Court Rules the FBI Does Not Need a Warrant to Hack a Computer
2016-06-24
In one of the many ongoing legal cases surrounding a dark web child pornography site, a judge has written that the FBI did not require a warrant to hack aRead More →
Tracking stolen smartphone is a bad idea, report it to the Police
2016-06-23
Location services could very useful to find lost devices, but do not do anything silly to find your stolen smartphone, it could be very risky. People underestimate the risk relatedRead More →
Why You Should Always Log Out Of Facebook When Watching Porn
2016-06-23
Last year, we wrote about how Broadband could be banning porn in the near future, and last month the petrifying news emerged that watching porn on your phone could haveRead More →
ADVANTECH PATCHES WEBACCESS REMOTE CODE EXECUTION FLAWS
2016-06-23
Advantech has published a new version of its WebAccess product to address vulnerabilities that put installations at risk to remote code execution attacks. Exploiting the vulnerabilities would be a challenge,Read More →
Firm pays $950,000 penalty for using Wi-Fi signals to secretly track phone users
2016-06-23
InMobi ad network, which reaches more than 1 billion devices, settles FTC charges. A mobile advertising company that tracked the locations of hundreds of millions of consumers without consent hasRead More →
Zimbra Ransomware written in Python targets Zimbra Mail Store
2016-06-23
A new ransomware was discovered that is written in Python and targets theZimbra enterprise collaboration software. Reported by one of our visitors, this ransomware targets the Zimbra email message store folder and encryptsRead More →
Hackers hit central banks in Indonesia and South Korea
2016-06-22
The central banks of Indonesia and South Korea have been hit by distributed denial of service attacks on their public websites, with officials linking the timing of the attacks toRead More →
3 Million Strong Botnet Grows Right Under Twitter’s Nose
2016-06-22
There’s something fishy about this botnet. Social media and advertising fraud investigations firm Sadbottrue has discovered a botnet of three million Twitter accounts, along with two smaller botnets of 100,000 botsRead More →
JScript-toting Ransomware Can Steal Your Passwords and Bitcoin Wallets, Too
2016-06-22
In an effort to develop a target base and increase the conversion rate of victims, ransomware perpetrators will try to veer away from well-known families and create new family sportingRead More →
‘GODLESS’ Mobile Malware Uses Multiple Exploits to Root Devices
2016-06-22
We came across a family of mobile malware called Godless (detected as ANDROIDOS_GODLESS.HRX) that has a set of rooting exploits in its pockets. By having multiple exploits to use, GodlessRead More →
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo was hacked
2016-06-21
OurMine, the same group that hacked Mark Zuckberg’s Pinterest and Twitter accounts, seems to be behind it. Even the former CEO of Twitter isn’t protected from the occasional security hack.Read More →
Malware uses Google Talk to make malicious phone calls
2016-06-21
We found a new piece of mobile malware, Android/Trojan.Pawost, that’s using Google Talk to make malicious calls. As soon as the malicious app is opened, a blank Google Talk iconRead More →
Apple Disables Old Flash Player Versions Due to Security Vulnerabilities
2016-06-21
Users are now prompted to update to the latest version. Apple is now blocking older versions of Adobe’s Flash Player because of security vulnerabilities that were patched in the most recentRead More →
Exploiting Recursion in the Linux Kernel
2016-06-21
On June 1st, I reported an arbitrary recursion bug in the Linux kernel that can be triggered by a local user on Ubuntu if the system was installed with homeRead More →
AGGRESSIVE TRIADA, HORDE VARIANTS UP MOBILE MALWARE THREAT
2016-06-21
Two mobile variants of Triada and Horde malware have been spotted in the wild by Check Point Software Technologies researchers who warn the latest samples have adopted dangerous new techniques includingRead More →
Hacker breached the Canadian Quebec Liberal Party’s video conferencing software
2016-06-20
An unnamed hacker hacked the video conferencing software used by the Quebec Liberal Party and shared the news with the media. Politicians are a privileged target of hackers, in manyRead More →
T-Mobile insider steals customer data to make a quick koruna
2016-06-20
The employee tried to cash in by stealing and selling the data of up to 1.5 million Czech customers. T-Mobile’s arm in the Czech Republic has uncovered an employee’s intentionsRead More →
GoToMyPC Remote Desktop Service Under Attack, Resets User Passwords
2016-06-20
Incident seems to be another ATO (account takeover) attack.GoToMyPC decided to reset user passwords after attackers tried to hack into customer accounts over the weekend using what the company callsRead More →
You Acer holes! PC maker leaks payment cards in e-store hack
2016-06-20
Lost info includes names, addresses, numbers and security codes. Acer’s insecure customer database spilled people’s personal information – including full payment card numbers – into hackers’ hands for more than aRead More →
Tor Browser Integrates Tool to Fend Off Deanonymization Exploits
2016-06-20
Selfrando is an alternative to ASLR memory randomization. At the start of June, the Tor Project released version 6.5a1 of the Tor Browser, but compared to previous releases, this one alsoRead More →
