By Phil Muncaster Security experts have uncovered a sophisticated cyber-attack campaign in China designed to spread Android malware via fake mobile base stations. The “Swearing Trojan” malware – so named…
Month: March 2017
Newly leaked documents show low-level CIA Mac and iPhone hacks
For years, the CIA has known of implants for iPhones and low-level rootkits for Macbooks By Lucian Constantin The U.S. CIA has had tools to infect Apple Mac computers by…
Row over US ISP customer data sales
US politicians have voted to remove rules that demanded ISPs got permission from customers before selling their browsing histories. The US Senate voted by a narrow majority to repeal the…
Did you know: Crimelords behind DDoS attacks offer customer loyalty points?
Tweaking business models for greater 404 kerching By John Leyden The DDoS attack business has advanced to the point that running an attack can cost as little as $7 an…
Russian man pleads guilty over $500m malware scam
A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m). Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel…
Two major US technology firms 'tricked out of $100m'
A Lithuanian man has been charged with tricking two US technology firms into wiring him $100m (£80.3m) through an email phishing scam. Posing as an Asian-based manufacturer, Evaldas Rimasauskas tricked…