Cybercrime

Check Point sees an upswing in malicious activity around a number of classic banking trojan malware variants

A coalition of tech organisations and nonprofits have urged Zoom CEO Eric Yuan to make end-to-end encryption available to all users

While analyzing the network dropper GuLoader, researchers found an almost identical commercial software tool called CloudEye offered by a legitimate-looking Italian company.

The accounts were linked to the governments of China, Russia and Turkey, and engaged in systematic operations against pro-democracy activists, political opponents and dissidents

Cyber criminals have launched a new phishing scam designed to steal personal and financial details of millions of self-employed workers using the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Spoof government coronavirus apps are popping up all over the world, says the Anomali Threat Research team

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484584/Fake-contact-tracing-apps-delivering-banking-trojans

Fraud related to ‘connected’ cars, which can access the internet, nearly doubled from 2018 to 2019, data shows.

Covid-19 cyber security threats are evolving over the course of the pandemic, becoming more targeted to virus hotspots such as the UK

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484503/Coronavirus-Bungled-British-response-leads-to-rise-in-security-risks

A gang demanded an £800,000 Bitcoin ransom in a cyber attack on a firm owned by Kent County Council, and leaked its data on the dark web.

61% of UK independent schools have been targeted by cybercriminals in the last five years