A SMOKE DETECTOR that sends you a text alert when your house is on fire seems like a good idea. An internet-connected door lock with a PIN that can beRead More →
A new ransomware called Alpha Ransomware was discovered and analyzed this week by Katja Hahn, S!Ri, MalwareHunterTeam, and Michael Gillespie. This ransomware encrypts your data with AES-256 encryption and then demands $400 USDRead More →
The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) utility has had to shut down systems, phone lines in response to a ransomware-based attack. The Lansing Board of Water & LightRead More →
Our research team has recently seen a large amount of activity in our cloud related to an Android infostealer disguised as a Google Chrome update. This malware is capable ofRead More →
Compromised websites and spear-phishing emails used to infect targets with Daserf Trojan. A longstanding cyberespionage campaign has been targeting mainly Japanese organizations with its own custom-developed malware (Backdoor.Daserf). The group, known to SymantecRead More →
Ransomware makes headlines when hospitals are taken offline or police departments pay cybercriminals to decrypt their files. Established threat actors have also begun distributing ransomware in high volumes (as withRead More →
The website of popular American brand Maisto, known for miniature and radio-controlled toy vehicles, was caught pushing the Angler exploit kit eventually leading to ransomware infections. According to website security company Sucuri, maisto[.]comRead More →
Security experts are warning PC users of scareware computer utilities published by the French firm Tuto4PC that secretly bundle adware and spyware. Cisco’s Talos security research team said several of the company’sRead More →
A security researcher named Casey Smith published an article last week where he detailed how the Windows Regsvr32.exe command could be used to bypass AppLocker restrictions. In this article he described a notRead More →
Microsoft Windows has hidden an Easter Egg since Windows Vista. It allows users to create a specially named folder that acts as a shortcut to Windows settings and special folders,Read More →
How does the U.S. government beat Tor, the anonymity software used by millions of people around the world? By hiring someone with experience on the inside. A former Tor ProjectRead More →
A group cyber criminals created Ran$umBin, A Dark web service which operates the one-stop shop for monetizing ransomware. These days Ransomware are quite common and it is widespread and heavilyRead More →
Yesterday, a new ransomware called TrueCrypter was discovered by AVG malware analyst Jakub Kroustek. This ransomware encrypts your data using AES-256 encryption and then demands either .2 bitcoins or $115 USD inRead More →
Recently we observed an Android malware family being used to attack users in Russia. The malware samples were mainly distributed through a series of malicious subdomains registered under a legitimateRead More →
Last week Kafeine posted an analysis of a new ransomware called CryptXXX on the Proofpoint blog. Based on their analysis they determined that CryptXXX is affiliated with the developers of theRead More →
This is a hardware True Random Number Generator that attaches via USB. Version 0.3 This one uses the better noise source coupled with an op amp that provides 2MHz ofRead More →
Windows comes with a tool called the Windows Management Instrumentation, or WMI, that can be used by system administrators to receive information and notifications from Windows. Using WMI, an administratorRead More →
The hackers behind a large-scale Bangladesh bank hack went further than simply stealing money. Now it turns out that they created malware that could compromise the internationally used SWIFT paymentRead More →
Hacktivists spring into action following another mysterious police shooting that ends with someone’s death. Friday afternoon, members of the New World Hackers (NWH), one of Anonymous’ divisions, launched DDoS attacks againstRead More →
A security researcher named Mosh has discovered a new variant of the 7ev3n Ransomware, which has rebranded itself as 7ev3n-HONE$T. This ransomware will encrypt your data and then ransom your files for approximatelyRead More →
