Webmasters can use so-called ZIP bombs to crash a hacker’s vulnerability and port scanner and prevent him from gaining access to their website. The term “ZIP bomb” refers to nestedRead More →
Security experts have discovered a brand new Android trojan that features a broad range of features that allow it to root Android devices, steal data from over 40 apps, andRead More →
Check Point researchers identified a mobile malware that infected 14 million Android devices, rooting approximately 8 million of them, and earning the hackers behind the campaign approximately $1.5 million inRead More →
WikiLeaks dumped today the documentation of two CIA hacking tools codenamed BothanSpy and Gyrfalcon, both designed to steal SSH credentials from Windows and Linux systems, respectively. Both tools are “implants,”Read More →
Perl development team solved a flaw in DBD—MySQL in some configurations that wasn’t enforcing encryption allowing an attacker to power MiTM attacks. The security researcher Pali Rohár reported an important flawRead More →
The AlphaBay Market went down Tuesday night without any explanation, many users that have purchased products on the marketplace fear the Exit-Scam. The news is shocking, the AlphaBay Market, one ofRead More →
Bithumb, the world’s fourth largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, confirmed a security incident during which an unknown hacker was able to make off with an yet undetermined amount of funds.Read More →
A new feature added in test snapshots for OpenBSD releases will create a unique kernel every time an OpenBSD user reboots or upgrades his computer. This feature is named KARLRead More →
A Connecticut man pleaded guilty last week to stealing Bitcoin from users of Dark Web marketplaces, said the Department of Justice on Tuesday. The FBI arrested the man — MichaelRead More →
An unknown attacker has gained control over the web domain of Classic Ether Wallet, a client-side wallet system for the Ethereum Classic (ETC) cryptocurrency. According to a Reddit thread, the attackRead More →
Siemens patched two critical vulnerabilities that affected its industrial products this week. One, tied to a recently disclosed flaw in Active Management Technology – a function of certain Intel processorsRead More →
Security experts at Sucuri have discovered a SQL Injection vulnerability in WP Statistics, one of the most popular WordPress plugins. Security experts at Sucuri have discovered a SQL Injection vulnerability in WPRead More →
New ransomware attacks now under way in Europe. Windows computers in Europe are currently under attack due to what seems to be a new form of ransomware similar to WannaCry.Read More →
A young man guilty of hacking several three-letter US agencies has been sentenced today to two years in prison, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. AndrewRead More →
A fourth ransomware campaign focused on Ukraine has surfaced today, following some of the patterns seen in past ransomware campaigns that have been aimed at the country, such as XData, PScrypt, andRead More →
The Music streaming service 8tracks suffered a major data leak, 18 million user accounts have been exposed and is available online. Music streaming service 8tracks has been affected by a majorRead More →
Nine SNMP MIBs vulnerable. Cisco’s been caught out by the venerable Simple Network Management Protocol, turning up nine bugs in IOS and IOS XE that appear in all SNMP versions. ItsRead More →
TNT Express deliveries hit by virus attack at the same time as the Petya ransomware is causing problems around the globe. FedEx’s delivery subsidiary TNT Express has warned that itsRead More →
This fall, Microsoft plans to release a new Windows Defender feature called Controlled Folder Access, which blocks and blacklists unauthorized apps from making changes to files located inside specially-designated folders.Read More →
A remote attacker can trigger the buffer overflow vulnerability to execute malicious code on affected Linux systems with just a malicious DNS response. Chris Coulson, Ubuntu developer at Canonical, has foundRead More →
