Facebook users in France are subject to a wave of malicious ads, which if clicked, will redirect them to a website hosting a tech support scam. The campaign was firstRead More →
Attackers with physical access are able to attack the firmware on many fully patched computers with DMA – Direct Memory Access. Once code execution is gained in UEFI/EFI Runtime ServicesRead More →
The ShadowBrokers is the hacker crew stolen the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group is offering for sale the stolen NSA Windows Hacking Tools. The ShadowBrokers is the hacker crew that leakedRead More →
Researchers claim that the malware is currently priced at $4,000 and comes with ‘bot killer’ features. Security researchers have uncovered a new malware strain, dubbed Nuke, put up for saleRead More →
Experts at Juniper have discovered that an update for its Juniper SRX firewalls opens a root-level account on the network device. The company started warning its users, every user who issued theRead More →
Mystery malware begins targeting a key disk-wiping defense. There’s a new variant of the Shamoon disk-wiping malware that was originally unleashed on Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company in 2012, andRead More →
A new ransomware family made its presence felt today, named Spora, the Russian word for “spore.” This new ransomware’s most notable features are its solid encryption routine, ability to workRead More →
Cracking The 12+ Character Password Barrier, Literally 12 Characters? Are you serious?! What do I mean by cracking 12 characters passwords and above? I’m simply stating that with modern hardware,Read More →
The Los Angeles Community College District has paid a US$28,000 ransomware after crooks compromised its network. Fortunately, the school retrieved data. A Los Angeles school has paid a US$28,000 ransomwareRead More →
Security researchers from Trustwave and Malwarebytes have come across a new, poorly assembled exploit kit that appears to be the work of a one-man crew. Named Terror EK, this exploitRead More →
The number of hijacked MongoDB servers held for ransom has skyrocketed in the past two days from 10,500 to over 28,200, thanks in large part to the involvement of aRead More →
Recent variants of the “Merry Christmas” ransomware, also known as Merry X-Mas, are also dropping the DiamondFox malware on infected computers, which is used by the ransomware’s operators to collectRead More →
I’ve just about recovered from the sensory overload that is CES to gather my thoughts from what was another fascinating event. This blog, on connected car hacking, is the firstRead More →
Bootmode exploit gave attackers ability to hack modem, eavesdrop on calls. Google has shut down a “high-severity” exploit in its Nexus 6 and 6P phones which gave attackers with USBRead More →
Based on statistical data gathered by Sucuri from 7,937 compromised websites, WordPress, Joomla, and Magento, in this order, continued to be the most hacked CMS platforms in the third quarterRead More →
The “ActionFraud” UK National Fraud & Cyber Crime Reporting Center has issued an alert this week to UK educational institutes, warning against cyber-criminals cold-calling British schools and tricking staffers intoRead More →
ClearSky Security discovered a new campaign conducted by the Iranian OilRig APT leveraging digitally signed malware and fake University of Oxford domains. The OilRig hacker group is an Iran-linked APT that has been aroundRead More →
Executives still looking into the deal, it seems. Verizon is once again unsure whether to complete the takeover of Yahoo or not, after the company recently acknowledged a 2013 hackRead More →
The China-linked DragonOK continues updating tools and tactics and targeted entities in various countries, including Russia and Tibet. It was September 2014, when security researchers at FireEye spotted for the firstRead More →
Zscaler experts have found in the wild a fake version of the Super Mario Run Android App that could install the Android Marcher banking trojan. Bad news for mobile gamers,Read More →
