We’ve known for a long time that fraudsters use social networks to advertise their services and to share information and ideas with each other. The former Internet Relay Chat (IRC), for example, which was the old chat server used by thousands of people since 1988, is still a platform that fraudsters use for information sharing […]
Since early 2020, the COVID-19 Global Pandemic has claimed many lives, and brought economies around the world to a halt, as countries close their borders, tell citizens to stay at home, and give businesses the bad news that they have to close their doors to customers. This has led to unemployment rates skyrocketing and more […]
Back in December 2020, we published the first part of our Expert Explanation on double extortion titled, ‘Double Extortion – Ransomware at Another Level’ and discussed the term ‘Double Extortion’ and what it meant. To refresh your memory, attacks using ‘Double Extortion’ target companies by hacking their infrastructure and systems, extracting their files (to use […]
Aside from COVID-19 outbreaks, second waves and panic buying, a huge part of news coverage in 2020 has been focused on the recent US Presidential Election. Whilst it is now official that Joe Biden received enough Electoral College votes to claim victory, President Trump is still launching legal action, claiming that the election was not […]
Much has been said about the dark web and the dark markets that exist, but how did they arise and where did they come from? How have emerging technologies been used for illicit sales? What about the first purchase made online and the rise of dark markets? What is the role of law makers and […]
The first Ransomware attack was launched in 1989 by Evolutionary biologist Dr. Joseph L. Popp. He infected 20,000 floppy disks with the Trojan AIDS (or AIDS Information Introductory Diskette) and mailed them to participants of the World Health Organization’s AIDS conference in Stockholm. The disks contained a survey that was designed to find out if […]
Nowadays, it seems like digital threats are impossible to avoid. As our world gets more technological, cybercriminals are always on the lookout for new ways to hack systems to steal money and information. But there are ways we can prepare for such attacks and improve our digital threat defence. In this modern age, digital threats […]
Online fraud is one of the growing threats for businesses with a digital presence. Costing millions of dollars every year, this attack type is definitely something to watch out for, so online fraud prevention is a must. Learn what you can do to prevent online fraud, and how to recover if you become a victim […]
For the past few months, two Filipino hacking groups, called DarkNet Philippines and FilTech Hackers Philippines, have been not only performing cyber-attacks that repeatedly target Filipino banks, but they have also been involved in Hacktivism campaigns. These different types of campaigns included a wide array of attack types, such as defacement, phishing, malware and more. […]
Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the hype surrounding Coronavirus, or Covid-19. It is all we see in the news and on our Social Media feeds. Cyber criminals are preying on our emotions, because they know we want the latest information – How many are infected? How many have died? How do I protect myself? […]