Cyber Crime Spikes: Android smartphones in South Africa, second-most hit by banking malware

Android smartphones in South Africa are the second-most targeted for banking malware, as malicious software attacks in general saw double-digit increases in the country, new research has revealed. South Africa saw malware attacks increase by 22% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, according to Kaspersky Lab, which held its annual Cyber Security Weekend in …

Credit Unions can now have .CREDITUNION, to compete .BANK gTLD

BOSTON, May 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Starting today, Credit Unions can now have their own Internet brand: .CREDITUNION, to compete with the highly successful .BANK extension.  As the leading .BANK Registrar, EnCirca is pleased to announce pre-screening services for all U.S.-based Credit Unions.  Credit unions are invited to apply today for a pre-verification and to see …

New IoT Botnet DDoSes Russian Bank

A brand new botnet has emerged and was spotted on April 16th, yet details have only been made public earlier today. It appears the person behind this new threat scanned for vulnerable IOT devices on port 81. When this unusual amount of port 81 traffic was first discovered, security researchers were a bit unsure as …

CentralNic says the introduction of the .BANK domain name will help fight online fraud

Internet domain name specialist CentralNic (LON:CNIC) says the introduction of the  .BANK domain name will help combat online fraud. Today, the  firm which is also a registry partner for .Africa new gTLD applicant DCA Trust revealed that the .BANK domain names are now available through its London-based division CentralNic FinTech; this new end-part to Internet …