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US police department pays $750 Ransom to retrieve their files from CryptoLocker Malware
The CryptoLocker Malware continues to spread, infected more than 12,000 U.S computers in one week and threatening millions of computers in the UK. Just last week, The UK National Crime Agency urge people afflicted by CryptoLocker not to pay ransom, not least because there is no guarantee that the...
CryptoLocker Spam Campaign Targets Millions in UK
Tens of millions of online banking customers in the U.K. are the targets of a dangerous spam campaign enticing users to open an attachment containing the CryptoLocker ransomware. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit posted an advisory late last week warning people to be...
Optomise System Ltd XSS / Information Disclosure
OPTOMISE SYSTEM Ltd UK Ministry of Defence and emergency services Full Directory Information Disclosure/ Persistent XSS / Time Line Vulnerability 04-11-2013 Security Advisory 07-11-2013 Ask About the Issues - Not Reponse 14-11-2013 Ask About the Issues- Not Response - Not Fixed 18-11-2013 Full...
Warning: 10 Million UK Users targeted with Cryptolocker Ransomware spam email campaign
The UK's National Crime Agency has given out an urgent national alert that a mass spamming event targeting 10 million UK based email users with a piece of malware called CryptoLocker that encrypts your files and then demands a ransom money to restore access. The agency has said that the people wh...
Warning: 10 Million UK Users targeted with Cryptolocker Ransomware spam email campaign
The UK's National Crime Agency has given out an urgent national alert that a mass spamming event targeting 10 million UK based email users with a piece of malware called CryptoLocker that encrypts your files and then demands a ransom money to restore access. The agency has said that the people wh...
Apple Says It Has 'Never Received an Order Under Section 215'
In a new report detailing the number and kind of requests for user information it’s gotten from various governments, Apple said it has never received a request for information under Section 215 of the USA PATROT Act and would likely fight one if it ever came. The company also disclosed that it ha...
UK Cryptographers Call For Publication of Deliberately Weakened Protocols, Products
A group of cryptographers in the UK has published a letter that calls on authorities in that country and the United States to conduct an investigation to determine which security products, protocols and standards have been deliberately weakened by the countries’ intelligence services. The letter,...
New Police Ransomware 'Browlock' targeting users in US, Canada and UK
What would you do if a European Cybercrime Agency locked your PC until you paid a fine? A new Police Ransomware family dubbed Trojan:HTML/Browlock by F-secure Antivirus firm, known as Browlock, which spreads by tricking unsuspecting web surfers into believing the police are after them. Ransomware...
New Police Ransomware 'Browlock' targeting users in US, Canada and UK
What would you do if a European Cybercrime Agency locked your PC until you paid a fine? A new Police Ransomware family dubbed Trojan:HTML/Browlock by F-secure Antivirus firm, known as Browlock, which spreads by tricking unsuspecting web surfers into believing the police are after them. Ransomware...
Hidden microphone found in Ecuador's embassy in UK
A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is sheltering from extradition to Sweden, The Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino claimed. The microphone was found in the office of the ambassador Ana Alban and was discovered last month...
Hacking Facebook Account with just a text message
Can you ever imagine that a single text message is enough to hack any Facebook account without user interaction or without using any other malicious stuff like Trojans, phishing, keylogger etc. ? Today we are going to explain you that how a UK based Security Researcher, "fin1te" is able to hack a...
Microsoft is sponsoring the Cyber Security Challenge UK
The global adoption of computing continues to draw attackers toward ever-richer targets. The latest data from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report shows that although industry-wide vulnerability disclosures are down and computer defenses are improved, exploit activity has actually increased...
Warning ! Facebook virus Zeus targets bank accounts
The infamous Zeus malware has once again resurfaced as per Symantec and is capable of draining your bank accounts. Zeus propagates through phishing messages that originate from an account that has been phished. Such a phished account will then start automatically sending messages to friends with...
Warning ! Facebook virus Zeus targets bank accounts
The infamous Zeus malware has once again resurfaced as per Symantec and is capable of draining your bank accounts. Zeus propagates through phishing messages that originate from an account that has been phished. Such a phished account will then start automatically sending messages to friends with...
PayPal Cross Site Scripting
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UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks
A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when...
UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks
A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when...
Ramnit Man-in-the-Browser Attack Targets UK Banks
Nowhere is the cat-and-mouse game between attackers and the security of users more evident than with social engineering schemes. Users’ awareness of phishing campaigns, for example, may be improving, but that’s just forcing attackers bent on identity theft and stealing payment card information to...
'Magic' Espionage Malware Targets UK Computers
Thousands of U.K. business computers have been infected by espionage malware using a custom protocol to communicate with its command and control servers. Researchers at Israeli security company Seculert added that the malware is still percolating with a number of capabilities yet to be deployed...
Apple Adds Two-Factor Authentication to iTunes Accounts
Apple has introduced a new two-factor authentication system designed to help protect users’ iTunes and App Store accounts and prevent attackers or unauthorized users from taking over users’ accounts. The system is similar to the one that Google has implemented for Gmail, utilizing verification...