DMA Locker: New Ransomware, But No Reason To Panic
2016-02-03
DMA Locker is another ransomware that appeared at the beginning of this year. For now it has been observed to be active only on a small scale (source) – butRead More →
Comodo Internet Security Installs New Browser by Force, Disables All Web Security
2016-02-03
The Comodo app also replaces links and hijacks DNS. Developers have exposed the fact that Comodo Internet Security is actually a security threat for anyone using it. It’s using a reallyRead More →
Push To Hack: Reverse engineering an IP camera
2016-02-03
For our most recent IoT adventure, we’ve examined an outdoor cloud security camera which like many devices of its generation a) has an associated mobile app b) is quick toRead More →
Wikileaks’ Julian Assange could be a free man this Friday, Thanks to UN
2016-02-03
Wikileaks founder Julain Assange can be a free man this Friday — His fate depends on the decision from United Nation’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). Julian Assange, Wikileaks founderRead More →
eBay Flaw Lets Attackers Push Malware and Launch Phishing Sites
2016-02-03
JSF**k JavaScript library abused to deliver malware. Security researchers have alerted eBay’s staff about a vulnerability in its online platform that lets attackers launch phishing sites and push malware toRead More →
Email from your photocopier? It could be a malware attack
2016-02-02
Twenty years ago, the first Word macro malware spread across the planet. Embedded inside a Word document, and rather unhelpfully given a kick start by being shipped on a MicrosoftRead More →
Microsoft makes Windows 10 a ‘recommended update’ for Windows 7 and 8.1 users
2016-02-02
Microsoft has been accused of pushing Windows 10 rather aggressively, and the company’s latest move is going to do nothing to silence these accusations. For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1Read More →
NASA hacked by AnonSec that hijacked a $222m Global Hawk drone
2016-02-02
Anonsec group hacked NASA network and released a data dump of data online. The hackers also hijacked a Global Hawk drone. Hackers belonging to the AnonSec group have released online 250GBRead More →
Corrupt Silk Road Investigator Re-Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Flee the US
2016-02-02
JUST WHEN THE Silk Road’s saga of dirty money and double-dealing seemed to be winding down, one of the federal agents who investigated the site has added an audacious footnote:Read More →
Audit shows Department of Homeland Security 6 billion U.S. Dollar firewall not so effective against hackers
2016-02-02
A multi-billion U.S. Dollar firewall run by the Department of Homeland Security meant to detect and prevent nation-state hacks against the government functions ineffectively, according to a sanitized version ofRead More →
JSPatch hot patching technique puts iOS users at risk
2016-02-01
Security experts at FireEye are warning attackers can exploit the JSPatch hot patching technique to serve malicious code and put iOS users at risk. The release of hot patches forRead More →
Are Hackers Keeping a Hidden Stash on Your HP Printer’s Hard Drive?
2016-02-01
Unprotected HP printer HDDs can be abused if not protected. Security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered that HP LaserJet printers may be abused as an anonymous data storage unit by maliciousRead More →
Snowden Leak Proves That NSA And GCHQ Spied On Israeli Drones Using Open Source Tools
2016-02-01
Short Bytes: According to the latest documents provided by Edward Snowden to The Intercept, NSA and GCHQ were involved in surveillance activities pertaining to Israeli and Syrian drones presumed toRead More →
There’s a lot of vulnerable OS X applications out there.
2016-02-01
Lately, I was doing research connected with different updating strategies, and I tested a few applications working under Mac OS X. This short weekend research revealed that we have manyRead More →
Default settings on Apache Web servers can reveal details about Tor traffic
2016-02-01
Default Settings In Apache Servers Can Leak Details about Tor traffic. This has happened the second time in this week. Leaving default setting open after the product has been released canRead More →
WhatsApp To Get End-To-End Encryption And Facebook Integration Soon
2016-01-30
WhatsApp is working on making your chats more secure by introducing end-to-end encryption along with a much deeper Facebook integration. A developer by the name of Javier Santos shared aRead More →
ISIS – The first man charged of cyber terrorism has been extradited to the US
2016-01-30
Malaysia extradited a hacker charged by DoJ with stealing the personal data of US members and passing it to the ISIS. A former computer science student accused of supporting theRead More →
From Linux to Windows – New Family of Cross-Platform Desktop Backdoors Discovered
2016-01-30
Recently we came across a new family of cross-platform backdoors for desktop environments. First we got the Linux variant, and with information extracted from its binary, we were able toRead More →
Certain MediaTek phones contain a dangerous debug backdoor
2016-01-30
MediaTek may not be on the short list of SoC companies whose chips you seek out when buying a new phone, but the company’s latest components have delivered some solidRead More →
HSBC online banking services offline due to a DDoS attack
2016-01-30
The British branch of the HSBC bank has suffered for the second time in a month a cyber attack that brought its services offline. It’s happened again, HSBC customers were notRead More →
