TL;DR Here’s a new code injection technique, dubbed AtomBombing, which exploits Windows atom tables and Async Procedure Calls (APC). Currently, this technique goes undetected by common security solutions that focusRead More →
We recently published an overview blog about the CloudFanta malware campaign that uses the Sugarsync cloud storage app to deliver malware capable of stealing user credentials and monitoring online bankingRead More →
LDAP adds to the existing arsenal of DDoS reflection and amplification techniques that can generate massive attacks. Attackers are abusing yet another widely used protocol in order to amplify distributedRead More →
Not a jammer, device lets hackers fly drones and lock out original pilot.The advent of inexpensive consumer drones has generated a novel predicament for firefighters, law-enforcement officers, and ordinary citizensRead More →
The firmware used by the Israeli mobile forensic firm Cellebrite was leaked online by one of its resellers, the McSira Professional Solutions. Do you know Cellebrite? It is an IsraeliRead More →
I am the stereotypical Apple fan boy that other bloggers write about. We have MacBook Pro’s, Air’s, Apple TV’s, iPhone’s and iPad’s and even subscribe to Apple Music. You literally couldn’tRead More →
My article will tell you how to accept 10 million packets per second without using such libraries as Netmap, PF_RING, DPDK and other. We are going to do this withRead More →
New rooting technique is believed to work against every version. There’s a new method for rooting Android devices that’s believed to work reliably on every version of the mobile operating systemRead More →
A number of the company’s US-sold products were used in the attack, which prevented millions of users from accessing dozens of high-profile websites. A Chinese manufacturer of internet-connected surveillance camerasRead More →
This post takes a quick look at Sphinx’s domain generation algorithm (DGA). Sphinx,another Zeus-based banking trojan variant, has been around circa August 2015. The DGA domains are used as aRead More →
Recently a massive DDoS attack has disconnected a large portion of users from the Internet, hackers exploited IoT devices. Is your router secure? “Are we ready to live in a worldRead More →
The East Coast was under siege on Friday morning from a large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that brought down more than a dozen prominent websites, including Twitter, Spotify,Read More →
Cyber security group says attack launched against visitors to vessel in South China Sea. Chinese hackers targeted foreign government personnel who visited a US aircraft carrier the day before aRead More →
Update DNS provider Dyn has confirmed two massive distributed denial of service attacks against its servers Friday impacting many of its customers including Twitter, Spotify and GitHub. The attacks came inRead More →
Trojan targets desktops, not servers or IoT devices. Malware authors are taking aim at Linux computers, more precisely desktops and not servers, with a new trojan named FakeFile, currently distributed inRead More →
In writing the most recent Hack This (“Scrape the Web with Beautiful Soup”) I again found myself trapped between the competing causes of blog-brevity and making sure everything is totallyRead More →
It’s still not clear if Harold Martin was connected to the “Shadow Brokers” NSA dump. In a new Thursday court filing, federal prosecutors expanded their accusations against a former National SecurityRead More →
Malicious actors are abusing a free VoIP service for gamers to distribute remote access Trojans, as well as infostealers and downloaders. Discord, a free VoIP service designed for gaming communities,Read More →
Lurking in the kernel for nine years, flaw gives untrusted users unfettered root access. A serious vulnerability that has been present for nine years in virtually all versions of the LinuxRead More →
Bit.ly-based phishing links targeted former Sec. of State, Clinton campaign chair. The breach of personal e-mail accounts for Clinton presidential campaign chairman John Podesta and former Secretary of State Colin Powell haveRead More →
