An international operation has disrupted a major botnet and malware that had caused millions of dollars in damage. Law enforcement agencies from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania and Latvia have disrupted the botnet and malware known as Qakbot, the...
With more than 4.1 billion user credentials exposed in the first half of 2019 alone, financial institutions (FIs) are rushing to artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent fraudsters from using them. Yet, for fraud prevention, Scotiabank Executive Vice President Rania Llewellyn says banks must take a...
Kaspersky Lab saw an increase in activity by both old and new botnets as well an increase in popularity of amplification distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first quarter of 2018. The company also noticed the return of long-lasting (multiday) DDoS attacks, according to its 2018 DDoS...
Three computer hackers behind the Mirai botnet, which kicked websites offline last year in cyberattacks, have pleaded guilty to cybercrime. Citing court documents, Reuters stated on Wednesday (Dec. 13) that former Rutgers University student Paras Jha pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey to charges,...
June 30, 2017
Cybercrime isn’t always about stealing credit card data. In the digital world, there’s strength in numbers, and a botnet — essentially, an army of IP addresses — can turn a pretty penny on the darknet. That’s why hackers are targeting Linux systems, and consumers don’t even know they’re using them. While few computer users opt […]
November 16, 2016
Fraud is not just creeping along; it's growing by leaps and bounds — to the point that more than 10 percent of your digital dollars are tied up in malfeasance....
May 29, 2024
In a big victory against cybercrime, the U.S. Justice Department, in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, recently conducted a successful operation to dismantle a notorious botnet known as 911 S5. This operation led to the arrest of YunHe Wang, a Chinese national, on charges related to the deployment of malware and the operation of […]
August 29, 2023
An international operation has disrupted a major botnet and malware that had caused millions of dollars in damage. Law enforcement agencies from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the...
April 27, 2018
Kaspersky Lab saw an increase in activity by both old and new botnets as well an increase in popularity of amplification distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first quarter of 2018. The...
December 14, 2017
Three computer hackers behind the Mirai botnet, which kicked websites offline last year in cyberattacks, have pleaded guilty to cybercrime. Citing court documents, Reuters stated on Wednesday (Dec. 13) that former...
