Security researchers at IBM Research came up with DeepLocker—a new breed of “highly targeted and evasive” attack tool powered by AI (artificial intelligence),” which conceals its malicious intent until it reached a specific victim.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has adviced banks that cybercriminals are planning to carry out a highly choreographed, global fraud scheme recognized as an ATM cash-out, in which criminals hack a bank or payment card processor and use cloned cards at cash machines around the world to fraudulently withdraw millions of dollars in just a few hours.Continue Reading…
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on a chip that could take place of an endoscopy. Those who’ve had one before are in no rush to experience that again. While a doctor feeds a tube-camera down the patient’s throat to examine their stomach and beyond, patients try not to cough, gag, or be sick. In some cases, it is so uncomfortable they have to be sedated. Continue Reading…
Security researchers at Trustwave have released a new open-source tool called Social Mapper that uses facial recognition technology to locate targets across numerous social media networks on a large scale.Continue Reading…
Florida Police arrested 25-year-old Ricky Joseph Handschumacher, charging him with grand theft and money laundering. Handschumacher is allegedly accused of being part of a multi-state cyber gang that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that extracted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims through their SIM Swapping Scheme.Continue Reading…
We’ve all been trained not to give out our passwords, but online criminals are getting ever more clever. Phishing scams have effectively tricked uncountable people into compromising their online security, and one of the best ways to stop it is two-factor authentication. Even technologically savvy people can be fooled by clever hackers, though. According to Google, it solved the phishing problem by giving everyone a USB security key.Continue Reading…
Here at Prilock, we are constantly researching the latest data breach, how hackers plan their attacks, new phishing schemes, malware to beware of, among other cybersecurity concerns. BUT we want to hear from you.Continue Reading…
The March 22 “SamSam” ransomware outbreak left 8,000 city employees unable to use their PCs for several days and led to longer outages for residents who wanted to pay for parking tickets or report potholes online as the city’s IT team continued to grapple with the incident.Continue Reading…
Amazon has a gadget called Echo Connect. With it, you can use your compatible Echo device to call any number supported by your home phone service provider. Including 911.Continue Reading…
To protect US energy systems from a continuous barrage of cyberattacks, policymakers and industry players are homing in on a non-digital defense system to eliminate potential threat by improving people’s awareness and changing the way they think about cybersecurity.
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