In short order, the newest version of Cryptowall has begun showing up in exploit kits. The SANS Internet Storm Center said on Tuesday that an attacker working off domains belongingRead More →
A PoC shows the future dangers for smart TV sets.Many cyber-security vendors view ransomware as 2016’s biggest threat, and to help drive this point home, a Symantec security researcher demonstratedRead More →
Both Amazon and Apple are in the same boat.GNU.org has a category on its website named “Philosophy of the GNU Project” where the Microsoft software is described as malware, alongRead More →
It was last year when a new method of attack on cellular networks was discovered. It requires neither costly radio scanners nor PC powerhouses and is available to virtually anyone.Read More →
A vulnerability reported to United Airlines that could have been exploited to manipulate flight reservations and customer data sat unpatched for almost six months before it was fixed 10 daysRead More →
The trend of using adult-themed Android apps to deliver malware is ramping up, as Zscaler security researchers are warning about two new such threats that have recently appeared on theRead More →
WHEN SAMY KAMKAR lost his American Express card last August and received its replacement in the mail, something about the final digits on the new card set off an alertRead More →
A previously undetectable remote administration tool has been uncovered, dubbed “GlassRAT” The zero-detection Trojan appears to have operated stealthily for three years, according to RSA, and evidence suggests it isRead More →
We are seeing dozens of WordPress sites compromised recently with the same malicious code redirecting to the Angler exploit kit. The attack involves conditionally embedded large snippets of code at the bottomRead More →
Newly disclosed documents show that the NSA had found a way to continue spying on American citizens’ email traffic from overseas. The NSA continued to spy on the email messagesRead More →
Hidden analytics code tracks everything users do, EVERYTHING Analytics code deeply hidden in popular Google Chrome extensions is being used to track users across the Web, in different browser tabs,Read More →
Root certificate debacle that hit Lenovo now visits the House of Dell. In a move eerily similar to the Superfish debacle that visited Lenovo in February, Dell is shipping computersRead More →
In the wake of the Paris attacks, the vigilante hacker group Anonymous has declared war on so-called Islamic State using the internet and claims to haveshut thousands of Twitter accountsRead More →
ISIS hijacks Kuwait security firm’s OPSEC manual.Yesterday, various Twitter accounts were tweeting about an ISIS OPSEC manual describing the terrorist group’s cyber-security practices. The document, embedded below in a translatedRead More →
PowerView is a PowerShell tool to achieve network information on Windows domains for cyber security services and ethical hacking training professionals. It implements diverse practical meta-functions, including some user-hunting functionsRead More →
Log wipers, timestompers may have helped hackers stay quiet in terabyte raids. Damballa researchers Willis McDonald and Loucif Kharouni say the attackers who flayed Sony Pictures with disk-cleansing malware mayRead More →
We have received a lot of reports about a new ransomware that we are calling CryptInfinite based on the Windows Registry key created by this ransomware. Other sites have also been calling this ransomware DecryptorMaxRead More →
Hacking group remains as focused as one week ago Quite a lot has happened after Anonymous declared cyber-war on ISIS members last weekend, but now, after a week passed fromRead More →
ONLINE AD NETWORKS and search engines love it when you surf around. Everything you do—every page you load, every query you type—helps them build a profile of you, the betterRead More →
VMware has patched an information disclosure vulnerability affecting a number of its products that use Flex BlazeDS. The original vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in August by Matthias Kaiser ofRead More →
