Raging Sysadmin Shuts Down Company Servers, Deletes System Files
2017-03-31
A former sysadmin is facing up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 after he used a backdoor account and sabotaged his former employer onRead More →
Flatbed Scanners Used as Relay Point for Controlling Malware in Air-Gapped Systems
2017-03-31
Scientists from two Israeli universities have come up with a way to use flatbed scanners as relay points when sending commands to malware installed on an air-gapped computer. Further researchRead More →
Kremlin-backed APT28 doesn’t even bother hiding its attacks, says Finnish secret police
2017-03-30
Supo: Espionage rising, attacks on infrastructure falling. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service Supo is complaining that nation-state-level attackers aren’t even bothering to hide themselves from prying eyes. That news comesRead More →
About 90% of Smart TVs Vulnerable to Remote Hacking via Rogue TV Signals
2017-03-30
A new attack on smart TVs allows a malicious actor to take over devices using rogue DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial) signals, get root access on the smart TV,Read More →
Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty for Role in Infamous Linux Ebury Malware
2017-03-29
The US Department of Justice announced yesterday that Maxim Senakh, 41, of Velikii Novgorod, Russia, pleaded guilty for his role in the creation of the Ebury malware and for maintainingRead More →
Microsoft: We Won’t Help the Government Hack Our Users
2017-03-28
Redmond pledges to defend users against government hacks. Microsoft is one of the companies that brought the US government to court for data request orders which it claimed violated theRead More →
APT29 USED DOMAIN FRONTING, TOR TO EXECUTE BACKDOOR
2017-03-28
APT29, a/k/a Cozy Bear, has been utilizing a technique called domain fronting in order to secure backdoor access to targets for nearly two years running, experts said Monday. The nation stateRead More →
British Authorities Slam WhatsApp for Encryption Used by London Terrorist
2017-03-27
The Brits join US intelligence agencies who’d want a backdoor into the encryption feature on all services. End-to-end encryption services like WhatsApp are once more being slammed for offering protectionRead More →
Zero Terminal: A Tiny Linux PC That You Can Build Using Raspberry Pi And Smartphone Keyboard
2017-03-27
Short Bytes: The DIY tech inventor NODE has created a handheld all-in-one computer that runs Linux. It’s made using the new Raspberry Pi Zero W, some 3D printed parts, and anRead More →
EXPERTS DOUBT HACKERS’ CLAIM OF MILLIONS OF BREACHED APPLE CREDENTIALS
2017-03-27
Security experts say they are skeptical that a group of hackers called Turkish Crime Family actually possess a cache of hundreds of millions of Apple iCloud account credentials. A moreRead More →
Massive Gift Card Fraud Bot Discovered, 1,000 Customer Websites Attacked Already
2017-03-25
GiftGhostBot is trying to defraud costumers. A new bot targeting card payment processes on websites was spotted in the wild. Called GiftGhostBot, the bot is trying to defraud consumers ofRead More →
Using SQL Server for attacking a Forest Trust
2017-03-24
Recently I started playing with the awesome PowerUpSQL tool by guys at NetSPI. I was interested in the ability to attack an Active Directory (AD) environment using access to aRead More →
Android Forums resets passwords after hack
2017-03-24
Only 2.5 per cent of userbase affected. Add Android Forums to the growing list of web properties that have suffered a security breach. One in 40 members of the forumRead More →
WikiLeaks’ Dark Matter documents reveal CIA hacks for Macs and iPhones
2017-03-24
It’s only a couple of weeks since WikiLeaks unleashed the first batch of its Vault 7 CIA documents, revealing the agency’s spying and hacking capabilities. Now the organization has releasedRead More →
LastPass Bugs Allow Malicious Websites to Steal Passwords
2017-03-22
LastPass says it patched one of two separate bugs that affected its Chrome and Firefox browser extensions, which if exploited, would have allowed a third-party to extract passwords from usersRead More →
New Metasploit RFTransceiver extension allows testing IoT sevices
2017-03-22
Metasploit RFTransceiver extension implements the Hardware Bridge API that will allow organizations to test wireless devices operating outside 802.11 spec. Recently we reported the news of the availability of a newRead More →
New Attack Uses Microsoft’s Application Verifier to Hijack Antivirus Software
2017-03-22
A new technique named DoubleAgent, discovered by security researchers from Cybellum, allows an attacker to hijack security products and make them take malicious actions. The DoubleAgent attack was uncovered afterRead More →
Hackers: We Will Remotely Wipe iPhones Unless Apple Pays Ransom
2017-03-21
“I just want my money,” one of the hackers said. A hacker or group of hackers is apparently trying to extort Apple over alleged access to a large cache ofRead More →
Twitter app spams Fappening bait and Amazon surveys
2017-03-21
With news of another so-called Fappening (nude photos of celebrities distributed without permission) doing the rounds, it was inevitable that scammers would look to take advantage. We’ve already seen message boardRead More →
Some Dark Web ‘Crackdowns’ Are Just Hot Air
2017-03-20
Law enforcement agencies across the world are targeting the dark web. Whether that’s through undercover buys of illegal weapons, or deploying malware to catch suspected pedophiles, cops have spent theRead More →
