Emotet is one of the most dangerous Trojans, which after several months of inactivity is on the offensive again. It attacks Internet users through fraudulent emails.

The Emotet Trojan gains access to emails, logins and passwords, thanks to which it has control over victim’s mailboxes, including the ability to affect correspondence. An example would be impersonating a message from Microsoft, as shown by Komputer Świat portal. The content of the message includes an attachment regarding the change of license. If the victim opens the file, it will run malicious macros.

According to cyber security experts, the Trojan could have created a database containing over 200,000 logins and passwords.
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Dangerous Joker virus was hiding in Google Play applications. Users that granted quite wide range of permissions to selected applications had found out their bank accounts were pretty lean, due to the fact that application was stealing money.

Joker virus registered its victims on sites requiring paid subscriptions. The theft of money from the account consisted of intercepting the SMS code, after which the credit card was charged with small amounts, which reached out to sever dozens PLN a month.

According to the Chip portal, citing the CSIS company, the virus was discovered in 24 applications in the Google Play Store, and the number of downloads reached a figure of half a million.

Attack on 6,700 servers with the Lilu encryption virus. Cybercriminals are demanding a ransom for unblocking the access to the encrypted websites.

According to the ZDNet portal, hackers break into poorly secured www servers that are run on the Linux OS. In order to extort a ransom, they encrypt the code of the website, but only that containing the HTML, SHTML, JS, CSS, PHP and INI extensions.
The victim is then redirected to websites on darkweb. Unlocking the access is priced at 0.03 bitcoin, which translates to around $ 325.

According to the experts from ZDNet, there may be even more victims, due to the fact that that not all Linux servers were indexed in Google search engine. 

The bank, which according to the analysis of German IMWF is the safest online bank in the country has become a victim of a hacker attack. Result? Loss of 1.5 million euros!

Victims, 2,000 clients of the bank, used debit cards with EMV security. According to Chip, cards were cloned by hackers and the money was withdrawn in Brazil.

According to the OLB, security protocols were not violated, and the theft was the result of organized cybercrime utilizing fake cards and terminals. The bank took appropriate measures and blocked all Mastercard debit cards, as well as issued new ones.
The bank has also compensated customers that became victims of the theft.

Cybersecurity exports from Google’s Project Zero team have revealed a series of attacks in which hackers used Apple software vulnerabilities to infect devices with malware for two years.

The attacks were targeted at people who visit certain websites, each of them could be infected, and the virus could steal confidential data like photos, messages or real time location data. Cybercriminals had access to the data from applications such as iMessage, WhatsApp, Gmail, Telegram or Hangouts. Hacked websites had weekly views up to several thousand. At this point, it is not known which websites were affected.

14 exploits were discovered for iOS version 10 through 12. This indicates that even people with up to dat

Another wave of attacks based on long-distance calls. If a potential victim calls back an unknown foreign number, he/she will be charged with high amount, even for a few seconds connection.

Connections come from Somalia, Republic of the Congo, Nigeria or Cape Verde. Beware of incoming calls starting with +252, +247, +243, +675, +263, +238. A minute for such connections cost up to PLN 13. According to Dziennik Internautów, scammers simulate an end of the conversation, which, in fact, is still ongoing. If a victim does not physically terminate the connection on its end it might result in a bill for PLN 1,500.

If you notice notorious long-distance calls to your phone, the best solution is to block the number

If you own a DSLR with Wi-Fi support be careful where you connect the equipment. Experts from Check Point Research have found a backdoor into a Canon EOS 80D digital camera. After hacking the device, they infected it with data encryption software.

The specific model supports USB and Wi-Fi connections. According to the Chip portal, researchers easily managed to break into the camera through a number of errors in Picture Transfer Protocol.

Please note that other digital cameras from other brands may also have gaps in PTP. Canon has issued a statement warning its customers of the potential risk of an attack when the device is connected via an unsecured network to a computer or a smartphone. In addition, the m

The ingenuity of cybercriminals in capturing data is forever increasing, hackers have now created an iPhone cable that makes it easy to take control over a computer.

