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Hacking WPA Enterprise with Kali Linux

On: November 25, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Admittedly, that’s somewhat of a click-bait blog post title but bear with us, it’s for a good reason. Lots of work goes on behind the scenes of Kali Linux: toolsRead More →

CERT to Microsoft: Don’t Kill EMET, Windows 10 Is Not as Secure as You Think

On: November 24, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

Will Dormann, a Vulnerability Analyst for the US-CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), is advising Microsoft to continue developing EMET because Windows 10 does not provide the same protection measures, in spiteRead More →

[ TECHNICAL TEARDOWN: EXPLOIT & MALWARE IN .HWP FILES ]

On: November 23, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

This article will focus on teaching analysts on analysing malicious JavaScript code within the HWP files and a walkthrough of how we can analyse .HWP files that was used toRead More →

A look at recent Stampado ransomware variant

On: November 23, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 23, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 22, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

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 →

A Botnet of IoT Devices Is Behind Many Instagram Fake Profiles

On: November 22, 2016

In: Data Security

A botnet of IoT (Internet of Things) devices created with the Linux/Moose malware is behind many bots that are plaguing social networks such as YouTube, Periscope, Twitter, and Instagram, aboveRead More →

Security Firm Detects 57M Attempts to Exploit 2-Year-Old Router Firmware Backdoor

On: November 22, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 21, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 19, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 17, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Mobile Security, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 16, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Mobile Security, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 15, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Mobile Security, Vulnerabilities

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

On: November 14, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Vulnerabilities

“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 →

After LinkedIn Ban, Russia Warns Facebook And Twitter

On: November 14, 2016

In: Data Security

Russia has for the first time invoked its ban on websites storing personal data outside the country. It’s picked a high-profile target, LinkedIn – and says even bigger companies couldRead More →

Google Pixel hacked in under 60 seconds by Chinese team

On: November 12, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Mobile Security, Technology, Vulnerabilities

The recently launched Google Pixel phone has been hacked by the Chinese hackers just in less than a minute! A team called White-Hat hackers from Qihoo 360, which participated inRead More →

Scientists Working on a CPU That Can Detect Malware at the Hardware Level

On: November 12, 2016

In: Data Security

Researchers are working on a new CPU chip design that will extend the fight against malware at the hardware level in an attempt to bolster computers, mobiles, and other devicesRead More →

FBI operated 23 Tor-hidden child porn sites, deployed malware from them

On: November 12, 2016

In: Data Security, Malware

Researcher: FBI was likely enabled to run half of all child porn sites on the servers. As Ars has reported, federal investigators temporarily seized a Tor-hidden site known as Playpen in 2015Read More →

The first cryptor to exploit Telegram

On: November 11, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware, Mobile Security, Vulnerabilities

Earlier this month, we discovered a piece of encryption malware targeting Russian users. One of its peculiarities was that it uses Telegram Messenger’s communication protocol to send a decryption keyRead More →

Russian ‘Dukes’ of Hackers Pounce on Trump Win

On: November 11, 2016

In: Important, Incidents, Malware

Less than six hours after Donald Trump became the presumptive president-elect of the United States, a Russian hacker gang perhaps best known for breaking into computer networks at the Democratic NationalRead More →

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