Cyber Theft news and trends

FBI IDs Hacker Linked To Stolen Web Credentials
News // November 25, 2015

The FBI has identified a hacker known as “mr.grey,” as being possibly linked to the breach of 1.2 billion stolen Web credentials that were discovered in 420,000 websites, Reuters reported. In court documents filed by the FBI, it notes that the hacker had discussed having...

Why Banks Don’t Cover Cybertheft For SMEs
B2B Payments // September 16, 2015

Cybercrime is on the rise, and small businesses in particular are facing waves of new Internet theft. B2B buyers, for example, are under threat of security breaches that allow criminals to hack into email and pose as a legitimate overseas supplier, demanding payment to settle...

FireEye Identifies Group Linked To Federal Hack
News // June 22, 2015

Cybersecurity firm FireEye has traced the roots of the massive cyberattack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last year to an unnamed group of Chinese hackers that specialized in stealing “personally identifiable information,” or PII data. Analyzing the footprints of the group, FireEye...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Trading Tops $11B; Infected Chrome App Steals Crypto

March 17, 2019
Daily trading volume for bitcoin topped $11 billion on Friday (March 15) — its highest point in almost one year. Although bitcoin’s price is at nearly half of what it was in November 2018, CoinDesk noted that the boost in trading volume could be a sign investors are still interested in the most popular crypto. In […]

FBI IDs Hacker Linked To Stolen Web Credentials

November 25, 2015
The FBI has identified a hacker known as “mr.grey,” as being possibly linked to the breach of 1.2 billion stolen Web credentials that were discovered in 420,000 websites, Reuters reported....

Why Banks Don’t Cover Cybertheft For SMEs

September 16, 2015
Cybercrime is on the rise, and small businesses in particular are facing waves of new Internet theft. B2B buyers, for example, are under threat of security breaches that allow criminals...

FireEye Identifies Group Linked To Federal Hack

June 22, 2015
Cybersecurity firm FireEye has traced the roots of the massive cyberattack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last year to an unnamed group of Chinese hackers that specialized...