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A Marketplace For Stolen Fingerprints Has Emerged
Security & Fraud // April 09, 2019

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab revealed at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Singapore that a dark net marketplace in which hackers are selling digital fingerprints has emerged. According to a report in ZDNet, Kaspersky Lab said at the summit criminals are selling the digital...

North Korean Hackers Going After Crypto Exchanges
Security & Fraud // August 23, 2018

North Korean hackers are at it again, with the group “Lazarus” setting their sights on cryptocurrency exchanges. Information security firm Kaspersky Labs revealed the latest cybersecurity issue on its Securelist blog, saying that the hacking group is tricking unsuspecting users into downloading cryptocurrency-related software laced...

Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Targeting Corporations
Security & Fraud // July 30, 2018

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new form of cryptojacking malware that has targeted corporations in multiple countries. “The malware, which we dubbed PowerGhost, is capable of stealthily establishing itself in a system and spreading across large corporate networks, infecting both workstations and servers,”...

Data Breaches Are Stressing Americans, Canadians Out
Security & Fraud // May 01, 2018

Kaspersky Lab, the cybersecurity company, revealed in a new survey on Tuesday (May 1) that 81 percent of Americans and 72 percent of Canadians are stressed out about the recent rash of data breaches. In a press release highlighting the company’s new report, dubbed “The...

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April 07, 2017
Sizzle Big Tech Battle of Market Caps: Amazon’s market cap has hit a significant milestone. With a new high of $900 a share, the company’s recent market cap stood at more than $430 billion. That’s nearly twice the market cap of Walmart and has three times the revenue of that stalwart eCommerce player. The lesson […]

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A Marketplace For Stolen Fingerprints Has Emerged

April 09, 2019
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab revealed at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Singapore that a dark net marketplace in which hackers are selling digital fingerprints has emerged. According to a report in ZDNet, Kaspersky Lab said at the summit criminals are selling the digital fingerprints of more than 60,000 individuals. Dubbed Genesis, the marketplace […]

North Korean Hackers Going After Crypto Exchanges

August 23, 2018
North Korean hackers are at it again, with the group “Lazarus” setting their sights on cryptocurrency exchanges. Information security firm Kaspersky Labs revealed the latest cybersecurity issue on its Securelist...

Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Targeting Corporations

July 30, 2018
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new form of cryptojacking malware that has targeted corporations in multiple countries. “The malware, which we dubbed PowerGhost, is capable of stealthily establishing...

Data Breaches Are Stressing Americans, Canadians Out

May 01, 2018
Kaspersky Lab, the cybersecurity company, revealed in a new survey on Tuesday (May 1) that 81 percent of Americans and 72 percent of Canadians are stressed out about the recent...