No admin privileges are required to run the attack. Clever hackers can bypass Microsoft’s Windows AppLocker security feature by abusing a hidden trait of the Regsvr32 command-line utility that’s normally usedRead More →
How I Hacked Facebook, and Found Someone’s Backdoor Script(English Version) Foreword As a pentester, I love server-side vulnerabilities more than client-side ones. Why? Because it’s way much cooler to takeRead More →
The authors of the TeslaCrypt ransomware have improved it by implementing new sophisticated evasion techniques and targeting new file types. The authors of the TeslaCrypt ransomware have introduced a couple ofRead More →
Russian developer known online as ‘Gribodemon’ and ‘Harderman’ gets nine years in US jail, while malware vendor ‘Bx1’ receives 15 years in billion-dollar case. The Russian creator of a computerRead More →
Compromised websites remain one of the surefire ways to redirect innocent visitors to exploit kits. During the past few days we’ve started seeing an unusual route to the infamous Angler EK,Read More →
Ransomware has become the scourge of the web in recent months. Hospitals thrust back into the non-digital age, their files locked up until they paid hefty ransoms in Bitcoin. SchoolsRead More →
Approach relies on already installed code, including widely used glibc library. New research into the “Rowhammer” bug that resides in certain types of DDR memory chips raises a troubling new prospect:Read More →
Google warns that surfing on Google.com is dangerous, here is why!. The world’s top website is partially dangerous for Internet users. We are not saying it but Google itself is claimingRead More →
Following WhatsApp’s move to add end-to-end encryption to its platform, another big messaging company is joining the wave of apps turning on expanded privacy features.Viber — a messaging app with 711 million+ usersRead More →
When it comes to cybersecurity, it would appear that the best offense is a good defense, and by and large we have neither. Following a damning report of the U.S.Read More →
Malware uses clever trick to avoid detection. A new version of the NewPosThings PoS malware is using a clever technique to extract data from infected PoS terminals that almost no securityRead More →
Experts analyzed a dozen attacks that leveraged on malicious RTF documents created using the same Four Element Sword builder. Security experts at Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) have spottedRead More →
Many people come to Null Byte looking to hack Facebook without the requisite skills to do so. Facebook is far from unhackable, but to do so, you will need someRead More →
The Ware Report’s recommendations still important as proven by ransomware and breaches. The National Security Archives at George Washington University has just added a classic text of computer security to itsRead More →
SS7 routing protocol also exposes locations, contacts, and other sensitive data. A US congressman has learned first-hand just how vulnerable cellphones are to eavesdropping and geographic tracking after hackers were ableRead More →
Hackers can track your every call and movement, using just your phone number. Imagine your every move being spied upon by prying cyber criminals using just your telephone number. Is thisRead More →
Trojan spotted for the first time at the start of February. BitPay, one of the top Bitcoin payment processors, has published a public service announcement regarding a new emerging threat namedRead More →
PowerShell scripts seen in around 38% of malware incidents. Microsoft’s PowerShell task automation framework is becoming one of the most popular tools for coding and enhancing malware, a Carbon Black studyRead More →
Sabu aka Hector Xavier Monsegur says he helped Turkish hacker group RedHack gain unauthorised access to servers. Everybody who is linked with the online hacktivist group knows Sabu aka Hector Xavier Monsegur.Read More →
New evidence collected by prosecutors shows lottery machines were rigged to generate predictable numbers on specific days of the year. Last year, the security director of a US lottery was discoveredRead More →
