Chaes Banking Trojan Hijacks Chrome Browser with Malicious Extensions

A financially-motivated malware campaign has compromised over 800 WordPress websites to deliver a banking trojan dubbed Chaes targeting Brazilian customers of Banco do Brasil, Loja Integrada, Mercado Bitcoin, Mercado Livre, and Mercado Pago. First documented by Cybereason in November 2020, the...

Man Robbed of 16 Bitcoin Sues Young Thieves’ Parents

In 2018, Andrew Schober was digitally mugged for approximately $1 million worth of bitcoin. After several years of working with investigators, Schober says hes confident he has located two young men in the United Kingdom responsible for using a clever piece of digital clipboard-stealing malware t...

Pirated Content Sites Hacked Attract Billions Of Years !

Web sites hawking pirated software and other digital goods will attract about 53 million visits per year. This is according to a report PDF released yesterday by MarkMonitor, a company that protects online brands to its corporate clients. The hacking scene of the majority of the 53 billion hits,...

Bank Settles With Customer On Wire Transfer Theft

An unusual legal dispute between a Texas bank and a business customer over the online theft of more than $800,000 from the latter’s account at the bank has been quietly settled. Read the full article. Computerworld...

Capital One Sued for Online Theft Hack

An electronics testing firm in Louisiana is suing its bank, Capital One, alleging that the financial institution was negligent when it failed to stop hackers from transferring nearly $100,000 out of its account earlier this year. Read the full article. Washington Post...