Le ramificazioni del crimine informatico e i loro effetti su persone ed economie non sono mai apparsi così estesi. Se il 2022 si è chiuso con numerosi bilanci allarmanti circa la crescita delle minacce informatiche, è in verità da oltre un decennio che il perfezionamento delle tecnologie e la crescente diffusione di gruppi organizzati – ..
Tag : Cybercrime
A sophisticated ad fraud scheme that spoofed over 1,700 applications and 120 publishers peaked at 12 billion ad requests per day before being taken down, bot attack prevention firm Human says. Dubbed VastFlux, the scheme relied on JavaScript code injected into digital ad creatives, which resulted in fake ads being stacked behind one another to ..
Online payments system PayPal is alerting roughly 35,000 individuals that their accounts have been targeted in a credential stuffing campaign. “On December 20, 2022, we confirmed that unauthorized parties were able to access your PayPal customer account using your login credentials,” the company said in the notification letter sent to the impacted individuals. According to ..
Cybercriminals earned significantly less from ransomware attacks in 2022 compared to 2021 as victims are increasingly refusing to pay ransom demands, according to data from Chainalysis. A report published by the blockchain data company on Thursday shows that the cryptocurrency addresses known to have been used by ransomware groups received a total of $457 million ..
A ransomware attack forced the parent company of KFC and Taco Bell to close several hundred restaurants in the United Kingdom this week. A government filing posted Thursday says the attack impacted information technology systems. Yum Brands said the attackers took company data, but that there is no evidence customer data was stolen. Around 300 ..
The owner of China-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato was arrested in Miami on Wednesday, along with five associates in Europe, during an international operation against “darknet” markets. Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian living in Shenzhen, China, appeared in handcuffs and leg shackles in a Miami courtroom on money laundering charges, and was denied bail by a ..
Per il secondo anno consecutivo, i Rischi informatici derivanti da attacchi informatici e l’Interruzione di attività rappresentano i principali timori delle aziende (entrambi con il 34% delle risposte). Lo rivela la nuova indagine di Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), il sondaggio annuale sui principali rischi percepiti dalle aziende a livello globale secondo gli oltre 2.700 intervistati, provenienti da 94 paesi, ..
Avast and Bitdefender have released decryptors to help victims of BianLian and MegaCortex ransomware recover their data for free. Written in Golang, BianLian emerged in August 2022 and has been used in targeted attacks against entertainment, healthcare, media, and manufacturing organizations. Once it has been executed on a victim’s machine, the malware identifies all available ..
Al via da oggi due direttive fondamentali per innalzare le difese informatiche a livello europeo. Stiamo parlando della direttiva sulle misure per un elevato livello comune di cybersicurezza in tutta l’Unione (la cosiddetta Nis 2) e la direttiva sulla resilienza delle entità critiche (direttiva Cer), due direttive pubblicate in Gazzetta Ufficiale lo scorso 27 dicembre ..
Canadian liquor distributor Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has announced that a web skimmer injected into its online store was used to steal users’ personal data. One of the largest liquor sellers in Canada, LCBO retails and distributes alcoholic beverages throughout the Ontario province, operating over 670 stores and employing more than 8,000 people. ..
