Virus

Travel Stocks Drop Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Travel Stocks Drop Amid Coronavirus Concerns
January 21, 2020  |  International

Less than a month ago, the outbreak of a new virus in the city of Wuhan centered on a cluster of consumers who had been...

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Travelex Checking Employees’ Computers For Signs Of Ransomware
Travelex Checking Employees’ Computers For Signs Of Ransomware
January 11, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Some employees of Travelex, a company that was recently hit with a ransomware attack, were forced to hand over their laptops to technicians to see...

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Travelex Foresees No Financial Impact From Ransomware Attack
Travelex Foresees No Financial Impact From Ransomware Attack
January 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Travelex, a foreign exchange and payments company, was thrown into chaos around New Year’s after a ransomware attack locked up its systems, forcing employees to...

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Travelex Goes Offline Following Cyberattack
Travelex Goes Offline Following Cyberattack
January 02, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Retail currency dealer Travelex was offline on Thursday (Jan. 2) after being infiltrated by a software virus, the Financial Times (FT) reported. All Travelex systems...

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Bitcoin Daily: US Bitcoin Ransomware Virus Shows Up In China; Crypto Thief Faces Charges For Swindling $1.7M
Bitcoin Daily: US Bitcoin Ransomware Virus Shows Up In China; Crypto Thief Faces Charges For...
July 18, 2019  |  Bitcoin

A ransomware virus that the FBI has been tracking since 2018 has been detected in China. According to CoinDesk, a recent Tencent Security report stated...

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Virus-Infected Laptop Sold As Artwork For $1.3M
Virus-Infected Laptop Sold As Artwork For $1.3M
May 29, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Who says a virus-riddled laptop is useless? In fact, one person just paid $1.345 million to obtain an infected device — as a piece of...

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Kaspersky: Mobile Malware Attacks Doubled In 2018
Kaspersky: Mobile Malware Attacks Doubled In 2018
March 05, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A new report by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has revealed that attacks on mobile devices with malware doubled from 66.4 million...

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New Android Malware Can Steal Money From PayPal
New Android Malware Can Steal Money From PayPal
December 12, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

An Android Trojan virus has been discovered that has the ability to steal money from PayPal. According to We Live Security, the malware, which is hiding...

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Big Banks Plagued By Dark Tequila Malware
Big Banks Plagued By Dark Tequila Malware
August 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Kaspersky Lab announced on Tuesday (Aug. 21) that it discovered a sophisticated cyber-operation named Dark Tequila, which has been targeting Mexicans for the past five years. Using...

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