By Tara Seals Industrial control systems (ICS) and critical infrastructure are common targets for cybercrime, with almost 40% of them facing a cyber-attack at some point in the second half…
Day: March 30, 2017
New Mirai Variant Hits Target with 54-hour DDoS
By Phil Muncaster Security researchers believe they have discovered a new version of the infamous IoT-powered Mirai botnet which was observed carrying out a mammoth 54-hour DDoS attack on a…
Trojan source code leak poised to spur new online banking attacks
Nuclear Bot’s author releases its source code publicly for other cybercriminals to use. By Lucian Constantin The source code for a new Trojan program that targets banking services has been…
iPhone users fooled by fake ransomware
Apple has issued an iPhone software update after reports of fake ransomware attacks where money was demanded in order to unlock the handset’s browser. A pop-up screen accused the phone…