In our recent research, Piercing the HawkEye, we uncovered various ways cybercriminals were able to exploit information they gathered from monitoring victims’ mailboxes in order to steal money from businesses. One of the examples we shared, the “change of supplier” fraud, was one of the most notable, as this type of scheme has been known…
Read MorePoS malware has been in the news lately due to data breaches in various high-profile retailers. Card information stolen from these attacks have ended up on the well-known underground shop Rescator. We prefer to refer to the people behind this shop as the Lampeduza gang, as Rescator is not the only person running this business….
Read MoreWe’re seeing schemes that are taking advantage of the buzz around the upcoming developer preview release of Windows™ 9 this September. One of the threats we saw was found using some combinations of keywords like Windows 9, free, leak and download in popular search engines. It involves a potentially malicious website that offers what appears to be a free download of the yet-to-be-released Windows…
Read MoreA few months after the case of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the world was shocked again with another tragic news involving the crash of Malaysia Airlines 777 (also known as MH17) over Ukraine that killed nearly 300 passengers and crew members. As with past incidents, cybercriminals are quick to take advantage of the said…
Read MoreSporting events are getting more and more connected, and the just-concluded World Cup is no exception. Brazilian telecom provider Oi made sure that no expense was spared in ‘connecting’ the World Cup , and even claimed that this year’s event is in fact the most connected in the history of the World Cup. Oi claims that they…
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