The former Microsoft employee who had been charged with, and initially plead not guilty to, helping launder the gains made through the distribution of Reveton ransomware has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
A presentation at Def Con 2018 last week revealed an unpatched vulnerability in macOS devices that can allow malware to bypass certain security checks using a technique that fakes user mouse clicks.
Some Instagram users found themselves logged out of their accounts and when they tried to reset their passwords they discovered that their recovery email addresses had been set to .ru accounts.
A Nigerian citizen last week was convicted in a Georgia federal court for his involvement in a $6 million phishing scheme targeting college and university staff members.