Malware authors have made around $86,400, so far. A malware variant named Mal/Miner-C (also known as PhotoMiner) is infecting Internet-exposed Seagate Central Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and using them toRead More →
The manufacturer USBKill.com has commercialized USB Kill 2.0, a USB dongle that is able to fry any computer through the USB ports. The Hong Kong-based technology manufacturer USBKill.com has createdRead More →
Authorities have arrested five suspected members in total. The FBI has arrested and charged two members of CWA (Crackas With Attitude) hacking squad, making them the fourth and fifth members thatRead More →
Triple whammy of bugs in popular open-source platform. Analysis The Xen project has today patched four security bugs in its open-source hypervisor – three potentially allowing guest virtual machines to takeRead More →
Movie and TV watchers who download pirated content have long been warned of the potential for malware that might accompany their chosen media. Now use is again being made ofRead More →
It is being reported that a widely followed porn website Brazzers has been hacked by cyber criminals and over 800,000 email IDs and passwords currently stand exposed and vulnerable toRead More →
Hacking video demo shows government spyware in action.Have you ever wondered how does a government-sanctioned hacking actually work? Well, unless you are employed in a police department, or are aRead More →
In a nutshell Backdoor.OSX.Mokes.a is the most recently discovered OS X variant of a cross-platform backdoor which is able to operate on all major operating systems (Windows,Linux,OS X). Please seeRead More →
The Dridex banking trojan might be involved in fewer attack campaigns, but its developers are still outfitting it with some new functionalities, including the ability to target crypto-currency wallets. NicholasRead More →
Google ports some Android security features to Chrome OS. Google is boosting the security of its Chromebooks with new features inspired by Android devices, such as a fingerprint scanner and aRead More →
Google released a bunch of Android patches today, covering off some previously-disclosed issues including the worrying Quadrooter bugs that affected 900 million phones. But another, previously-unknown critical weakness has been covered tooRead More →
First off, this is dead simple and shouldn’t work, but it does. Also, there is no possible way that I’m the first one that has identified this, but here itRead More →
According to security researcher Timothy Davies, a new version of the Locky Ransomware, aka Zepto, has been circulating since around the September 5th 2016 that includes an embedded RSA key. This key allows LockyRead More →
A mobile banking trojan called Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Gugi.c, or “Gugi” for short, found no problem bypassing a couple of the security measures introduced in Android 6. The name of the game isRead More →
LuaBot is the latest addition to the Linux malware scene. A trojan coded in Lua is targeting Linux platforms with the goal of adding them to a global botnet, security researcherRead More →
Even during August’s holiday season, if you type ‘hacktivists’ in Google News – just for the last week you will get more than 300 news reports mentioning attacks conducted byfamousRead More →
Two security experts from the Rapid 7 firm revealed that tens of thousands of CISCO ASA boxes are still vulnerable to the NSA EXTRABACON exploit. A few weeks ago theRead More →
Rambler.ru, Russia’s Yahoo, suffered a data breach in 2012. Rambler.ru, a website nicknamed Russia’s Yahoo, suffered a data breach in 2012 at the hands of unknown hackers, who managed to stealRead More →
A new ransomware that pretends to be from a fake organization called the Central Security Treatment Organization has been discovered by security researcher MalwareHunterTeam. When the Central Security Treatment Organization, or Cry,Read More →
Just recently I stumbled upon an Android app that lets you receive free products in various pubs, restaurants or cafes in exchange for points accumulated with previous purchases. When theRead More →
