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Hack This: Where To Write Code

On: December 19, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

The code itself, the symbols and strings that eventually dictate the behavior of a machine, is one thing, but properly preparing it and executing it requires a dedicated venue. YourRead More →

Security Firms Almost Brought Down Massive Mirai Botnet

On: December 17, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Following a failed takedown attempt, changes made to the Mirai malware variant responsible for building one of today’s biggest botnets of IoT devices will make it incredibly harder for authoritiesRead More →

Hacking Ubuntu Linux distro exploiting the CrashDB code injection issue

On: December 16, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

The exploitation of the CrashDB code injection issue could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on machines running Ubuntu Linux distro. New problems for Ubuntu Linux distribution, the securityRead More →

0-days hitting Fedora and Ubuntu open desktops to a world of hurt

On: December 16, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

If your desktop runs a mainstream release of Linux, chances are you’re vulnerable. If you run a mainstream distribution of Linux on a desktop computer, there’s a good chance securityRead More →

‘Originull’ Bug Allows Hackers To Read All Your Facebook Messenger Chats

On: December 15, 2016

In: Data Security, Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

Short Bytes: Security firm Cynet has discovered a critical issue that affects the privacy of 1-billion Facebook Messenger users. Dubbed Originull, this flaw is also expected to affect millions of other websitesRead More →

Vulnerabilities Found in Linux Security Software Can Give Hackers Root Access

On: December 13, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

McAfee patches flaws in its Linux security solution. Remote code execution flaws found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux could allow an attacker to obtain root privileges, and a securityRead More →

First Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Available

On: December 12, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

Developers at the Tor Project have started working on a sandboxed version of the Tor Browser, currently available as an early alpha version for Linux systems. Sandboxing is a securityRead More →

President Obama orders full review of alleged Russian hacking in US Election

On: December 12, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

President Barack Obama has ordered US intelligence agencies to deeper investigate the alleged Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential Election. President Barack Obama is going to close his Presidential mandate,Read More →

Three serious Linux kernel security holes patched

On: December 10, 2016

In: Important, Vulnerabilities

It’s time to patch your Linux servers and PCs again. The good news is developers are looking very closely at Linux’s core code for possible security holes. The bad newsRead More →

New Exo Android Trojan Sold on Hacking Forums, Dark Web

On: December 10, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Malware coders are advertising a new Android trojan that can be used for phishing banking credentials, intercepting SMS messages, locking devices with a password (ransomware-like behavior), and more. The trojan’sRead More →

HASH CRACK Password Cracking Manual

On: December 9, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

wrote-password-cracking-manual. Password cracking has always been this niche activity during a routine pentest. You collect some hashes, fire up John The Ripper or Hashcat, and use default settings with rulesRead More →

Facebook Spam Campaign Uses Chrome Extension to Spread Nude Celebrity PDFs

On: December 9, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Spammers are mass-messaging Facebook users with PDF files claiming to contain nude celebrity pictures, but which lead users to a malicious Chrome extension and overly aggressive advertising sites. This spamRead More →

New Flavor of Dirty COW Attack Discovered, Patched

On: December 7, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Dirty COW (designated as CVE-2016-5195) is a Linux vulnerability that was first disclosed to the public in October 2016. It was a serious privilege escalation flaw that allowed an attacker toRead More →

Top 10 Best Wi-Fi Hacking Apps For Android

On: December 7, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

Hacking, which was once considered the exclusive domain of the “experts” has become very common phenomenon with the rise of technology and advancements in the mobile field. Android phones areRead More →

Readers of popular websites targeted by stealthy Stegano exploit kit hiding in pixels of malicious ads

On: December 6, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Millions of readers who visited popular news websites have been targeted by a series of malicious ads redirecting to an exploit kit exploiting several Flash vulnerabilities. Since at least theRead More →

Backdoor Found in 80 Sony Surveillance Camera Models

On: December 6, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Sony has released firmware updates that remove a remotely exploitable backdoor account from 80 models of IP and security cameras. Because attackers can exploit the backdoor account via a well-craftedRead More →

North Korea’s “Super-Secure” Red Star OS Can Be Hacked with Just a Link

On: December 5, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

Security researchers find easy to exploit vulnerability. North Korea is one of those countries whose governments pushed for the migration to a domestically-developed operating system that’s supposed to be moreRead More →

Experts from CloudFlare spotted a new dangerous botnet

On: December 5, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

Security experts from CloudFlare observed a new botnet that emerged in the wild and it could be dangerous as its predecessor Mirai. Which is the most dreaded botnet in theRead More →

This is a hardware True Random Number Generator that attaches via USB.

USB Killer, yours for $50, lets you easily fry almost every device

On: December 2, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Only real defense for billions of devices is physically capping ports. Last year we wrote about the “USB Killer”—a DIY USB stick that fried almost everything (laptops, smartphones, consoles, cars) thatRead More →

At least 10 million Android users imperiled by popular AirDroid app

On: December 2, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

For six months, the remote management app has opened users to code-execution attacks. For at least the past six months, a popular remote management app available in the official GoogleRead More →

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