Two new Mac backdoors discovered
2017-03-01
On Valentine’s Day, Mac users got a special “treat” in the form of new malware. Then, later that same week, there were signs of yet another piece of malware looming. These threatsRead More →
Massive Necurs Spam Botnet Now Equipped to Launch DDoS Attacks
2017-03-01
With more than one million active bots at any time, a Necurs-enabled DDoS attack could dwarf such an attack by the Mirai botnet. In an ominous development, the world’s largestRead More →
XSS flaws in Zscaler Cloud management software allow logged attackers to hack coworkers
2017-03-01
Zscaler has fixed persistent XSS vulnerabilities affecting Zscaler Cloud management software that allow logged attackers to hack coworkers. Serious cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws in the Zscaler Cloud management software could be exploitedRead More →
DRIDEX TROJAN GETS A MAJOR ‘ATOMBOMBING’ UPDATE
2017-03-01
The Dridex banking Trojan has been updated and now sports a new injection method for evading detection based on the technique known as AtomBombing. Researchers with IBM X-Force identified the newRead More →
ESET antivirus cracks opens Apple Macs to remote root execution via man-in-middle diddle
2017-03-01
Bored hacker looking for fun? We couldn’t possibly suggest you attack the latest vulnerability in ESET’s antivirus software, because it’s too basic to offer any challenge at all. As outlinedRead More →
Stuffed toys database left personal data exposed, says security expert
2017-02-28
Internet of Things database containing personal information was indexed by Shodan search engine. The database behind an internet-connected cuddly toy exposed the account information of over 800,000 users, while aRead More →
Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability Found in NextGEN Gallery WordPress Plugin
2017-02-28
The vulnerability can lead to attackers grabbing data from website database or user sensitive information. A new SQL Injection vulnerability was discovered in the NextGen Gallery plugin for WordPress, allowingRead More →
Web Cache Deception Attack
2017-02-28
A few words about caching and reactions Websites often tend to use web cache functionality (for example over a CDN, a load balancer, or simply a reverse proxy). The purposeRead More →
The Necurs botnet is evolving, now includes a DDoS module
2017-02-28
The Necurs botnet is evolving and recently the experts at BitSight’s Anubis Labs discovered that it was improved to launch DDoS attacks. The Necurs botnet continues to evolve and recentlyRead More →
DNS attacks: How they try to direct you to fake pages
2017-02-27
DNS servers are essential to the normal functioning of the internet as we know and love it, but they tend to go unnoticed by most users. At least, that is, until someRead More →
Stolen EHR data is flooding criminal underground communities in the Deep Web
2017-02-27
EHR data are precious commodities in the cyber criminal underground because of the lack of cyber security of healthcare industry. Electronic health record databases are becoming the most precious commoditiesRead More →
Google Sends E2EMail Encrypted Email Code into Open Source
2017-02-27
Google wants everyone to be able to easily encrypt data. Google has always been good about sharing the wealth of information it has, including when it comes to donating itRead More →
New RaaS Portal Preparing to Spread Unlock26 Ransomware
2017-02-27
A new b -as-a-Service (RaaS) portal named Dot-Ransomware is behind the Unlock26 ransomware discovered this past week. First spotted two days ago, this ransomware operation is quite unique as itRead More →
Roberts Hawaii tour company hacked, credit card and personal info exposed
2017-02-27
The tour company Roberts Hawaii is warning its customers about a security breach that may affect people who purchased tours and other services on its website. Did you visit theRead More →
Vulnerability Deep Dive – Ichitaro Office Excel File Code Execution Vulnerability
2017-02-25
Vulnerabilities in word processing and office productivity suites are useful targets for exploitation by threat actors. Users frequently encounter file types used by these software suites in their day toRead More →
Database Ransom Attacks Have Now Hit MySQL Servers
2017-02-25
After the ransacking of MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Hadoop, and CouchDB servers, attackers are now hijacking hundreds of MySQL databases, deleting their content, and leaving a ransom note behind asking for aRead More →
iPhone Robbers Try to iPhish Victims
2017-02-25
In another strange tale from the kinetic-attack-meets-cyberattack department, earlier this week I heard from a loyal reader in Brazil whose wife was recently mugged by three robbers who nabbed her iPhone.Read More →
Google Goes Public with Unpatched Microsoft Edge and IE Vulnerability
2017-02-25
Google has gone public with details of a second unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft products, this time in Edge and Internet Explorer, after last week they’ve published details about a bugRead More →
Gmail accounts lockout the users. Glitch or hack, it’s a mystery
2017-02-25
A huge number of Gmail accounts lockout their users and forced them to log in again. What has happened? Is it the result of a massive cyber attack? A hugeRead More →
Android ransomware requires victim to speak unlock code
2017-02-24
Latest Android.Lockdroid.E variant uses speech recognition instead of typing for unlock code input. Being a good listener is normally considered an admirable quality in a person; however, it isn’t aRead More →
