FBI Announcement: Paying The Ransom is a Bad Idea
2016-05-04
Hey Folks! So late last year a quote was going around about a comment for the Special Agent in charge of the Cyber Intelligence program for a Boston branch ofRead More →
ImageTragick Exploit Used in Attacks to Compromise Sites via ImageMagick 0-Day
2016-05-04
imageMagick project hopes to publish a patch today. Two Russian security researchers revealed a few hours ago a vulnerability in the ImageMagick image processing library deployed with countless Web servers, aRead More →
Hacker who stole from banks ordered to pay $7 million
2016-05-03
A hacker whose creation stole bank account details from over a million computers across the globe has been ordered to pay $6.9 million. Nikita Kuzmin from Russia is one ofRead More →
WhatsApp blocked for more than 100 million users due to a Judge’s order
2016-05-03
A Brazilian judge ordered to block access to the WhatsApp messaging service for 72 hours, it is the second time in five months. Brazilian authorities ordered ISPs to block WhatsApp today inRead More →
Australian computer scientist claims he is Satoshi Nakamoto who created bitcoins
2016-05-03
Australian computer scientist claims he is the elusive Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The hunt for creator of world’s most popular cryptocurrency, the Bitcoin seems to have finally come to an end.Read More →
Michigan Senate Bills Would Give Car Hackers Life In Prison
2016-05-03
The FBI sent out a PSA just over a month ago warning us all about the risks of car hacking, but drivers in Michigan may not have to worry aboutRead More →
A flaw in the PwnedList service exposed millions of credentials
2016-05-03
A serious expert discovered a flaw in PwnedList service that could have been exploited to access millions of account credentials managed by the service. A serious vulnerability found in theRead More →
Valve Fixes Steam Crypto Bug That Exposed Passwords in Plaintext
2016-05-03
19-year-old college student fixes Steam’s crypto. Valve has updated the Steam gaming client to fix a severe security issue in the application’s crypto package. Under certain conditions, this issue would haveRead More →
Flaws in Samsung’s ‘Smart’ Home Let Hackers Unlock Doors and Set Off Fire Alarms
2016-05-02
A SMOKE DETECTOR that sends you a text alert when your house is on fire seems like a good idea. An internet-connected door lock with a PIN that can beRead More →
Decrypted: Alpha Ransomware accepts iTunes Gift Cards as Payment
2016-05-02
A new ransomware called Alpha Ransomware was discovered and analyzed this week by Katja Hahn, S!Ri, MalwareHunterTeam, and Michael Gillespie. This ransomware encrypts your data with AES-256 encryption and then demands $400 USDRead More →
Government role in cyber security for protecting private sector companies
2016-05-02
Cyber security refers to the set of solutions, services and trainings that can be implement by a company or an organization for cyber defense against cyber attacks. According to theRead More →
Canadian Gold-Mining firm Goldcorp hacked
2016-05-02
Canadian Gold-Mining Company Goldcorp suffered a major data breach, 14.8 GB Data Stolen, the hackers plan to release more data dumps soon. The Canadian gold-mining firm Goldcorp suffered a major data breach,Read More →
Garage4hackers Webcast – Bypass Modern WAF’s Exemplified at XSS
2016-05-02
Watch now and learn to Bypass Modern WAF’s Exemplified at XSS in another Series of Garage4hackers Ranchoddas Webcast. Garage4hackers presents Ranchoddas Webcast Series on Bypassing Modern WAF’s Exemplified At XSSRead More →
Now FBI Can Hack Any Computer In The World With Just One Warrant
2016-04-30
Short Bytes: FBI has now got the power to hack any computer in the world with the help of a warrant from a U.S. judge. This new ruling was recently madeRead More →
A Dramatic Rise in ATM Skimming Attacks
2016-04-30
Skimming attacks on ATMs increased at an alarming rate last year for both American and European banks and their customers, according to recent stats collected by fraud trackers. The trend appearsRead More →
BWL Electric and Water Utility shut down by ransomware
2016-04-30
The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) utility has had to shut down systems, phone lines in response to a ransomware-based attack. The Lansing Board of Water & LightRead More →
Crooks Deliver Android Malware via Fake Google Chrome Updates
2016-04-30
Our research team has recently seen a large amount of activity in our cloud related to an Android infostealer disguised as a Google Chrome update. This malware is capable ofRead More →
Tick cyberespionage group zeros in on Japan
2016-04-30
Compromised websites and spear-phishing emails used to infect targets with Daserf Trojan. A longstanding cyberespionage campaign has been targeting mainly Japanese organizations with its own custom-developed malware (Backdoor.Daserf). The group, known to SymantecRead More →
Ransomware Explosion Continues: CryptFlle2, BrLock and MM Locker Discovered
2016-04-29
Ransomware makes headlines when hospitals are taken offline or police departments pay cybercriminals to decrypt their files. Established threat actors have also begun distributing ransomware in high volumes (as withRead More →
Toy Maker Maisto Unwittingly Serves Up CryptXXX Ransomware
2016-04-29
The website of popular American brand Maisto, known for miniature and radio-controlled toy vehicles, was caught pushing the Angler exploit kit eventually leading to ransomware infections. According to website security company Sucuri, maisto[.]comRead More →
