Think of third-party app stores as independent shops in the city where people go to as an alternative to the city mall. The mall practically has everything you need. InRead More →
Breach comes a year after a previous hack compromised 300,000 people. The US Internal Revenue Service was the target of a malware attack that netted electronic tax-return credentials for 101,000 socialRead More →
A password reset flaw allowed hacker to hijack numerous Twitter accounts from their original owners. Twitter followers of @god, @emoji, and @vagina were in for surprise today when their favourite TwitterRead More →
Short Bytes: As a part the latest Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 13 security patches for all version of Windows and other software like Microsoft Office, IE, Flash etc. Out of these,Read More →
Attackers have disguised information-stealing and Bitcoin malware as third-party add-ons and cheats for Blizzard’s online card game. Hearthstone, a free-to-play card game based on World of Warcraft, has been indirectlyRead More →
TENERIFE, SPAIN—THERE ARE many ways we know of to cause a blackout. You could hack industrial equipment to spin a generator out of control. You couldhijack operator machines and remotelyRead More →
Home routers with little to no security are far too common. They’re dangerous from a number of perspectives: as peeping holes for spying on people’s daily web use, for filtering stolen files and forRead More →
Security experts at Kaspersky have spotted in the wild a new variant of AlienSpy RAT Family openly offered with a model of malware-as-a-service. Today we will speak about a caseRead More →
Apps that use 3rd-party updater over insecure HTTP channels subject to MiTM attacks. Camtasia, uTorrent, and a large number of other Mac apps are susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks that installRead More →
Short Bytes: Your desire to master the art of Facebook hacking can harm you in a big way. Recently, a variant of Remtasu malware has been spotted in the wild thatRead More →
Oxford, Miss. (TLV)—Sunday, Feb 7, The Oxford School District was attacked by an “unknown hacker” using “crypto-ransomware.” OSD has shut down all servers and is currently working to resume regularRead More →
Short Bytes: An attack by a hacker has just revealed the sensitive information of about 20,000 FBI employees. Besides this personal contact information of the FBI employees, the hacker alsoRead More →
Steam’s built-in browser runs in a no-sandbox mode. The latest version of the Steam gaming client is employing an outdated Web browser that puts users at risk due to unpatched vulnerabilitiesRead More →
Banking malware is using techniques once reserved for state-sponsored hacking gangs. To appreciate how malware targeting banks and other financial institutions is adopting sophisticated techniques once reserved for state-sponsored spiesRead More →
Tor Project patches critical bug but refuses to acknowledge the bug discovery by a security researcher. Tor Project’s website had a critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which if exploited by a potentialRead More →
A hacker accessed an employee’s email account at the Department of Justice and stole 200GB of files including records of 9,000 DHS staffers and 20,000 FBI employees. Yesterday, the dataRead More →
Oracle patches Java installer against DLL hijacking issue. Oracle has released new Java installers to fix a well-known security issue (CVE-2016-0603) that also affects o plethora of other applications, from WebRead More →
During a recent penetration test, I was performing some packet captures and noticed some unencrypted Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) traffic. The syntax was unmistakable. At first I thought this might beRead More →
New WhatsApp scam deceives users into opening malware sent by ‘friends’. WhatsApp, the world’s largest cross-platform messaging app has allegedly been the target of a new scam, which misleads usersRead More →
T9000 can also steal files from your hard drives. A new backdoor trojan is making the rounds, coming equipped with features that allow it to steal files, take screengrabs, and recordRead More →
