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‘Vendetta’ hackers are posing as Taiwan’s CDC in data-theft campaign

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A mysterious hacking group has been posing as Taiwan’s top infection-disease official in an attempt to steal sensitive data from Taiwanese users, researchers said Monday. The hackers sent meticulously written spearphishing emails to a select group of targets, which may have included Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control employees, according to ElevenPaths, the cybersecurity unit of Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica Group, which uncovered the activity. It’s a reminder of the lengths to which hacking groups have gone to impersonate public health authorities and break into computer networks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of a week in early May, the hackers sent emails to certain Taiwanese users urging them to get novel coronavirus tests. Attached to the email was a remote hacking tool capable of stealing login credentials and hijacking webcams. “The type of tools and the targets selected indicate that they are looking for intelligence, mainly governmental,” Miguel Ángel […]

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Microsoft warns of malware-laced ‘John Wick 3,’ ‘Contagion’ movie torrents

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Internet scammers are conducting the kind of business that would probably get them in trouble with the inhabitants of the Continental Hotel. Tens of thousands of internet users in Spain, Mexico and South America have downloaded pirated copies of “John Wick 3” and other movies which come bundled with malicious software, according to a forthcoming Microsoft security warning viewed by CyberScoop. Since April 11, some bootleg movie files on torrent websites have come with a strain of malware that hackers are using to try to exploit a victim’s machine to generate cryptocurrency. The attempted attacks coincide with a 41% increase in traffic to piracy websites in the U.S., and a 62% increase in Spain, since February, according to the British anti-piracy firm Muso. Thousands of users continue to download pirated files of “John Wick 3,” and Spanish-language titles including “Punalies Por La Espalda” and “Contagio,” a Spanish-dubbed version of the […]

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Factorial raises $16M to take on the HR world with a platform for SMBs

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A startup that’s hoping to be a contender in the very large and fragmented market of human resources software has captured the eye of a big investor out of the US and become its first investment in Spain. Barcelona-based Factorial, which is building an all-in-one HR automation platform aimed at small and medium businesses that manages […] Continue reading Factorial raises $16M to take on the HR world with a platform for SMBs→

Notorious dark web child abuser arrested after int’l operation

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By Deeba Ahmed
Authorities have arrested a dark web child abuser known for uploading highly graphic content on several marketplaces and online forums.
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Attackers are using a Brazilian hacking tool against Spanish banks

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An easy-to-use hacking tool has made its way from Brazil’s criminal underworld to Spain, where it’s being used to try to steal from the customers of major banks, researchers said this week. The attackers have targeted customers of at least 10 large Spanish banks as part of an ongoing campaign, said Limor Kessem, IBM Security’s executive security advisor. “We have seen this sort of migration in the past, and this one is likely tied to local criminals [in Spain] using malware from counterparts in Brazil.” The malware, known as Grandoreiro, uses a remote-access feature which overlays images on a victim’s web browser, tricking them into keeping a banking session alive. That gives a hacker the opportunity to steal money from the victim’s account or swipe other account information, Kessem and her colleague, Dani Abramov said in a blog post. It remains unclear how many Spanish banking customers were targeted. The Spanish Banking […]

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Hackers target mobile users in Italy in Spain, taking advantage of coronavirus hot spots

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Coronavirus-themed scams show no signs of letting up as hackers try to breach mobile phone users in Italy and Spain, the two countries with the most deaths from the virus. Attackers laced mobile apps with malware to try to steal data from Italian and Spanish residents looking for updates on the pandemic, according to Slovakian antivirus firm ESET. The phony apps pose as legitimate ones offering updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus and how to assess your risk of infection. “Because of the current situation, many [hacking] campaigns are either migrating to a COVID-19 theme or new campaigns are created with a COVID-19 theme,” said Lukas Stefanko, an Android security specialist at ESET. The apps were available for download for a couple days. It is unclear how many people downloaded them. It is a reminder of the cruel opportunism with which many cybercriminals approach the crisis. When people turn to their phones for information on the deadly virus, hackers see […]

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EHang flies into Spain to build air taxi test infrastructure

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Back in January, China’s EHang aced the first flight in the US of its two-seat autonomous air taxi. Now the company has agreed to develop the first Urban Air Mobility pilot program in Seville, Spain.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Eh… Continue reading EHang flies into Spain to build air taxi test infrastructure→

European police nab 26 suspects in SIM swapping dragnet

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Police in Europe have arrested 26 people in an effort against two gangs of scammers who would take over victims’ phones, then steal financial and personal data from the devices. Law enforcement in Spain and Romania, in coordination with Europol, arrested 12 and 14 people, respectively, in actions against two distinct groups of SIM swappers, Europol announced Friday. SIM swapping occurs when thieves convince phone companies to give them access to an individual’s phone number, often by impersonating the victim during a call with a customer service representative. This grants attackers access to incoming phone calls, text messages and credentials like one-time codes that various sites send via text as part of the two-factor authentication process. The group in Spain stole more than €3 million ($3.34 million) in a series 100 attacks, Europol said. In each instance, the group walked off with between €6,000 ($6,700) and €137,000 ($153,000) from hacked bank […]

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