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FBI Warns Of Increasing Use of Trojans in Banking Apps

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

Akshaya Asokan reports: The FBI is warning that cybercriminals and fraudsters are increasingly targeting mobile banking apps with malware in order to steal credentials and conduct account takeover attacks. In a public alert published Wednesday, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center warns that fraudsters have increasingly used malicious apps as the COVID-19 pandemic has driven an increasing number of…

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Knoxville ransomware attack shutters parts of city website

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

Teri Robinson reports: A ransomware attack took out parts of the Knoxville city website but did not compromise personal or financial information. The Tennessee city’s public safety operations were spared, Knoxnews cited Chief Operations Officer David Brace, deputy to the mayor, as saying. Brace said the fire department discovered the attack but didn’t disclose the amount or…

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eHealth ransomware attack potentially catastrophic for Saskatchewan health card holders

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

Now, five months later, eHealth admits it still doesn’t know exactly what information was taken, who took it, where it went or what it’s being used for. And that is a recipe for disaster. CBC News reports: The bad guys slipped the virus into the eHealth Saskatchewan computer system on Dec. 20. For the next…

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Hackers breached A1 Telekom, Austria’s largest ISP

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: A1 Telekom, the largest internet service provider in Austria, has admitted to a security breach this week, following a whistleblower’s exposé. The company admitted to suffering a malware infection in November 2019. A1 said its security team detected the malware a month later, but that removing the infection was more problematic than…

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Thanos ransomware auto-spreads to Windows devices, evades security

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports that what is now known as Thanos ransomware has features that make it cause for serious concern. In a new report by Recorded Future, we learn that this ransomware is named Thanos and is being promoted as a Ransomware-as-a-Service on Russian-speaking hacker forums since February. Being promoted by a threat actor named Nosophorus, Thanos…

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AU: Activewear retailer hacked, data now on the dark web

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

RagTrader reports: Activewear retailer In Sport had its head office server and computers ransomwared in May, as cyber crime during COVID-19 escalates. In a letter to customers, it revealed the attack was detected on May 16 but it was unknown what files hackers accessed. Read more on RagTrader. Update: This appears to be an attack by…

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