Sednit update: How Fancy Bear Spent the Year
2017-12-26
The Sednit group — also known as Strontium, APT28, Fancy Bear or Sofacy — is a group of attackers operating since 2004, if not earlier, and whose main objective is to stealRead More →
Facebook phishers want you to “Connect with Facebook”
2017-12-23
As we edge toward Christmas, scammers are throwing their own party—in the form of Facebook phishing pages linked to and from bogus landing pages hosted on sites(dot)google(dot)com URLs. These landingRead More →
Windows XP ATM Machine “Hacked” by Simply Pressing Shift Five Times in a Row
2017-12-22
Bad configuration leaves ATM exposed to further hacks. We’ve known for a while that ATM machines running Windows XP (Embedded version or not) are exposed to attacks, but when weRead More →
Facebook Is Disrupting North Korean Hacking Operations
2017-12-20
The company’s announcements came on the heels of the US government’s public accusation blaming the North Korean government for WannaCry. Facebook says it has discovered and banned some malicious accountsRead More →
Hackers take control of security firm’s domain, steal secret data
2017-12-19
Attackers bypass HTTPS encryption protection by registering new TLS certificate. A Dutch security firm recently fell victim to a well-executed attack that allowed hackers to take control of its serversRead More →
Face Palm: Windows 10 Bundled A Password Manager That Exposed Your Saved Passwords
2017-12-18
About 16 months ago, a Google Project Zero researcher found a critical bug in a password manager named Keeper. The bug allowed Keeper to inject its trusted UI into untrustedRead More →
Anyone can steal all of chrome saved passwords, form fields, bookmarks, history
2017-12-16
You can try it with your friends at work or with anyone that gives you access to a computer… it’s really funny but dangerous. I reported this issue to googleRead More →
These five programming languages have flaws that expose apps to attack
2017-12-16
Securely-developed apps may be at risk due to security issues in popular interpreted programming languages. Even software that has been built with secure development procedures may still be vulnerable toRead More →
Security researcher says DirecTV hardware can be easily hacked
2017-12-14
The flaw was privately disclosed to the device maker in June, but six months later, there’s still no patch. Homes signed up to AT&T’s DirecTV service may be inadvertently runningRead More →
“Suspicious” event routes traffic for big-name sites through Russia
2017-12-14
Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft all affected by “intentional” BGP mishap. Traffic sent to and from Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft was briefly routed through a previously unknown Russian InternetRead More →
