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Taiwan banks suspend ATM services after thieves steal $3 million with help of malware
July 13th, 2016
Taiwan’s top eight banks have suspended services on 900 Automated Teller Machines(ATMs) across the island, after thieves made off with NT$70 million (S$2.94 million) in a coordinated heist, apparently with the help of malware. Bank of Taiwan, Chang Hwa Bank, First Bank and ...
SWIFT warns for a malware aims to reduce financial institutions’ abilities
April 26th, 2016
SWIFT is aware of a malware that aims to reduce financial institutions’ abilities to evidence fraudulent transactions on their local systems. Contrary to reports that suggest otherwise, this malware has no impact on SWIFT’s network or core messaging services. ...
New Skype malware a threat to legal professionals
February 12th, 2016
A new malware named T9000 that mimics e-Discovery applications and targets Skype users could be a big headache for legal professionals. T9000’s characteristics are considered to make it particularly threatening to the legal industry, given legal companies’ extensive use ...
INTERPOL launches awareness campaign on COVID-19 cyberthreats
May 25th, 2020
In response to the rapidly changing cybercrime landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic, the global law enforcement and cybersecurity communities have formed an alliance to protect the public. Harnessing the expertise of this alliance, INTERPOL has launched a global awareness ...
How criminals profit from the COVID-19 pandemic
March 31st, 2020
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has published a report about the latest developments of COVID-19 on the criminal landscape in the EU. In accordance with the Europol’s latest report: During this unprecedented crisis, governments across Europe are ...
Alert! Criminals taking advantage of coronavirus anxiety to defraud victims online
March 18th, 2020
INTERPOL is encouraging the public to exercise caution when buying medical supplies online during the current health crisis, with criminals capitalizing on the situation to run a range of financial scams. With surgical masks and other medical supplies in ...
The SIM hijackers: How criminals are stealing millions by hijacking phone numbers
March 16th, 2020
It is a common story: the signal bars disappears from their mobile phones, they call the phone number – it rings, but it’s not their phone ringing. They try to login to their bank account, but the password fails. ...
Heightened cybersecurity roles for in-house lawyers as breaches increase
May 4th, 2018
New cybersecurity report reveals that In-house lawyers anticipate bigger roles and budgets as breaches increase. A new cybersecurity report, incorporating data from 617 in-house lawyers at 412 companies in 33 countries, reveals that In-house lawyers anticipate their role in ...
Lessons from the Cryptojacking Attack at Tesla
February 21st, 2018
A few months ago, the RedLock Cloud Security Intelligence (CSI) team found hundreds of Kubernetes administration consoles accessible over the internet without any password protection. A couple of the instances belonged to Aviva, a British multinational insurance company, and ...
WannaCry: hackers withdraw £108,000 of bitcoin ransom
August 7th, 2017
Digital wallets linked to ransomware attack that crippled NHS hospitals are cleaned out, as law enforcement tries to track owners More than £108,000 in bitcoin paid by victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack, which crippled parts of the NHS ...
