Cybercrime & Digital Threats

As Ethereum currently sells for over $1,200 per coin, a new ransomware variant that appears to be the first to accept the currency as ransom payment surfaces.

Security researchers discovered an installer for a Monero miner intended to transmit the cryptocurrency to Kim Il Sung University (KSU), North Korea. Meanwhile, a Reddit user found a Monero miner in the BlackBerry mobile site.

Trend Micro observed a recent spate of attacks designed to deliver a webminer for the Electroneum (ETN) cryptocurrency.

Cybercriminals allegedly linked to two of the most infamous malware of recent years were arrested in Romania after authorities caught five individuals with links to campaigns that distributed the CTB-Locker and Cerber ransomware.

While ransomware’s routines are a familiar territory, 2017 brought with it scale and scope. Here are this year’s notable ransomware and the lessons they taught.

In the past several years, traveling cybercriminals have toured around the world on the cheap, thanks to the fraudulent online transactions involving travel documents, airline and hotel loyalty accounts, and other travel-related services in the underground.

In a recent report, over 1,000 Lexmark printers were discovered to have misconfigured settings that left the devices accessible to anyone on the internet.

With cryptocurrency prices hitting new highs recently, it’s no surprise that cybercriminals are starting to become more aggressive in terms of profiting from these digital currencies.

Data breaches have become one of the most prevalent cybersecurity incidents around the globe, and it seems the trend is going to continue.