Ransomware in its various forms continues to make headlines as much for high-profile network disruptions as for the ubiquity of attacks among consumers. We recently noted the non-linear growth ofRead More →
Short Bytes: More and more things are getting connected to the internet. Apart from its advantages, it also raises a concern regarding these things becoming prone to hackers. A DARPA-ledRead More →
Internet relay chat (IRC) is a fundamentally primitive technology, a precursor to social networks, and, especially, chat services like Slack and Hipchat. Slack, in particular, has been quietly decimating IRCRead More →
ARMENIAN HACKERS LEAKED PERSONAL DETAILS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND ALSO DEFACED EMBASSY SITES TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE. Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) have leaked a trove ofRead More →
According to the popular cyber security experts an unknown nation state actor may be running tests for taking down the entire internet infrastructure. What happens if someone shuts down the Internet?Read More →
Kaspersky Lab presented an investigation on the future of ATM Biometric Skimmers and how cybercriminals could exploit them. A recent investigation by Kaspersky Labs reports that a number of undergroundRead More →
IoT malware and IoT botnets are becoming a real problem. Malware targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices is becoming more and more prevalent, with new families discovered every month, allRead More →
Short Bytes: Not even a month has passed since the release of the Apple iPhone 7 and the iOS 10. And, a 19-year-old hacker, known as qwertyoruiop, has managed toRead More →
Why is it critical to stop ransomware at the gateway layer? Because email is the top entry point used by prevalent ransomware families. Based on our analysis, 71% of known ransomware familiesRead More →
Ian Mellul used Gmail (exposed in Adobe breach) to plan travel for First Lady, Biden.On September 21, a dump of an e-mail account belonging to a White House contractor wasRead More →
A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory that one of its operatives carelessly left them available onRead More →
Researchers have found a new strain of document-based macro malware that evades discovery by lying dormant when it detects a security researcher’s test environment. The malware, according to researcher CalebRead More →
Short Bytes: A recent study has suggested that people are inclined towards popping any random USB stick into their computers without a second thought. Interestingly, the Aussie hackers are exploitingRead More →
Following an investigation by Pen Test Partners, British Telecom (BT) has released a firmware upgrade for their popular range of Wi-Fi extenders. The investigation uncovered vulnerabilities within the firmware whenRead More →
Supposedly hacked data surfaced on underground website for sale in August. In August, a dealer in stolen data who goes by the online moniker “Peace”—the person or persons who previously soldRead More →
Malware is infesting a growing number of IoT devices, but their owners may be completely unaware of it. Malware targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) has come of age andRead More →
A Check Point report suggests organisations’ security hasn’t kept pace to meet a ninefold rise in malicious software. An exponential rise in malware means employees are at their highest-ever riskRead More →
Last week, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how BackConnect Inc. — a company that defends victims against large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks — admitted to hijacking hundreds of Internet addresses from a EuropeanRead More →
Hacking SQL servers is fun. Early this year, I blogged about hacking SQL servers without a password. I used Ettercap to perform a man-in-the-middle attack between a Microsoft SQL serverRead More →
Terbium Labs’ software can now be used to detect when data belonging to companies is being flogged in the underground. Terbium Labs has announced the release of Dark Web dataRead More →
