Cybercrime

An Insight to Remote Working & Cybersecurity Amidst a Pandemic

The COVID-19 has disrupted businesses at a large scale, and companies all across the globe are working with fully remote workforces. A new report found that the sudden switch to work-from-home resulted in quick and even hasty deployment of cloud services in some cases. This led to overlooking various things in the security configuration, leaving companies susceptible to

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Vulnerability shuts down the Emulator Used by Avast Antivirus

Do you also feel your device is safe because of the antivirus that has more than 435 million monthly active users? Yes, we are talking about the Avast antivirus! It shares the most significant market among the malware application vendors across the globe. In the year 2017, it was one of the most famed antivirus

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South Korean Debit/Credit Card Theft, At Alarming Levels

Security researchers from Gemini Advisory, a cyber threat intelligence firm, disclosed a huge sale campaign for credit/debit cards in hacker forums belonging to South Korean cardholders. The first batch of stolen card credentials was numbered to 890,000, while the second batch reached 230,000 units, all in all, the number of cards “for sale” in the

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5 Emerging Technologies To Fight Cybercrimes

For many years, we have covered various stories covering topics of malware, phishing, social engineering, cyber espionage and other cybercriminal activities that seem becoming endless. Anti-malware products and services came and went, some underwent mergers and acquisition by another antimalware company, while some announced “a new formula” for combating nasties in the Internet, but to

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North-Korean Hacking Group, Lazarus, Sets Its Sight Against Singapore

Having the biggest economy in Southeast Asia, Singapore has become a favorite target when it comes to cybercrimes and data breaches. In the Money20/20, an annual event held focusing on financial technologies and financial services, the agenda of cybercrime prevention was highlighted. Threat Intelligence firm, Group-IB emphasized in the summit the exposure Singapore banks are

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Hackers Now Target Porn Site Users to Steal Their Credentials

Hackers now target porn website users, especially PornHub and XNXX users accounts and get away with their login credentials. This kind of hacking, as per security experts, has nothing strange about it. Pornography, despite many ongoing campaigns to decrease online pornographic content and traffic, remains one of the most popular and sought-after kinds of online

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Formjacking is Getting Popular Among CyberCriminals

Formjacking is emerging to be one of the most favorite methods of hacking among cybercriminals across the globe. Formjacking is the hacking technique in which cybercriminals target retail websites with a malicious code that helps them in snatching customers’ credit card information. Thousands of websites are targeted every month in this manner and this kind

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