Newcastle Uni Stung by Sophisticated Phishing Site
Phishers look to harvest details from prospective international students
Month: July 2017
Looking for love on Matrimonial Sites! Watch out for the Fraudsters
On Oct 2014, I
wrote a blog titled “Conmen
use fake matrimonial profiles to scam prospective grooms seeking arranged
marriages” warning cyber citizens on matrimonial scams. Unfortunately,
since then it appears that these scams have become common and l…
Global Law Enforcement Action Shuts Down AlphaBay & Hansa Dark Web Markets
Underground criminal economy was responsible for the trading 350 000+ illicit commodities
LuciusonSecurity ranked among the Top 100 Information Security Blogs for Data Security Professionals
LuciusonSecurity is privileged to be chosen as one of the Top 100 Information Security Blogs for Data Security Professionals in 2017 by feedspot.com.
TSB Set to Roll-Out Iris Scanning for App Users
Biometric Log-Ins raise security fears after Samsung system was cracked
Citadel Developer Vartanyan Jailed for Five Years
Atlanta court sends down Russian cyber-criminal known as “Kolypto”
Disgruntled Driver asks Share Ride Cab Company OLA to Pay Ransom for Kidnapped Passenger
A doctor called a shared ride cab to drive him to the private hospital
where he worked. The shared ride arrived on time, but instead of taking the
doctor to his destination, the driver threatened the doctor and kidnapped
him. The OLA cab driver,…
Tillerson to Ax Standalone Cyber-Office in State Department—Report
The personnel that coordinates cyber initiatives with US allies
will lose direct access to Tillerson, according to sources.
DarkHotel Perfects a New Attack Gambit for Political Targets
The attack chain involves whaling, digital certificate factoring and the Inexsmar malware.
A Hacker’s Dream: American Password Reuse Runs Rampant
Millennials are the worst offenders, according to a SecureAuth/Wakefield survey.