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  • A pirate-obsessed Nigerian hacking group is attacking the maritime industry

    A criminal splinter faction from a pirate symbology-obsessed Nigerian 'confraternity' has been running business email compromise scams for hundreds of thousands of dollars targeting the global maritime industry, according to security researchers who have been tracing the 'GOLD GALLEON' group and trying to derail its scams in real time.

    Written by Tamlin Magee19 April 18 15:38
  • Cyber scammers targeting real estate sector: researcher

    Cyber scammers have figured out that the Australian real estate industry is a potential gold mine for social engineering attacks, according to Alex Tilley, a senior security researcher at SecureWorks.

    Written by Byron Connolly06 Feb. 18 16:19
  • Duqu, Stuxnet link unclear

    A report by Dell SecureWorks on Wednesday debunked the idea that the newly discovered Duqu Trojan is related to last year's Stuxnet worm or was created by the same authors.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan27 Oct. 11 13:34
  • Anti-US hacker takes credit for 'Here you have' worm

    A hacker who claims he was behind a fast-spreading e-mail worm that crippled corporate networks last week said that the worm was designed, in part, as a propaganda tool.

    Written by Robert McMillan13 Sept. 10 10:41
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