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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 29th, 2016
New Jersey Town Website Hacked 8 Times in 20 Days

New Jersey Town Website Hacked 8 Times in 20 Days

Website is currently down, nobody knowns who hacked it

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 27th, 2016
Android App Caught Stealing User Photos and Videos

Android App Caught Stealing User Photos and Videos

Google immediately removes app from Play Store

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 25th, 2016
Three Hackers Arrested in Cell Phone Hijacking Scheme

Three Hackers Arrested in Cell Phone Hijacking Scheme

They ran an illegal business that rerouted international calls for other telcos on the back of unsuspecting US citizens

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 24th, 2016
Munich Shooter Used Hacked Facebook Account to Invite Victims to McDonald's

Munich Shooter Used Hacked Facebook Account to Invite Victims to McDonald's

Attacker broke into the account of a girl named Selina Akim

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 22nd, 2016
EU Cookie Law Popup Pushes Dodgy Chrome Extension Down Your Throat

EU Cookie Law Popup Pushes Dodgy Chrome Extension Down Your Throat

Cookie consent script spams website visitors

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 22nd, 2016
Decrypter Available for ODCODC Ransomware

Decrypter Available for ODCODC Ransomware

Victims can now recover their files for free

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 19th, 2016
WikiLeaks Servers Go Down, Under DDoS Attack After Announcing Turkey Coup Leaks

WikiLeaks Servers Go Down, Under DDoS Attack After Announcing Turkey Coup Leaks

Turkey AKP emails and documents data dump delayed

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 18th, 2016
Andromeda Botnet Satisfies Pizza Craving with July Spam Campaign Targeting Italy

Andromeda Botnet Satisfies Pizza Craving with July Spam Campaign Targeting Italy

Andromeda botnet sent out over 210,000 spam emails

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 17th, 2016
Chinese Hackers Deface Two Philippines Government Websites

Chinese Hackers Deface Two Philippines Government Websites

Anonymous member might be involved in the incident

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 14th, 2016
Android Malware Stops Users from Calling Their Bank, Canceling Illegal Payments

Android Malware Stops Users from Calling Their Bank, Canceling Illegal Payments

The culprit is Android.Fakebank.B banking trojan

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 12th, 2016
Microsoft: Cerber Ransomware Infections Have Dominated Last 30 Days

Microsoft: Cerber Ransomware Infections Have Dominated Last 30 Days

CryptXXX and Locky come second and third

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 12th, 2016
Russian Authorities Seize Servers of US VPN Provider

Russian Authorities Seize Servers of US VPN Provider

Company rotates certificates, updates VPN clients

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 8th, 2016
Sundown Exploit Kit Rises After Death of Angler and Nuclear

Sundown Exploit Kit Rises After Death of Angler and Nuclear

Exploit kit market hasn't died with Angler, nor Nuclear

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 5th, 2016
UK Teen Charged with Hacking Instagram Account, Blackmailing Owner

UK Teen Charged with Hacking Instagram Account, Blackmailing Owner

Teen also hacked into an online shopping account

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 4th, 2016
Free Decrypter Available for Download for MIRCOP Ransomware

Free Decrypter Available for Download for MIRCOP Ransomware

Victims can get their files back for free

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 28th, 2016
Microsoft Office 365 Corporate Users Hit by Cerber Ransomware Attack

Microsoft Office 365 Corporate Users Hit by Cerber Ransomware Attack

Microsoft fights back after five hours, but 57% of users received at least one copy of the ransomware in their inboxes

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 26th, 2016
Security Researcher Finds ATM Skimmer While on Vacation

Security Researcher Finds ATM Skimmer While on Vacation

Security researchers never actually take a break

 
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