Russian-born Alexander Tverdokhlebov has been sentenced to serve nine years in U.S. prison after pleading guilty to causing damages of between $9.5 million and $25 million by running botnets, using malware to steal payment card data, selling "dumps" of that data as well as hiring money mules.
Avanti Markets is warning 1.6 million users of its self-service kiosk vending machines that malware-wielding hackers infected about 1,900 of its machines and stole names and payment card data, but not biometric information. Point-of-sale malware called Poseidon appears to be involved.
In light of the sophisticated phishing campaigns by Pawn Storm and other groups, organizations must devise new ways to fight these threats, says Jon Clay of Trend Micro.
President Donald Trump backtracked on a pledge that the United States and Russia would work together to improve global cybersecurity by forming a joint working group after his proposal was criticized by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
In a global effort to shutter the darknet platform Elysium, which facilitated child sexual abuse and counted 87,000 members, police in Europe have so far made 14 arrests.
Analytics can play a critical role in cracking down on identity fraud, says Shaked Vax, Trusteer products strategist at IBM Security, who explains how to use the latest tools to identify network intruders.
Good news for some ransomware victims: The master key used to encrypt the original versions of Petya ransomware has been released. But the key cannot be used to decrypt the "NotPetya" malware that recently began crypto-locking PCs.
"Fake news" isn't just a political concept. It's also a component of the marketing hype about Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, says Jonathan Armstrong of the law firm Cordery. How can security leaders cut through the hype and focus on what's truly important to their business?
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are the current darlings of security solutions marketers. But Giovanni Vigna of Lastline wants security leaders to know what machine learning in particular can - and cannot - do to improve cybersecurity defenses.
Travel industry giant Sabre said Wednesday an intruder using stolen account credentials for its widely used reservations software had access to payment card details and personal information over a seven-month period. But it declined to say how many people are affected.
Not so long ago, the information network was a tangible entity to manage and secure. Today, in the age of the cloud and connected devices, network security is a whole new creature. Michael DeCesare, CEO of Forescout, discusses how to respond to this evolution.
The fraudster who is selling Australian Medicare numbers has clocked one more sale over the past day as the government and federal police try to figure out how its systems were illegally accessed.
Police in Ukraine have seized servers operated by the Intellect Service, which develops the M.E. Doc accounting software used by 80 percent of Ukrainian businesses. Attackers backdoored the software to launch XData, NotPetya and fake WannaCry - aka FakeCry - malware campaigns.
A senior Russian government official warned that Moscow will retaliate if the Senate moves to ban the use of Kaspersky Lab software by government agencies. Meanwhile, CEO Eugene Kaspersky has repeated his offer to allow U.S. officials to review the company's source code.
The NotPetya outbreak - and XData ransomware before it - have been traced by security researchers at ESET to backdoored M.E. Doc accountancy software. The installed software contains a unique tax identification code for each user's organization, potentially aiding attackers.
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