Several new reports have surfaced detailing North Korean state interest in targeting and attacking cryptocurrency exchanges as a means of enriching itself.
Days before Christmas in 2015, remote hackers took control from Ukrainian grid operators and by digitally commandeering substations, shut off power for 225,000 customers for several hours.
With just a few more shopping days available before Christmas, cybercriminals are taking advantage of online shoppers' frenzied buying habits by injecting the Zeus Panda banking trojan into a wide range of retail and travel sites, along with spreading the malware through malspam.
The use of the Necurs botnet to spread Scarab ransomware over the Thanksgiving holiday helped propel Necurs up several places on Check Point's Ten Most Wanted Malware list for November.
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