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Confusion, Recriminations Surround PlentyofFish Breach
Controversy has erupted around the free online dating site, PlentyofFish.com, after the Web site was found to contain a serious security vulnerability that could have potentially exposed the personal information of some 30 million users. In another chapter of the annals of “No Good Deed Goes...
Пресечена деятельность хакеров-вымогателей
Источник: http://www.kguvd.ru/news/7 Когда: 31 Августа, 2010 Оперативники отдела "К" и УБЭП ГУВД Москвы пресекли деятельность группы хакеров, заражавших вредоносными программами компьютеры пользователей и вымогавших деньги за разблокировку. Деньги взимались с помощью платных SMS стоимостью от 300...
DDoS Extortionists Offer 'Discount' Competitor Attacks
One of the most novel approaches for acquiring new botnet clients is a weird combination consisting of direct DDoS extortion, followed by penalties for delayed response and the offering of 30% discount in case the victim wants to DDoS the competition once the ransom is paid. Read the full article...
Ransomware Tactic Lures Via Copyright Scare
An ongoing ransomware campaign is pretending to be the fake ICPP Foundation icpp-online.com, where the ransomware locks down the user’s desktop issuing a “Copyright violation: copyrighted content detected” message which lists torrent files found on the infected PC and forces the user to pay $400...
New Twist In Online Pharma Scams
Online scammers are re-scamming Internet pharmaceutical customers with a new ploy: posing as government agents and extorting money from them, says the US Food and Drug Administration. Read the full article. Info Security...
Ransomware Variant Features Novel Payment Scheme
A new ransomware variant encrypts files on a computer but uses a novel twist on monetizing the extortion threat. Instead of demanding money directly for decryption keys, as has been the case in other instances, it presumes that the owner of an infected computer will search for information to help...
