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The advnetcfg.ocx component allowed the malware to stay hidden for such a long time

Learn how you can contribute to the campaign against such scams

Victims of this plot may find their phone bills inflated

The hackers leaked information on the identities of foreign diplomats

Facebook, Gmail, PayPal and retail industry customers are targeted

The hacker introduces a tool developed for intelligence gathering

The spam messages are sent via Yahoo's free email service

The citizens of Evanston and Lemont warned of bad weather and even military attacks

The guilty parties agreed to pay more than $75 million (60 million EUR)

Over 4,000 websites have been compromised to take part in the scheme

The victims' files are encrypted and the fraudsters threaten to unmask their "secrets"

A piece of malware attempts to intercept communications

Fraudsters rely on Windows utilities to trick users into believing that they have issues

Tor Project has released a security advisory and all browser vendors have been alerted

Some basic advice to make sure you have a cyber incident-free vacation

The compromised websites host a script that loads a Russian domain involved in other scams

The new version of the scheme bears the name of the passenger