A Leeds-based hacker used a notorious piece of malware called BlackShades to spy on people via their webcams. Investigators from the National Crime Agency found images on the computer ofRead More →
Dozens of successful attacks detected that install malicious code on company portals. Attackers are infecting a widely used virtual private network product sold by Cisco Systems to install backdoors thatRead More →
Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticatedRead More →
Researchers warn widely used algorithm should be retired sooner. SHA1, one of the Internet’s most crucial cryptographic algorithms, is so weak to a newly refined attack that it may beRead More →
Transactions were being duplicated in a malleability attack.A Russian man that calls himself “Alister Maclin” has been disrupting the Bitcoin network for over a week, creating duplicate transactions, and annoyingRead More →
The only thing that I really worry about when I drop my phone into a tub of water is if I’ve backed everything up. More specifically, did I back myRead More →
Google has been busy removing a number of apps from Google Play that are disguised as popular selections that are actually pushing what starts out as adware but eventually turnsRead More →
Researchers warned Tuesday the latest APT to make the rounds features a remote access Trojan that can effectively mitigate security measures on machines and grant the attacker full access to the system. ExpertsRead More →
Avast was vulnerable to malicious HTTPS connections. One of Google’s security experts found a zero-day exploit inside the Avast antivirus, which the company has recently patched. The researcher is Tavis Ormandy,Read More →
Linux.Wifatch’s creators call themselves The White Team.The Linux.Wifatch malware, also dubbed as the “vigilante malware” has been going around the Internet, infecting IoT devices, cleaning out malware infections, and boostingRead More →
HDRoot is the work of the Winnti APT group. Hackers activating mainly in South-East Asia have developed a new bootkit trojan, which disguises as Microsoft’s built-in Net command to avoid detection.Read More →
APPLE’S IOS HAS had a good run in terms of security. For more than eight years it’s been wildly popular and yet virtually malware-free, long enough to easily earn theRead More →
Ruskies sling malicious packet to trigger denial of service. Positive Technologies researchers Timur Yunusov and Kirill Nesterov have found since-patched remote execution and denial of service vulnerabilities in a popularRead More →
Group used Angler Exploit kit to push ransomware on unsuspecting Internet users. Security researchers have disrupted an online criminal operation they estimated drew $30 million per year pushing ransomware onRead More →
In August I visited the Chaos Communication Camp near Berlin. Once every four years this great and world’s greatest hacker festival is organized. I spoke with a couple of coolRead More →
Malware that was active for over a year could have ‘accessed payment card information as it was being inputted,’ Trump Hotel Collection executives say. Presidential candidate and real-estate baron DonaldRead More →
Google today patched the latest round of Stagefright vulnerabilities in Android, pushing them out as part of its latest over-the-air update to Nexus devices. Stagefright 2.0, as it’s come toRead More →
Backdoor in Outlook Web Application operates inside target’s firewall. Researchers have uncovered advanced malware that can steal virtually all of a large organization’s e-mail passwords by infecting its Outlook WebRead More →
On the heels of recent disclosures of ATM malware such as Suceful [1], Plotus [2] andPadpin [3] (aka Tyupkin), Proofpoint research has discovered yet another variant of ATM malware, whichRead More →
