Over the past few months, cybercriminals have set up thousands of malicious domains and servers in Brazil in anticipation of the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
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Egypt’s parliament approves cybercrime bill
A plenary session of the Egyptian parliament, chaired by Speaker Ali Abdel Aal, has reportedly approved the cybercrimes law.0 3399
McAfee Labs Report reveals new mobile app collusion threats
Intel Security has released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: June 2016, which explains the dynamics of mobile app collusion, where cybercriminals manipulate two or more apps to orchestrate attacks.
Infoblox releases DNS Threat Index for Q1 2016
Infoblox has recently released the Infoblox DNS Threat Index for the first quarter of 2016, which highlighted a 35-fold increase in newly observed ransomware domains from the fourth quarter of 2015.
Symantec reveals big shift in UAE cybercrime
According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 21, cybercriminals are now adopting corporate best practices and establishing professional businesses in order to increase the efficiency of their attacks against enterprises and consumers.
Fighting cyberwarfare
Kasey Cross, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at A10 Networks, discusses how government entities can fend off state-sponsored cyber attacks.
US, China reach cyberespionage agreement
The US and China have reached their first ever cybercrime and cyberespionage agreement. Leaders of both countries announced the deal in Washington on after two days of top-level talk.
McAfee tracks three times as much malware in 2013
This growth was largely attributed to misuse of automated Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) that wrap malicious code within digitally signed …
How to use Syrian Electronic Army attacks to improve security awareness
Recently, we have been called in to help companies handle attacks from the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Our first priority is to help contain the damage, figure out which accounts have been compromised that have not been used yet to cause damage, and clean things up.
CrowdStrike: Global cybercrime dominated by 50 core groups
Cybercrime in 2013 was dominated by a core of around 50 active groups, including Russian and Chinese ‘threat actors’ whose activities are only now coming to light, a report from monitoring firm CrowdStrike has found.
Kaspersky Lab: Beware of Neverquest Trojan banker
Kaspersky Lab has recorded thousands of attempts to infect computers used for online banking with a malicious program that its creators claim can attack “any bank in any country”.