Brad Duncan, a security researcher for Rackspace, is well known for monitoring exploit kit activity and the payloads that are being distributed by them. In an article posted yesterday, BradRead More →
The UK carrier Three Mobile confirmed a major cyber security breach which could have exposed the personal data of millions of customers. Bad news for the UK carrier Three Mobile,Read More →
Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam has discovered a new ransomware family that its creators have named Crypton. After a flood of poorly coded .NET-based ransomware families have invaded VirusTotal, Crypton is aRead More →
New Android.Fakebank.B variants use social engineering to bypass a battery-saving process and stay active in the background. Recent variants of Android.Fakebank.B have been updated to work around the battery-saving processRead More →
A new spam wave posing as emailed fax messages is delivering a malware downloader that fetches and installs a ransomware family known as PClock, a CryptoLocker clone. The ransomware, detectedRead More →
Hardware hacker Samy Kamkar has released a new tool called PoisonTap that is capable of a plethora of malicious actions, all of which work even against password-protected computers on whichRead More →
The firm will also implement security measures to prevent further breaches and will review policies twice per year. Adobe has received a fine of $1 million for a data breachRead More →
A new ransomware called CryptoLuck has been discovered by Proofpoint security researcher and exploit kit expert Kafeine that is being distributed via the RIG-E exploit kit. While it has become common toRead More →
In “mistake,” AdUps collected data from BLU Android phones in US. Security firm Kryptowire has uncovered a backdoor in the firmware installed on low-cost Android phones, including phones from BLURead More →
A security researcher named slipstream/RoL has discovered the Karma Ransomware, which pretends to be a Windows optimization program called Windows-TuneUp. What is worse is that this sample was discovered as software thatRead More →