A network security expert going by nickname MG has showed that you can use a regular Lighting-USB cable to capture data. All that’s needed is to introduce WiFi implant into the cable, thanks to which the cybercriminal can execute remote commands on the targeted computer. According to Cyberdefence24 a hacker can lock the computer screen and steal the system password.

The only thing that hackers needs to do is to physically swap the cables, according to the expert, similar actions can be performed with any other cable.

Store zapraszamybowarto.pl tempted people with low prices, but by shopping there instead of the expected product they lost money from their accounts.

Zaufana Trzecia Strona reports that the store up to few years ago enjoyed a very good reputation among customers, however, the original owner after some time gave up the domain. The domain was re-registered this year through Home.pl by a company from Opole, however, the website still shows the previous owner as the administrator (the prosecutor’s office was informed of this fact).

The fraud mechanism was based on informing the victim, who is in the process of finalizing the payment, that the redirection to the payment operator’s website failed due to an e

GermanWiper malware has targeted German companies. Cybercriminals send an e-mail to the specific company that should not arouse any suspicion, as it is a job application from a “candidate”. An employee that opens a .pdf file attached to the message with the alleged resume downloads an executable file with ransomware.

According to the Niebezpiecznik portal that cites an article published by BleepingComputer, GermanWiper scans the system for files to be destroyed. In addition, ransomware skips specific folders and files necessary for OS functions. The virus overwrites data with random strings of ones and zeros, without using an encryption key. The final step is to create a ransom note for unlocking files. People who decide to pay USD 1,500 l

Experts from Google, Natalie Silvanovich and Samuel Gross have discovered five holes in iOS - CVE-2019-8646, CVE-2019-8660, CVE-2019-8647.

Vulnerabilities detected in the iMessage protocol allowed cybercriminals to read any file from the victim’s phone. According to the Niebezpiecznik the vulnerabilities are not dangerous, however new, dangerous variants may develop on their basis.

Apple has introduced appropriate fixes in the 12.4 iOS update, so owners of iOS devices should update their devices manually instead of waiting for autoupdate.

ESET experts warn against a spam campaign directed at Whatsapp messenger.

Multiple WhatsApp users have received messages from people who are claiming to be “representing” the application. These people promise a 1000 GB free internet credit as reward for completing survey. An additional requirement is to send a message with link to 30 people.

In order to lower the vigilance of users of the popular messenger app the survey page is similar to the WhatsApp website along with information about a promo for the 10th anniversary of the brand.

ESET experts did not detect any malware associated with the link in the message. However, fraudsters earn money from clicks generate

The Poviat Police Headquarters in Lubin warns against scams utilizing “BLIK”. Two inhabitants of Lubin have contacted the local Police reporting that they were cheated using BLIK method for a total of PLN 3,500.

According the the police, the criminal has acquired account credentials of one of the social profiles of the Lubin resident’s friend, and then, by using Messenger, he asked the victim to make two transfers of PLN 1,000 each using BLIK. Another resident of Lubin was deceived in the same way for PLN 1,500. The scammer after receiving the BLIK code withdrew the money from the ATM.

Police calls for careful use of devices connected to the internet. The new fraud is based on identity theft. Fraudst

Experts from Lookout warn against new wave of malware (or surveillanceware to be more precise) attacks directed at users using Android devices.

Monokle is operated remotely by another application. The malware is able to register user actions, such as key input, capture photos, videos, browser history, and worse, user’s PIN, pattern or password.

The malware is hidden in applications that pretend to be popular apps for Android.

The creation of Monokle was facilitated by a Russian company called STC, which manufactures drones and other equipment for the Russian military. Lookout claims that the malware is directed at people associated with rebel forces in Syria, which can be conf

Summer vacation is in full swing, meanwhile heavily besieged seaside resort of Sopot has seen a fresh wave of scams - the police has so far filed few complaints from cheated tourists.

Fraudsters offer fictitious flats for rent, only after arriving at the destination tourists realize that in reality such place does not exist. Prior to reaching the rented apartment the victims are asked to pay a deposit.

Trójmiasto.pl describes the story of a man from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region who found apartment for rent at one of the portals. The offered seemed so legit that the man has paid an advance of PLN 600 immediately after booking. After reaching the listed address it turned out that the apartment did not exi