A few months ago, we reported on a white hack against Dridex where the malicious payload was removed and an Avira antivirus downloader added. It seems that a very successfulRead More →
AS FAR AS made-up holidays go, “World Password Day” doesn’t quite have the same cachet as, say, Father’s Day, or even National Pancake Day (March 8th). Still, it’s as goodRead More →
Today, we’ve been alerted about an ongoing spam campaign against Skype users. The majority of those affected are in India, Japan, and the Philippines. Below is what the message looksRead More →
Short Bytes: There are some very certain prime numbers that are illegal. Yes, having them in your possession or sharing them with somebody could get your arrested. The known factRead More →
Fix still isn’t available for most users, and many will probably never get it.For the past five years, a vulnerability in many Android phones has left users’ text messages, callRead More →
Today, we have encountered a new threat that’s a blast from the past. The Petya Trojan (detected by Kaspersky Lab products as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Petr) infects the MBR preventing normal system loading,Read More →
We recently came across a cyber attack that used a remote access Trojan (RAT) called Lost Door, a tool currently offered on social media sites. What also struck us theRead More →
Several popular webmail providers are investigating a report that millions of their users’ login details are being shared online by a hacker. Google Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Microsoft Hotmail and Mail.ruRead More →
CryptMix is a mashup of CryptXXX and CryptoWall. A new type of ransomware created and distributed by a group of crooks calling themselves the Charity Team is trying to encourage usersRead More →
A YouTube video’s best day, traffic-wise, is usually the day it gets posted. Clicks generally decline quickly and post-launch spikes are rare. On Dec. 18, a year-old jihadist video calledRead More →
The Linux Foundation says a new Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Best Practices Badge program launched Tuesday will help companies interested in adopting open source technologies evaluate projects based on security,Read More →
Following the recent security breach suffered by the Qatar National Bank has assured that its systems are “fully secure”. Sequel to a recent cyber-attack that led to a large chunkRead More →
Android phones may soon be able to send and receive iMessages thanks to a new open-source app called PieMessage. You can check out the work-in-progress app in action in the videoRead More →
Hey Folks! So late last year a quote was going around about a comment for the Special Agent in charge of the Cyber Intelligence program for a Boston branch ofRead More →
imageMagick project hopes to publish a patch today. Two Russian security researchers revealed a few hours ago a vulnerability in the ImageMagick image processing library deployed with countless Web servers, aRead More →
A hacker whose creation stole bank account details from over a million computers across the globe has been ordered to pay $6.9 million. Nikita Kuzmin from Russia is one ofRead More →
A Brazilian judge ordered to block access to the WhatsApp messaging service for 72 hours, it is the second time in five months. Brazilian authorities ordered ISPs to block WhatsApp today inRead More →
Australian computer scientist claims he is the elusive Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The hunt for creator of world’s most popular cryptocurrency, the Bitcoin seems to have finally come to an end.Read More →
The FBI sent out a PSA just over a month ago warning us all about the risks of car hacking, but drivers in Michigan may not have to worry aboutRead More →
A serious expert discovered a flaw in PwnedList service that could have been exploited to access millions of account credentials managed by the service. A serious vulnerability found in theRead More →
