Author: Asad Yaseen

Attackers have taken over the official domain name of The Perl Foundation perl.com and pointed it to an IP address associated with malware campaigns. Users are recommended to avoid visiting the domain. The domain Perl.com was created in 1994 and was the official website for the Perl programming language, it is registered with the registrar key-systems(.)net. “The perl.com domain was hijacked this morning and is currently pointing to a parking site.  Work is ongoing to…

I am often asked a lot of questions about data transfer charges and more specifically data egress charges from VMware Cloud on AWS. This, in my opinion, is a very valid consideration and data transfer should be taken into account, for various reasons from both technical architecture and cost perspective. However, my observation shows that when it comes to egress cost, there is still a concern and possibly a misconception that data transfer charges are…

Two Dublin residents who are believed to be members of a Romanian organized cybercrime gang were imprisoned in Ireland today for credit card fraud. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Daniel Almajanu and Albert Gimy Linul were “considered to be members” of a Romanian criminal gang that had made millions of dollars by running an extensive card-skimming operation in the UK. Gang members stole victims’ credit card information by installing a “deep insert skimmer” on…

The surge gives further credence to the idea that cybercrime is less about tech know-how and more about social engineering, according to its fraud report. Kocheguraa, Getty Images/iStockphoto Kaspersky has released the results of research into fraud detected by its Fraud Prevention platform in 2020, and the results further reinforce what we already knew: 2020 was a banner year for online fraudsters, with account takeovers dominating as the method of choice.  Occurring whenever a bad…

A joint effort across the US and Europe led to the disruption of Emotet and the arrest of two gang members, says Digital Shadows. Image: Europol Taking down a global malware threat and the cybercriminals behind it is a huge challenge. The effort not only requires ingenuity, planning, and stealth but also coordinated action across an array of companies and countries. A report released Wednesday by security firm Digital Shadows looks at how such an…

HelpSystems has announced a new acquisition to further boost its security product offerings. Cloud security company Digital Defense will join HelpSystems’ growing cybersecurity portfolio to enable customers to access a more comprehensive security assessment toolkit. The deal is the latest in a number of recent acquisitions announced by HelpSystems, following the additions of the data classification companies Titus and Boldon James last June, cloud-based data protection provider Vera in December 2020, and FileCatalyst at the…

A 41-year-old man from Virginia who waged a cyber-harassment campaign against the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and his family has been sentenced to prison. Norfolk resident Adam Maxwell Donn was charged in July 2020 with cyberstalking G.T. Bynum. Between June 11 and June 22, 2020, Donn barraged the mayor and his family with 14 threatening calls and 44 emails in the hope of intimidating Bynum into canceling a political rally scheduled to take place in Tulsa in…