Category: Cyber Security

Internal Revenue Service phishing

Phone Scams are on the Rise; Here’s How to Stay Safe Online

One of the most common and unfortunately successful Internet scams is perpetrated by people calling users and claiming to be support staff from their Internet service provider, operating system company, computer company, or credit...

Platinum APT

Platinum APT develops a new stealth backdoor

Recently, the hacker organization Platinum APT has developed a new stealth backdoor Trojan called Titanium that can penetrate and control its target system. Because Titanium uses encryption and fileless technology and masquerades as a...

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PayPal becomes the popular online phisher target

Recently, statistics compiled by email security vendor Vade Secure indicate that PayPal has replaced Microsoft as the most abused brand by phishers. In the report, Vade Secure shows that “After five quarters, PayPal has...

19-year-old hacker

Georgia suffered a massive cyber attack

Georgia suffered a large-scale cyberattack, and over 2,000 websites, including national television stations, were attacked. Most of the websites’ homepages were tampered with, replacing the portraits of former President Mikheil Saakashvili and the caption...