Our retrospective of computer threats started with keyloggers and ransomware, two relatively new malware families. Now here is something only kids of the 80s...
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A self-proclaimed hacker community from Russia installs data-stealing malware on users’ machines by pretending the software was designed to attack...
A Romanian man committed suicide and killed his 4-year-old son after falling for a police ransomware scam that threatened him with huge fines and jail for...
Computer and furniture leasing company Aaron’s took 185,000 e-mails with highly sensitive information from its customers via spyware installed on the leased...
Japanese police have “arrested†a cat carrying a computer virus that a hacker installed on a memory card attached to the pet’s collar, according to the...
A young man was arrested in Northern France after defrauding 17,000 people with a virus hidden in applications for handsets. In less than two years, the 20...
We’ve seen our share of malware, adware and other interesting Android threats this summer. With autumn upon us, it’s time to recap the sizzling highlights...
Some 36 Brits were scammed out of £100 each by malware that posed as police messaging on more than 1,100 computers, according to a press release. The...
A malware-infected Android app that scammed users out of 20 million yen (£160,740) lead to the arrest of six men in Tokyo. Posing as a video playback app, the...
New malware morphs into different shapes unattended by humans