Alisa Esage G (Page 142)

Working as a cyber security solutions architect, Alisa focuses on application and network security. Before joining us she held a cyber security researcher positions within a variety of cyber security start-ups. She also experience in different industry domains like finance, healthcare and consumer products.

WINDOWS UAC BYPASS LEAVES SYSTEMS OPEN TO MALICIOUS DLLS

On: July 26, 2016

In: Malware

Researchers have crafted a stealthy new way of bypassing Windows User Account Controls (UAC) that opens the door to attacks on targeted systems. According researchers, the bypass technique can fly underRead More →

KeySniffer Flaw Lets Attackers Log and Inject Keystrokes on Wireless Keyboards

On: July 26, 2016

In: Incidents, Vulnerabilities

The security flaw is technically unpatchable. Attackers can intercept keystrokes from wireless keyboards as they are transmitted to nearby computers, can log sensitive data, or even inject malicious commands in theRead More →

Cybersecurity Experts Say Russia Hacked the Democrats

On: July 25, 2016

In: Important, Incidents

Is the Kremlin trying to throw the U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump? It sounds like something out of a spy novel. But many cybersecurity experts, as well as theRead More →

Bug hunter downloaded the entire Vine source code

On: July 25, 2016

In: Incidents

The Indian security expert and bug hunter Avinash has accessed and downloaded the entire Vine source code and it was really easy. A hacker has accessed and downloaded the sourceRead More →

Researchers Put Together PHP Zero-Day in Order to Hack PornHub

On: July 25, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

PHP project fixes issues affecting all PHP versions 5.3+ A team of three researchers went so far as to search and discover a PHP zero-day so they could hack PornHub asRead More →

Adwind RAT Affects Macs, but It’s Almost Useless

On: July 25, 2016

In: Malware

Adwind author still has a lot of work ahead of him. Security researchers have observed an instance of the Adwind RAT dropping a Mac payload for the first time, but despiteRead More →

PAYPAL FIXES CSRF VULNERABILITY IN PAYPAL.ME

On: July 23, 2016

In: Vulnerabilities

PayPal recently fixed a vulnerability on its PayPal.me site that could have let an attacker change a user’s profile without permission. The issue stemmed from a cross-site request forgery (CSRF)Read More →

Malicious computers caught snooping on Tor-anonymized Dark Web sites

On: July 23, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

Misbehaving hidden service directories are scattered around the world. The trust of the Tor anonymity network is in many cases only as strong as the individual volunteers whose computers form itsRead More →

Meet One of the Anonymous Hackers Bombarding ISIS Websites With DDoS Attacks

On: July 23, 2016

In: Incidents

Softpedia spoke with Rebirth, co-founder of BinarySec. The Anonymous #OpISIS campaign seemed at one point to have slowly died out after the Charlie Hebdo, Paris, and Belgium attacks, but i isRead More →

Canadian Man Behind Popular ‘Orcus RAT’

On: July 22, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Far too many otherwise intelligent and talented software developers these days apparently think they can get away with writing, selling and supporting malicious software and then couching their commerce asRead More →

3D printing of a dead man’s fingers allows unlocking his phone

On: July 22, 2016

In: Incidents

The US federal authorities asked a 3D printing lab to recreate a dead man’s fingers to unlock his smartphone … will it work? Do you remember the battle Apple vsRead More →

BlackMoon Banking Trojan Infected over 160,000 South Koreans

On: July 22, 2016

In: Malware

The crooks behind the recent campaign may be from China. Over 100,000 South Koreans had their banking credentials stolen by crooks who leveraged the BlackMoon banking trojan, also detected asRead More →

Snowden Presents Anti-Spying iPhone Case Attachment

On: July 22, 2016

In: Incidents

Device was specifically designed for journalists. Infamous NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and hardware hacker Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang have presented today at MIT’s Media Lab a new concept for an iPhone hardwareRead More →

How Apple And Facebook Got KickassTorrents Founder Arrested

On: July 22, 2016

In: Incidents

Short Bytes: The founder of the world’s largest torrent hosting website KickassTorrents is now behind the bars. The cause of his arrest are the legal purchases he made on Apple’sRead More →

Your iPhone can be hacked just by sending a message

On: July 21, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Mobile Security, Vulnerabilities

Android Stagefright like attack for iPhone, All it takes is a specially crafted message to hack your iPhone If you remember the Stagefright vulnerability in Android discovered in July last year, youRead More →

Captain Hook: Pirating AVs to Bypass Exploit Mitigations

On: July 21, 2016

In: Vulnerabilities

tl;dr: We found 6(!) different common security issues that stem from incorrect implementation of code hooking and injections techniques. These issues were found in more than 15 different products. TheRead More →

New Python ransomware called HolyCrypt Discovered

On: July 21, 2016

In: Malware

A new ransomware has been discovered by AVG malware analyst @JakubKroustek called HolyCrypt. This ransomware is written in Python and compiled into a Windows executable using PyInstaller. This allows the developer to distributeRead More →

ODCODC Ransomware Decryptor released by BloodDolly

On: July 21, 2016

In: Malware

A decryptor has been released by ransomware expert BloodDolly that will allow victim’s encrypted by the ODCODC Ransomware to recover their files for free. Though the Command & Control serversRead More →

Backdoor Account Found in Dell Network Security Products

On: July 21, 2016

In: Malware

Dell SonicWall equipment came with a hidden account. Security researchers have discovered six serious security issues that plague several Dell SonicWall products, one of which is a hidden account with easy-to-guessRead More →

Why It May Be Worth Paying The Ransom In A Ransomware Attack

On: July 20, 2016

In: Incidents, Malware

Australia is being hit hard by ransomware attacks and we’ve heard a lot of security vendors advise against paying the ransom that cybercriminals demand to decrypt locked files. But RSARead More →

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