Cybercrime

Why go to all the bother of writing ransomware that demands victims pay a Bitcoin ransom? If all you want is cryptocurrency, why not use the infected computers to mine the crypto coins themselves?

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/smominru-half-million-pcs-hit-cryptomining-botnet/

Unsuspecting motorists are being duped by scam texts pretending to be from the DVLA asking them to enter their personal information

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Nearly 90% of the root domains operated by top online retailers in the European Union and the United States are putting their brands and consumers at risk of phishing attacks.

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252434022/Most-online-retail-sites-put-customers-at-risk-of-phishing

More than 2,000 WordPress websites have once again been found infected with a piece of crypto-mining malware that not only steals the resources of visitors' computers to mine digital currencies but also logs visitors' every keystroke.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/wordpress-keylogger.html

Safer Internet Day 2018 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday 6th February 2018 with the slogan “Create, Connect and Share Respect: A better internet starts with you”.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2018

Unprotected industrial control systems (ICS) can be found by simply searching on Google or Shodan, according to a research report UK-based security firm Positive Technologies.

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252434299/Industrial-cyber-security-continues-to-be-poor-warns-report

Google says that it is getting better than ever at protecting Android users against bad apps and malicious developers.

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/01/31/google-700000-android-apps/

A total of 69 material cyber incidents were declared to the FCA in 2017, an increase from 38 in 2016 and 24 in 2015.

https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/broker/3237106/number-of-cyber-attacks-reported-to-fca-rose-by-80-in-2017

Researchers have uncovered further evidence that cyber criminals are cashing in on the popularity of cryptocurrencies, with the discovery of a global cryptocurrency-mining botnet

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252434284/Businesses-urged-to-patch-against-cryptocurrency-mining-botnet

Fraudsters are obtaining genuine banking customer security information and getting access to accounts by performing “man-in-the-middle” vishing scams.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/alert-fraudsters-are-recording-phone-calls-and-gaining-access-to-victim-bank-accounts-mar16