A look at recent Stampado ransomware variant
2016-11-23
Stampado is one of the many new ransomware strains we have seen in 2016. Stampado was first seen in the wild in July 2016, as one of the cheapest piecesRead More →
Elegant 0-day unicorn underscores “serious concerns” about Linux security
2016-11-23
Scriptless exploit bypasses state-of-the-art protections baked into the OS. Recently released exploit code makes people running fully patched versions of Fedora and other Linux distributions vulnerable to drive-by attacks thatRead More →
A Hacker Took Over Tel Aviv’s Public Wi-Fi Network to Prove That He Could
2016-11-22
Israeli hacker Amihai Neiderman needed three days to hack into Tel Aviv’s free public Wi-Fi. He only worked during the evenings, after he came home from his full-time job asRead More →
Security Firm Detects 57M Attempts to Exploit 2-Year-Old Router Firmware Backdoor
2016-11-22
The case of the Netis router firmware backdoor shows you that even if a company puts out a patch to resolve security issues, the problem lingers on for years, asRead More →
Human Rights Foundation Website Hacked, Thousands of Accounts Exposed
2016-11-21
SQL injection exposes nearly 20,000 usernames and passwords. The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation website was hacked a few minutes ago by Kapustkiy and CyberZeist, who managed to get access toRead More →
Malware attack starts with a fake ccall
2016-11-19
The hackers call hotels, then send email attachments that look like customer information Hotel and restaurant chains, beware. A notorious cybercriminal gang is tricking businesses into installing malware by callingRead More →
iOS Bug Lets Attackers Bypass iPhone and iPad Passcodes Using Siri
2016-11-17
The owners of two Apple-dedicated YouTube channels, EverythingApplePro and iDeviceHelp, have found a flaw in the iOS passcode device protection system that allows an attacker to access the device’s data,Read More →
PoisonTap Can Hijack Web Traffic and Install Backdoors on Password-Protected PCs
2016-11-16
Hardware hacker Samy Kamkar has released a new tool called PoisonTap that is capable of a plethora of malicious actions, all of which work even against password-protected computers on whichRead More →
Smartphone WiFi Signals Can Leak Your Keystrokes, Passwords, and PINs
2016-11-15
The way users move fingers across a phone’s touchscreen alters the WiFi signals transmitted by a mobile phone, causing interruptions that an attacker can intercept, analyze, and reverse engineer toRead More →
New attack reportedly lets 1 modest laptop knock big servers offline
2016-11-14
“BlackNurse” could turn lone attackers with modest resources into Internet bullies. Researchers said they have discovered a simple way lone attackers with limited resources can knock large servers offline whenRead More →
