Email and a phone call enough to secure nine payments. By Darren Pauli The local council of the Australian city of Brisbane has been fleeced of A$450,000 (£248,000, US$334,000) from…
Day: August 16, 2016
Beat cyber criminals at their own game in the City of London
This week the City of London Police, Action Fraud and Get Safe Online will be talking to people throughout the City about cyber crime and offering advice on how they…
Cerber ransomware earns $2.3mil with 0.3% response rate
Affiliates get access to easy-to-use management tools. By Maria Korolov The fast-growing Cerber ransomware earned nearly $200,000 in July despite a payment rate of just 0.3 percent as a result…
Hackers auction files 'stolen from NSA'
A group of hackers calling itself Shadow Brokers claims to have stolen a collection of malware files from a group linked to the US National Security Agency (NSA). The hackers…