Microsoft explains how its next-gen security can protect files from being encrypted by ransomware extortionists. The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is rolling out now with a security feature thatRead More →
Several transportation organizations in Ukraine and as well as some governmental organizations have suffered a cyberattack, resulting in some computers becoming encrypted, according to media reports. Public sources have confirmedRead More →
APNIC Deputy Director General Sanjaya confirmed that Whois data were accidentally exposed online included authentication details. The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is a non-profit organization that provides Internet addressingRead More →
The source code of a new Android Remote Administration Tool is available on GitHub, it is dubbed AhMyth Android RAT. You just have to download and test it. The source code ofRead More →
The CSE CybSec Z-Lab Malware Lab spotted a new botnet, dubbed Wonder botnet, while it was investigating malicious code in the dark web. While investigating the malicious code in the darkRead More →
Users of the popular cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex have been the target of two credential stealing apps, discovered on Google Play disguised as legitimate Poloniex mobile apps. Apart from harvesting Poloniex login credentials,Read More →
The development team at NetBSD is going to implement the KASLR (kernel Address Space Layout Randomisation) for 64-bit AMD processors. The KASLR coding technique allows randomizing the location of memory whereRead More →
Learn to code with DIY Modular laptop Pi-Top powered by Raspberry Pi. The Rasberry Pi has been popular with hobbyists right since its first iteration in 2012 when it was a singleRead More →
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a warning that malicious hackers are actively targeting government departments, and firms workingRead More →
Google has announced a bug bounty program called ‘Google Play Security Reward Program’ to detect flaws in Android apps. Security experts have the chance to win $1,000 by finding vulnerabilities in theRead More →
Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) intel agency has released the source code for one of its malware analysis tools dubbed Assemblyline. The Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) intelligence agency hasRead More →
The Chinese government doesn’t know what to do with eSIMs yet. Apple’s struggles in China continue to mount, and this time, it’s Apple’s newest wearable causing problems for the company. According toRead More →
When it comes to cyberthreats, we in ESET-LATAM Research often see ransomware, banking trojans (especially in my home country – Brazil), botnets or worms. As a consequence, other types ofRead More →
During the last hours, ESET researchers noticed that Eltima, the makers of the Elmedia Player software, have been distributing a version of their application trojanized with the OSX/Proton malware on their official website.Read More →
I’ve seen Twitter traffic today about malspam from the Necurs Botnet pushing Locky ransomware using Word documents as their attachments. These Word documents use the DDE attack technique, something I already wroteRead More →
A new ransomware is being distributed by the Magnitude exploit kit: Magniber (detected by Trend Micro as RANSOM_MAGNIBER.A and TROJ.Win32.TRX.XXPE002FF019), which we found targeting South Korea via malvertisements on attacker-owned domains/sites. TheRead More →
Row-hammer is hardware bug that can cause bit-flips in physical RAM. Mark Seaborn and Thomas Dullien were the first to exploit the DRAM row-hammer bug to gain kernel privileges. Kaveh Razavi et al. pushed the exploitation ofRead More →
While we are supposedly in the era of the paperless office, intentional leaks via printed documents remain very common and can be just as damaging as their digital counterparts. WhileRead More →
Google continues working to improve the security of its users, the last measure introduced by the company it the ‘Advanced Protection’ feature. The Advanced Protection feature was designed to improve theRead More →
Database contained details required to carry out highly advanced software attacks. Hackers broke into Microsoft’s secret, internal bug-tracking database and stole information related to vulnerabilities that were exploited in laterRead More →
