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The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed a data breach on Wednesday. The credit agency admitted to handing over the personal details of its South African customers to a fraudster posing as a client. While Experian Read More …
In the past few weeks, we have spotted notable developments for different types of threats. For ransomware, a new family named Darkside surfaced, while operators behind Crysis/Dharma released a hacking toolkit. For messaging threats, a targeted email campaign was used Read More …
Cybercrime in the Philippines is on a rapid rise, with phishing campaigns alone up 200% since the country went into lockdown in March In today’s highly-digitalized society, wanton cybercrimes have proven to be difficult to eradicate, and the cyberattack threat Read More …
Law enforcement in Ukraine has announced today the arrest of a cybercrime gang who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges where they laundered more than $42 million in funds for criminal groups. The group, which authorities said had three members, has been Read More …
Dharma ransomware as-a-service (RaaS), which is among the world’s most popular, is being used predominantly to target small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a new report from Sophos. Offers as a service, Dharma ransomware is available to whoever is Read More …
Lance Corporal Ajayi Kayode, a serving military personnel in Lagos State, has been arrested for alleged Internet fraud. Kayode was arrested in the Lekki axis of the state by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The soldier, who Read More …
Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend. Carnival Corporation is the largest cruise operator in the world with over 150,000 employees and 13 million guests annually. The Read More …
A researcher was able to exploit a vulnerability in Emotet – effectively causing the infamous malware to crash and preventing it from infecting systems for six months. Emotet, which first emerged in 2014 and has since then evolved into a Read More …
The Ritz Hotel in London has launched an investigation into a data breach in which scammers may have posed as staff members to steal credit card data. In a series of messages posted to Twitter dated August 15, the luxury Read More …
Business technology giant Konica Minolta was hit with a ransomware attack at the end of July that impacted services for almost a week, BleepingComputer has learned. Konica Minolta is a Japanese multinational business technology giant with almost 44,000 employees and Read More …