London cops charge ATM malware hacker
2016-10-07
London Police have continued to bag and tag criminals who installed malware in ATMs across the city, with the extradition of a Romanian man to the UK last week. EmanualRead More →
WEB-BASED KEYLOGGER USED TO STEAL CREDIT CARD DATA FROM POPULAR SITES
2016-10-07
Popular ecommerce sites have been infected with web-based keyloggers that are being used to steal credit card data as it’s entered into online checkout forms. More than 100 compromised sites haveRead More →
Explained: WMI hijackers
2016-10-06
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) hijackers are proving to be a plague to remove for the average user. Even experienced users may be stumped if they run into one and don’tRead More →
WildFire rises from the grave as the rebranded Hades Locker
2016-10-06
The WildFire Locker ransomware has risen from the dead and rebranded itself using the apropos name of Hades Locker. In late August, WildFire Locker disappeared after the organizations behind NoMoreRansom.org were able to seize controlRead More →
Cerber Ransomware switches to a Random Extension and Ends Database Processes
2016-10-05
Late last week, a new version of Cerber Ransomware was released that included some new features. The most notable change is the switch from the static .Cerber3extension for encrypted files to a random 4 characterRead More →
OpenJPEG zero-day flaw leads to remote code execution
2016-10-03
The newly-discovered bug gives attackers the chance to execute code through the open-source JPEG 2000 codec. Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a severe zero-day flaw in the OpenJPEG JPEG 2000Read More →
Space Wars Will Be Fought With Hacks, Not Missiles
2016-10-03
On Monday morning, a number of professionals in the aerospace industry received a rather mundane email containing a PDF ostensibly about the future of Russian aerospace programs, but which actuallyRead More →
Hacked Steam accounts spreading Remote Access Trojan
2016-10-01
Yesterday, I stumbled on a post where a Reddit user named Haydaddict was alerting people about some hacked Steam accounts spreading malware. As I am always interested in new malware, I took a lookRead More →
Spy Tech ‘Hacks WhatsApp Encrypted Chat From A Backpack’
2016-09-30
An Israeli company is marketing what appears to be an astonishing surveillance capability, claiming it can siphon off all WhatsApp chats, including encrypted communications, from phones within close proximity of a hidden Wi-FiRead More →
Kaspersky decrypts Ransomware from TeamXRat
2016-09-30
Kaspersky posted a great article about their TeamXrat Ransomware analysis and how they were able to create a decryptor for its victims. Reported back in mid September in our forums, I and other security researchersRead More →
