Cybercrime Threat
European police agency Europol says the threat from ransomware has now eclipsed other forms of online theft. Ransomware works by taking computers hostage, encrypting the...
NEC Uses Artificial Intelligence to Automatically Detect Unknown Cyber-attacks
NEC Corp. has developed a "system operations-visualization and anomaly-analysis technology" that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically detect unknown cyber-attacks against social infrastructure and enterprise...
Fujitsu Technology Analyzes Cyber Attacks
Fujitsu has developed a new technology that rapidly analyzes damage status after detexting a cyber attack against businesses. In the event of malware attacks, it...
Hackers Attacked Vodafone
Almost 2,000 Vodafone customers may be open to fraud after their personal details were accessed, the company said. Criminals used customer details gained from "an...
