Tag: Cybercriminals
Profiting from Panic
The great American businessman and philanthropist, John Rockefeller once said “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” I doubt he ever...
NCSC Issues Guidelines to U.K. Citizens to Check Covid-19 Fraud
Opportunistic cybercriminals are taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty that’s created due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC)...
Researcher Found Malicious “Coronavirus Maps” that Infects and Steals Data
Cybercriminals never leave an opportunity to exploit any vulnerability or situation to prey on users online. Even, they are taking advantage of the fear...
Hackers Made US$3.5 Billion in 2019 from Cyberattacks
A report from the Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3) revealed that hackers secured as much as US$3.5 billion from cybercrime which were reported to...
Cyberattacks on Downtrend in Malaysia in Q4 2019: Kaspersky
Kaspersky unveiled that cyberattacks in Malaysia came down in the fourth quarter of 2019.
In its security bulletin, Kaspersky stated that it detected 11,544,340 potential...
Silence Hacking Group Targets Banks in Sub-Saharan Africa
Security researchers from Kaspersky discovered thousands of attack notifications on popular banks in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Researchers opined that Russian speaking hacking...