The Chrome version the app Copyfish was compromised to push out ads and spam after an employee for its developer At9t fell for a phishing scam and gave access to the company's Play Store account to an unauthorized individual.
Beijing officials arrested 11 individuals linked to the Fireball malware after receiving a tip from someone operating under the pseudonym "Zhang Ming."
The C&C infrastructures that cybercriminals rely on to compromise their victims can be just as vulnerable to exploits as the machines they infected in the first place, making them susceptible to possible retribution attacks.
The massive cyberattacks that impact major corporations around the world may grab all the headlines, but a recent Malwarebytes survey of small and medium businesses (SMB) found that these companies are being hit just as hard, if not harder.
Researchers at Imperva recently set up fake online accounts and intentionally allowed themselves to be phished by scammers in order to observe how behavior cybercriminals act after they come into possession of a victim's credentials.
