Social engineering employed to distribute ViperRAT malware which uses infected devices to take photos and record audio. Hackers are carrying out surveillance on members of the Israeli military by hackingRead More →
Emsisoft CTO and Malware Researcher Fabian Wosar has stated in the past that he wanted to perform an educational live stream about reversing malware. Today, after GDaata security researcher Karsten Hahn discovered a new ransomwareRead More →
Plus a new, stealthy “anonymous” stick, because that’s what the world really needed. Remember the USB Killer stick that indiscriminately and immediately fries about 95 percent of devices? Well, nowRead More →
Researchers from Boston University, North Carolina State University, and George Mason University have created a new protocol called TumbleBit that they say can anonymize Bitcoin transactions better than any otherRead More →
As I said on my previous article, being a penetration tester makes us feel like a group of traveler. Today, I would like to share a details about yet anotherRead More →
At Context we’re always on the lookout for interesting devices to play with. Sat in a meeting room one day, we noticed that the menus on the conference phone, aRead More →
Islamic State supporters are being targeted with a modified version of the Telegram Android app that contains a version of the OmniRAT remote access toolkit. The app, named plus_gram.apk, isRead More →
The organization is requesting permission to limit disclosures to only the most severe bugs. The Xen Project has requested feedback from the community in thrashing out new disclosure guidelines whichRead More →
Why using a VPN while surfing Internet on Public Wi-Fi can be a lifesaver. Public Wi-Fi has become a lifeline for people on the go or professionals that travel forRead More →
JavaScript Web Service Proxies are an alternative to WSDL (Web Services Description Language) files for interacting with WCF Web Services. The proxy files function as a description of the webRead More →
There’s a disturbing possibility that the Mexican government, the soda industry, or some combination of both used spyware to harass health advocates who support Mexico’s soft-drink tax. According to aRead More →
Watering hole attacks attempt to infect more than 100 organizations in 31 different countries. Organizations in 31 countries have been targeted in a new wave of attacks which has beenRead More →
Dutch malware experts have found a new malware strain that targets online shops running on the Magento platform, which can self-heal using code hidden in the website’s database. While thisRead More →
Amster-damn, that’s a hell of a vulnerability to make browser bug exploitation easier. Researchers in Europe have developed a way to exploit a common computer processor feature to bypass aRead More →
Xagent for Macs steals passwords, grabs screenshots, and exfiltrates iPhone backups. APT28, the Russian hacking group tied to last year’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, has long been knownRead More →
Android users have been exposed to a new malicious app imitating Adobe Flash Player that serves as a potential entrance for many types of dangerous malware. The application, detected byRead More →
A Brazilian man named Wallace Da Paula has discovered a bug in Windows 10 Mobile OS that lets anyone with access to your phone bypass your lockscreen passcode and accessRead More →
The security researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have simulated a ransomware-based attack on PLCs in a water treatment plant. The security researchers at the Georgia Institute of TechnologyRead More →
Chinese router maker TP-Link is wrestling with the disclosure of a handful of vulnerabilities in its C2 and C20i routers. The most severe of the flaws lead to remote codeRead More →
Online tracking gets more accurate and harder to evade. Researchers have recently developed the first reliable technique for websites to track visitors even when they use two or more differentRead More →
