Cybercrime

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

Smartphone surveillance software that can steal WhatsApp messages from Android phones has been discovered by security researchers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/01/16/smartphone-spyware-can-steal-whatsapp-messages-android-phones/

Ransomware attacks on business increased by 90% in 2017, while attacks on consumers leapt by 93%, according to the latest annual state of malware report

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433761/Ransomware-was-most-popular-cyber-crime-tool-in-2017

Wide-range of cybercriminals are now using a new piece of 'undetectable' spying malware that targets Windows, macOS, Solaris and Linux systems.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/crossrat-malware.html

A short-lived email campaign distributing a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan indicates that cyber criminals are using compromised FTP sites to download malicious documents

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433528/Cyber-attackers-exploiting-trust-in-FTP-servers

A computer hacker responsible for thousands of cyber-attacks on firms around the world - including Skype and Google - has been jailed for two years.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-man-responsible-thousands-cyber-14173078