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Most of the US and China’s requests had to do with investigations into fraud, suspected account access and phishing. Continue reading China and US top user data requests in Apple transparency report
By Waqas
Brazilian Government is not happy with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica breach.
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Cybercriminals have gone on a spree in Brazil’s hospitality industry, infecting the networks of hotels and tourism companies with malware that steals credit card data, according to researchers at Kaspersky. All told, the hackers have struck hospitality organizations in eight states across Brazil, and 20 hotels in that country and others around the world, Kaspersky said last week. Active since 2015, the hackers have stepped up their activity this year. They are brazenly selling access to hotel networks they’ve breached to whoever is buying. Some Brazilian criminals tout the extracted credit card data “as high quality and reliable” because it came from a hotel administration system, the researchers wrote in a blog post. The breaches often begin with spearphishing emails in fluent Portuguese to hotel employees. Once clicked, the emails open up malware capable of capturing data that flows downstream during the reservation process from popular sites like Booking.com. The findings underscore Brazil’s longstanding struggles […]
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RevengeHotels is a targeted cybercrime malware campaign against hotels, hostels, hospitality and tourism companies, mainly, but not exclusively, located in Brazil. We have confirmed more than 20 hotels that are victims of the group. Continue reading RevengeHotels: cybercrime targeting hotel front desks worldwide
The malware has backdoor functionality and the ability to steal payment cards and credentials. Continue reading McDonalds-Themed Facebook Ads Serve Up Banking Trojans
A complex Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack hit the UK Labour Party’s server infrastructure, but failed to compromise any system or to steal any data. The Labor Party’s executive director of elections, Niall Sookoo, said that thei… Continue reading UK Labour Party Servers Hit by DDOS from Russia and Brazil
At every turn, the info-stealer uses legitimate services to get around normal email, endpoint and network defenses. Continue reading Astaroth Spy Trojan Uses Facebook, YouTube Profiles to Cover Tracks
The RAT targets users via fake WhatsApp updates in Google Play. Continue reading BRATA Android RAT Steals Banking Info in Real Time
BRATA” is a new Android remote access tool malware family. It exclusively targets victims in Brazil: however, theoretically it could also be used to attack any other Android user if the cybercriminals behind it want to. Continue reading Fully equipped Spying Android RAT from Brazil: BRATA
I know there’s a lot of politics associated with this story, but concentrate on the cybersecurity aspect for a moment. The cell phones of a thousand Brazilians, including senior government officials, were hacked — seemingly by actors much less sophisticated than rival governments. Brazil’s federal police arrested four people for allegedly hacking 1,000 cellphones belonging to various government officials, including… Continue reading Brazilian Cell Phone Hack