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 →
Google Wants to Change JavaScript Popups After Abuse from Tech Support Scammers
2017-03-30
Chromium engineers are discussing plans to change how JavaScript popups work inside Chrome and other similar browsers. In a proposal published on the Google Developers portal, the Chromium team acknowledgedRead 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 →
GitHub Users Targeted with Dimnie Trojan
2017-03-29
Developers sharing code on GitHub are being targeted in a malicious email campaign that’s infecting their computers with a modular trojan known as Dimnie. GitHub users first started noticing andRead More →
FROM DDOS TO SERVER RANSOMWARE: APACHE STRUTS 2 – CVE-2017-5638 CAMPAIGN
2017-03-29
A common infection vector used by botnet creators is scanning the Internet for web vulnerabilities to exploit for malware or back doors. The advantage of hitting servers over personal consumerRead More →
Humbled Malware Author Leaks His Own Source Code to Regain Community’s Trust
2017-03-29
The author of the Nuclear Bot banking trojan has leaked the source code of his own malware in a desperate attempt to regain trust and credibility in underground cybercrime forums.Read More →
PyCL Ransomware Delivered via RIG EK in Distribution Test
2017-03-28
This past Saturday security researchers Kafeine, MalwareHunterteam, BroadAnalysis, and David Martínez discovered a new ransomware being distributed through EITest into the RIG exploit kit. As this ransomware was only distributed for one day and does notRead More →
Adware Replaces Phone Numbers for Security Firms Returned in Search Results
2017-03-28
A new adware family named Crusader will rewrite tech support phone numbers returned in Google search results, display ads, and show popups pushing tech support scams. Current versions of CrusadersRead More →
