Archive for January 2016

January 4, 2016

· Russians Being Blamed for Power Outages in the Ukraine Christmas Eve
· Skype Has Issues With Message Sequencing

January 5, 2016

· Five Android Security Flaws Patched
· Drone Strike Takes out ISIS Hacking Pro

January 6, 2016

· Anonymous Shuts Down 14 Thai Police Websites
· Highly Destructive Malware Leads to Ukrainian Power Crash

January 7, 2016

· Top Six Online Scams
· New Malware PUP Resets Browser Proxy Server and Locks It

January 8, 2016

· Eight Arrested in Eastern Europe over ATM Malware
· Time Warner Breached; 320,000 Customers Urged to Change Passwords

January 9, 2016

· Support for Older Versions of IE Lose Support Tuesday
· Pop-Under Ads Spreading CryptoWall Ransomware

January 11, 2016

· Fake Instagram Accounts Lure Users to Porn Sites
· Rooting Apps Found in Google Play

January 12, 2016

· 334 Years for Hacking in Turkey
· General Motors Looking for White Hat Hackers

January 13, 2016

· Trend Micro Flaw Allows for Theft of Passwords
· U.S. Spy Chiefs Accounts Hacked by High Schoolers

January 14, 2016

· Europol Cracks Down on DD4BC (DDoS “4” Bitcoin)
· TaxAct Breached; Personal Info Stolen

January 15, 2016

· Strong Passwords Key to Safe Surfing
· Cybercriminals Using David Bowies Death to Send Spam

January 16, 2016

· Yijia Zhang Sentenced to 31 Months in Jail
· U.S. Infrastructure Vulnerable to Attack

January 18, 2016

· Casino Sues Trustwave over Security Breach
· Source Code for Cryptear Ransomware Released

January 19, 2016

· What is Bitcoin and How Does it Work (Video)
· Six Signs of a Phishing Attack

January 20, 2016

· Here's the Top 25 Worst Passwords for 2015
· Serious Flaw Found in Yahoo Mail
· Strange PayPal Spam Making the Rounds

January 21, 2016

· Damage From Spear Phishing Attack Put at $1.6 Million
· MegalodonHTTP Trojan Hackers Arrested

January 22, 2016

· Tech Support Scam Uses Legit Norton AntiVirus Warnings
· Google Releases Report on Malicious Ad Blocking

January 23, 2016

· Ashley Madison Users Victims of Extortion Letters
· Spear Phishing Nets Criminals $54 Million

January 25, 2016

· Ukrainian Hacker to be Sentenced May 2nd
· Atlanta Couple Targeted by Find My Phone App

January 26, 2016

· Wendy's Burns Burger King on Twitter
· Spear Phishing Attack Successful Against Univ. of Virginia
· Ransomware LeChiffre Cracked by Emsisoft

January 27, 2016

· Symantec Discovers 3,500 Infected Servers
· One in Three Americans Victims of Health Care Hacks

January 28, 2016

· Cybercriminals Use Social Engineering to Hack Victims
· ISIS Recruiting Indian Hackers

January 29, 2016

· Cisco Warns of Vulnerability in Firewall Devices
· Over 300 Million Malware Found in 2015 by Panda Security

January 30, 2016

· Ransomware Uses Clickjacking to Deliver Malware
· New Ransomware Demands $4,900