Many people don’t truly understand the extent to which computers control in the modern world. Everything from stoplights at busy intersections to power plants have automated systems, and for goodRead More →
Proofpoint researchers originally discovered the Panda Banker malware in February, 2016 [1]. At the time, it was being distributed via both targeted email campaigns and exploit kits (EKs). The instanceRead More →
Crooks also delivering keyloggers and password stealers. A new trojan called BackDoor.TeamViewerENT.1 is using parts of the legitimate TeamViewer application to allow crooks to spy on infected systems. The concept isRead More →
Multiple other vendors may still be affected. Researcher Jerry Decime has revealed details about a security vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain a Man-in-the-Middle position and intercept HTTPS traffic thanksRead More →
Beijing hopes satellite will create communications system with significant military and commercial applications. China says it has launched the world’s first quantum satellite, a project Beijing hopes will enable itRead More →
New free ransomware project appears online. Hooray!!! Serbian security researcher GrujaRS shared with Softpedia a ransomware project called Shark, freely distributed on the Deep Web, but which appears to be aRead More →
Off-path attack means malicious hackers can be located anywhere on the Internet. An estimated 80 percent of Android phones contain a recently discovered vulnerability that allows attackers to terminate connections and,Read More →
Extraordinary claim gets attention of security experts everywhere. In what security experts say is either a one-of-a-kind breach or an elaborate hoax, an anonymous group has published what it claims areRead More →
A data breach at 20 U.S. hotels operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts for Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental may have divulged payment card data from tens of thousands ofRead More →
Short Bytes: A man named Ivan Kwiatkowski managed to install Locky ransomware on the machine of a person who was pretending to be a tech support executive of a reputedRead More →
iMessage receives several fixes following mammoth research. Apple has added a series of short- and long-term defenses to the iMessage protocol following the private disclosure of several issues discovered by aRead More →
With the popularity of PokemonGo, it was inevitable that a malware developer would create a ransomware that impersonates it. This is the case with a new Hidden-Tear ransomware discovered by Michael Gillespie that impersonates aRead More →
A little-known feature of many modern smartphones is their ability to duplicate video on the device’s screen so that it also shows up on a much larger display — likeRead More →
ANONYMOUS POLAND HACKED WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY AND COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT’S SERVERS’ SERVER AND LEAKED PERSONAL DETAILS FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON! A Twitter account claiming affiliation with Anonymous PolandRead More →
Over the last month and a half, ThreatConnect has authored a number of blog posts pulling at strands of a nebulous Russian spiderweb of malicious infrastructure – one data pointRead More →
Scylex – “the next big thing” in terms of banking trojan. Threat-intel experts from Heimdal Security and the CSIS Security Group have uncovered a new banking trojan called Scylex, currently advertisedRead More →
Corporate cybercrime and information theft has become a very lucrative business for malware developers. Not only does it allow them to steal corporate secrets to sell to the highest bidder, but it canRead More →
“DiskFiltration” siphons data even when computers are disconnected from the Internet. Researchers have devised a new way to siphon data out of an infected computer even when it has been physicallyRead More →
Sławomir Jasek with research firm SecuRing is sounding an alarm over the growing number of Bluetooth devices used for keyless entry and mobile point-of-sales systems that are vulnerable to man-in-the-middleRead More →
The good news? Hacks are limited for now. The bad news? Hackers will get better. Security researchers are eager to poke holes in the chip-embedded credit and debit cards that haveRead More →
