USBee is a form of “air gap attack”. It uses a USB device to transmit the information the attacker wants to steal at frequencies between 240 and 480Mhz.
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Tag Archives: Cybercrime
21st century cybercriminals: The threat landscape has evolved
21st century cybercriminals are more sophisticated, daring and organized than ever. The threat landscape has evolved.
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EU Struggles to Determine Growing Cost of Cyberattacks
EU group attempts to pin down what the rising cost of cyberattacks are on the European Union and come up short on answers as they call for a unified approach to assessing cyber risks and attack mitigation.
Misuse of Language: ‘Cyber’; When War is Not a War, and a Weapon is Not a Weapon
In this Threatpost op-ed, Dave Dittrich and Katherine Carpenter discuss the imprecision in language surrounding “cyber war” and “cyber weapons,” and explain how this may contribute to bad law and policy.
2016 Rio Olympic Games: The safe way to obtain tickets online
Don’t get fooled by criminals before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, says ESET’s Ondrej Kubovič. These sporting events are a prime target for fraudsters.
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Auto industry publishes first ever cybersecurity best practices
The auto industry has published its first set of cybersecurity best practices, as it attempts to combat rising and future threats facing the connected car.
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Clash of Kings forum hacked, 1.6 million account details put at risk
Vulnerable version of vBulletin thought to be responsible for data breach which could impact almost 1.6 million game players.
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Pokémon GO goes down: Hackers claim responsibility
Both the OurMine and PoodleCorp hacking gangs appear to be taking credit for Pokémon GO being offline over the weekend. But might there be a more down-to-earth explanation?
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Pokémon GO hype: First lockscreen tries to catch the trend
ESET has discovered the first ever fake lockscreen app on Google Play, named Pokemon GO Ultimate. As its characteristics suggest, it deliberately locks the screen right after the app is started forcing the user to restart the device.
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Over 1000 Wendy’s restaurants hacked – customers’ credit card details stolen
Fast food giant Wendy’s says that it now believes that more than 1000 of its restaurants across the United States have fallen victim to a hacking gang, who used malware to steal customers’ credit and debit card information.
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