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 →
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 →
Security experts are warning PC users of scareware computer utilities published by the French firm Tuto4PC that secretly bundle adware and spyware. Cisco’s Talos security research team said several of the company’sRead More →
A security researcher named Casey Smith published an article last week where he detailed how the Windows Regsvr32.exe command could be used to bypass AppLocker restrictions. In this article he described a notRead More →
Microsoft Windows has hidden an Easter Egg since Windows Vista. It allows users to create a specially named folder that acts as a shortcut to Windows settings and special folders,Read More →
How does the U.S. government beat Tor, the anonymity software used by millions of people around the world? By hiring someone with experience on the inside. A former Tor ProjectRead More →
A group cyber criminals created Ran$umBin, A Dark web service which operates the one-stop shop for monetizing ransomware. These days Ransomware are quite common and it is widespread and heavilyRead More →
These days cyber attacks occur not only in large companies but also in small businesses in countries like Mexico, Brazil, United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina, UAE, India etc accordingRead More →
Flaw allowed anyone to edit & take control over .as domains. A British security researcher that goes online only by the name of InfoSec Guy revealed today that American Samoa domainRead More →
Hackers leak 1.4GB database of information after breaching Qatar National Bank.A group of unknown hackers have claimed to have hacked into the servers of Qatar National Bank (QNB), based inRead More →
Yesterday, a new ransomware called TrueCrypter was discovered by AVG malware analyst Jakub Kroustek. This ransomware encrypts your data using AES-256 encryption and then demands either .2 bitcoins or $115 USD inRead More →
Recently we observed an Android malware family being used to attack users in Russia. The malware samples were mainly distributed through a series of malicious subdomains registered under a legitimateRead More →
Unknown group attacked South East Asian targets, sometimes for years at a time. Microsoft’s Windows Defender Advanced Threat Hunting team works to track down and identify hacking groups that perpetrate attacks. TheRead More →
Last week Kafeine posted an analysis of a new ransomware called CryptXXX on the Proofpoint blog. Based on their analysis they determined that CryptXXX is affiliated with the developers of theRead More →
A list containing hundreds of Spotify account credentials – including emails, usernames, passwords, account type and other details – has popped up on the website Pastebin, in what appears to beRead More →
Facebook vulnerability breaks down the convenience of social login authentication. Insufficient security validation allows attackers to impersonate Internet users and gain password-less access to any of their online accounts. SocialRead More →
BeautifulPeople.comLeaks Very Private Data of 1.1 Million ‘Elite’ Daters. This is a shame hack, a website called site BeautifulPeople.com which only accepts those people who are fair and beautiful was hacked by unknownRead More →
This is a hardware True Random Number Generator that attaches via USB. Version 0.3 This one uses the better noise source coupled with an op amp that provides 2MHz ofRead More →
Hostile JavaScript delivered through ads installs ransomware on older Android phones. An ongoing drive-by attack is forcing ransomware onto Android smartphones by exploiting critical vulnerabilities in older versions of Google’s mobileRead More →
Windows comes with a tool called the Windows Management Instrumentation, or WMI, that can be used by system administrators to receive information and notifications from Windows. Using WMI, an administratorRead More →
