A Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges stemming from his employment with an unlicensed bitcoin exchange that prosecutors say was owned by an Israeli who oversaw a massiveRead More →
Users can expect to share 30 percent of their ill-gotten gains for signing up. A new kind of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) which offers users the chance to tailor their own codeRead More →
Security researchers have discovered a new Android trojan named Skyfin that can infiltrate the local Play Store Android app and download or purchase other apps behind the user’s back. UntilRead More →
The encrypted dark web site aims to help users circumvent government censorship. ProtonMail now has a home on the dark web.The encrypted email provider announced Thursday it will allow itsRead More →
A new ransomware family is targeting Android devices, locking access to the screen, and constantly pestering the user to enter his payment card details. According to Fortinet researcher Kai Lu,Read More →
Short Bytes: On Modern Intel CPUs, the USB 3.0 port can be used to access the hardware debugging interface JTAG via DCI. According to a research duo at Positive Security,Read More →
When cops have a phone to break into, they just might pull a small, laptop-sized device out of a rugged briefcase. After plugging the phone in with a cable, andRead More →
Docker has patched a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2016-9962) that could lead to container escapes, allowing a hacker to affect operations of a host from inside a container. The vulnerability isRead More →
The first Mac malware of 2017 was brought to my attention by an IT admin, who spotted some strange outgoing network traffic from a particular Mac. This led to the discovery ofRead More →
For the past week, unknown groups of cyber-criminals have taken control of and wiped data from CouchDB and Hadoop databases, in some cases asking for a ransom fee to returnRead More →
I want to believe that all of you know about ImageMagick and its Tragick. This issue was found in the end of the April, 2016 and due to many processingRead More →
Dutch developer used built-in backdoors in websites to steal personal information of customers. A 35-year-old unnamed web developer from Leeuwarden, Netherlands has used personal information stolen from customers to openRead More →
In some cases, the hard-coded secrets could allow an attacker to steal or delete data. A security research firm has found hundreds of Android apps that are leaking sensitive secretRead More →
Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam discovered today a new malware family that can infect computers and allow crooks to take control of these PCs using commands sent via an IRC channel. NamedRead More →
An unknown third-party has leaked the source code of the old Opera Presto browser engine on GitHub, and later on Bitbucket, two services for hosting and sharing source code online.Read More →
A security expert discovered a flaw in the Facebook Messenger audio clip recording feature that could be exploited to listen to audio chats. Voice recording is one of the mostRead More →
Data traders are allegedly swapping the details of over one million user accounts belonging to Supercell, the company behind hit mobile games such as Clash of Clans. The user accountsRead More →
Researchers Exploitee.rs discovered a flaw in Samsung SmartCam IP cameras that could be exploited to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung SmartCam IP cameras are affected by a seriousRead More →
Rather than using macros, this malware uses Visual Basic Script to avoid detection. Cybercriminals are targeting a US major financial services provider with malicious emails containing the tools required toRead More →
Alarmed by allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential race, French authorities have warned political parties against the threat of cyber attacks as the country prepares to electRead More →
