MailChimp accounts hacked to spam out malicious emails
2016-11-24
Let me start with some full disclosure: I pay MailChimp a decent wedge of cash each month to send out newsletters to readers of my personal blog, and I’m quiteRead More →
Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
2016-11-24
CAUTIOUS COMPUTER USERS put a piece of tape over their webcam. Truly paranoid ones worry about their devices’ microphones—some even crack open their computers and phones to disable or removeRead More →
[ TECHNICAL TEARDOWN: EXPLOIT & MALWARE IN .HWP FILES ]
2016-11-23
This article will focus on teaching analysts on analysing malicious JavaScript code within the HWP files and a walkthrough of how we can analyse .HWP files that was used toRead More →
A look at recent Stampado ransomware variant
2016-11-23
Stampado is one of the many new ransomware strains we have seen in 2016. Stampado was first seen in the wild in July 2016, as one of the cheapest piecesRead More →
EXPLOIT CODE RELEASED FOR NTP VULNERABILITY
2016-11-23
A researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol daemon that could crash a server with a single, malformed packet. The Network Time Foundation’sRead More →
The FBI Hacked Over 8,000 Computers In 120 Countries Based on One Warrant
2016-11-23
In January, Motherboard reported on the FBI’s “unprecedented” hacking operation, in which the agency, using a single warrant, deployed malware to over one thousand alleged visitors of a dark webRead More →
Elegant 0-day unicorn underscores “serious concerns” about Linux security
2016-11-23
Scriptless exploit bypasses state-of-the-art protections baked into the OS. Recently released exploit code makes people running fully patched versions of Fedora and other Linux distributions vulnerable to drive-by attacks thatRead More →
A Hacker Took Over Tel Aviv’s Public Wi-Fi Network to Prove That He Could
2016-11-22
Israeli hacker Amihai Neiderman needed three days to hack into Tel Aviv’s free public Wi-Fi. He only worked during the evenings, after he came home from his full-time job asRead More →
A Botnet of IoT Devices Is Behind Many Instagram Fake Profiles
2016-11-22
A botnet of IoT (Internet of Things) devices created with the Linux/Moose malware is behind many bots that are plaguing social networks such as YouTube, Periscope, Twitter, and Instagram, aboveRead More →
Office Depot caught claiming out-of-box PCs showed “symptoms of malware”
2016-11-22
News investigations show office supply chain sold unneeded fixes for $180. Office Depot and its sister retailer OfficeMax have stopped using a technically dubious piece of malware-scanning software after twoRead More →
BLOCKING LOCAL NETWORK HIJACKING ATTACKS
2016-11-22
Adversaries who have compromised one system in a network frequently hijack the network traffic of other systems on the same subnet to intercept passwords, infect software downloads and updates, spyRead More →
Security Firm Detects 57M Attempts to Exploit 2-Year-Old Router Firmware Backdoor
2016-11-22
The case of the Netis router firmware backdoor shows you that even if a company puts out a patch to resolve security issues, the problem lingers on for years, asRead More →
Human Rights Foundation Website Hacked, Thousands of Accounts Exposed
2016-11-21
SQL injection exposes nearly 20,000 usernames and passwords. The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation website was hacked a few minutes ago by Kapustkiy and CyberZeist, who managed to get access toRead More →
Watch out, Locky ransomware spread via SVG images on Facebook Messenger
2016-11-21
Researchers have discovered a new hacking campaign leveraging on Facebook Messenger to spread the Locky ransomware via SVG images. The Locky Ransomware is spread via a downloader, experts noticed that it isRead More →
Hackers Program Bank ATMs to Spew Cash
2016-11-21
After crimes in Taiwan and Thailand, the FBI warns of similar potential attacks in U.S. Cybercriminals who once earned millions by breaking into individual online bank accounts are now targetingRead More →
Microsoft Xbox, PlayStation, Other Popular Twitter Accounts Hacked
2016-11-21
Several high-profile Twitter accounts got hacked last night to start posting links to services that are supposed to help users get free followers. The hacked accounts included @PlayStation, Microsoft’s @XboxSupport,Read More →
Malware attack starts with a fake ccall
2016-11-19
The hackers call hotels, then send email attachments that look like customer information Hotel and restaurant chains, beware. A notorious cybercriminal gang is tricking businesses into installing malware by callingRead More →
How the Mirai botnet hacks a security camera in a few seconds
2016-11-19
The popular security expert Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security, has explained how the Mirai botnet could hack a security camera in a few seconds. The recent string of attacksRead More →
Kapustkiy breached an Italian Government website, exposing 9,000 of 45,000 records
2016-11-19
Hacker Kapustkiy breached into an Italian Government website (Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica) exposing 9,000 users of 45,000. A few days ago I was contacted by a young hacker that breachedRead More →
Powerful backdoor/rootkit found preinstalled on 3 million Android phones
2016-11-19
Firmware that actively tries to hide itself allows attackers to install apps as root. Almost three million Android phones, many of them used by people in the US, are vulnerableRead More →
