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Warren gets $1.4 million to help local cloud infrastructure providers compete against Amazon and other giants

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Started as a side project by its founders, Warren is now helping regional cloud infrastructure service providers compete against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and other tech giants. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Warren’s self-service distributed cloud platform is gaining traction in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s fastest-growing cloud service markets, and Europe. It recently closed […] Continue reading Warren gets $1.4 million to help local cloud infrastructure providers compete against Amazon and other giants→

DNA study rediscovers frog species lost to science for 50 years

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It can be hard to determine if an animal is extinct or just really good at hiding, especially for already-elusive creatures like frogs. But now, researchers have demonstrated a new way to track lost species by searching for their loose DNA in the envir… Continue reading DNA study rediscovers frog species lost to science for 50 years→

The Tetrade: Brazilian banking malware goes global

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This article is a deep dive intended for a complete understanding of these four banking trojan families: Guildma, Javali, Melcoz and Grandoreiro, as they expand abroad, targeting users not just in Brazil, but in the wider Latin America and Europe. Continue reading The Tetrade: Brazilian banking malware goes global→

In Brazil, scammers see the coronavirus as a serious money-making opportunity

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s critics say he hasn’t taken the impact of the coronavirus seriously. The same can’t be said for Brazil’s cybercriminals. As deaths from the virus have surged past 66,000 in Brazil, scammers have set up new infrastructure to dupe people who are desperate for relief, and have set up bank accounts in their names. At a time when even more people in South America’s biggest country are glued to their phones or computers, Brazil’s already-flourishing cybercriminal economy has been busy. “Scam operations have been highly effective in Brazil, from the first announcement of the government assistance program,” Jefferson Macedo, managing consultant on IBM’s X-Force security team, told CyberScoop. IBM has uncovered nearly 700 malicious websites related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in recent months. The crooks are impersonating government apps used to sign up for financial relief and sending people a flurry of text […]

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COVID-19 Cybercrime Capitalizing on Brazil’s Government Assistance Program

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IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) has been tracking cybercrime capitalizing on the coronavirus pandemic since January, and has observed the geographical areas of this activity shift over time. In February, cybercriminals were focusing on Asia, and we observed threat actors targeting potential victims in Japan with coronavirus-related phishing lures. In mid-March and […]

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OPSEC fail! “Super-hacker” accidentally outs himself through careless clues left on social media

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Hacker VandaTheGod didn’t realise he was leaving clues scattered across Facebook and Twitter that helped security researchers uncover his true identity.
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Banking.BR Android Trojan Emerges in Credential-Stealing Attacks

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A new Android trojan targets banking customers with overlay attacks to steal their bank credentials and ultimately take over their accounts. Continue reading Banking.BR Android Trojan Emerges in Credential-Stealing Attacks→