Microsoft squashes offline logic flaw that makes lost laptops dynamite. Blackhat Europe Synopsys security boffin Ian Haken says un-patched PCs in enterprises are at risk of having user accounts poppedRead More →
Expect a new ransomware version in the coming weeks.The Linux.Encoder.1 ransomware, a special strand that has a taste for Web hosting and source code repositories, has managed to spread toRead More →
VXers stuff evidence-purging malware in retailer stockings. Threat researchers are warning of two pieces of point of sales malware that have gone largely undetected during years of retail wrecking andRead More →
Attackers could have had full control over DT’s Web server. Independent Egyptian security researcher Ebrahim Hegazy has found another vulnerability, and this one affected the Web servers of Deutsche Telekom, Germany’sRead More →
Crafted image crashes apps, server processes. This will not be fun: the graphics processing library libpng has a vulnerability and needs to be patched. The problem for that is thatRead More →
It didn’t take long for Anonymous members to rally and swear payback for the recent ISIS terror attacks that took place in Paris, France, on Friday, November 13, 2015. HavingRead More →
Hackers leak data of over 7,000 officers. Hackers who declined to name themselves hacked the servers of the Brazilian Army, and later leaked the personal details of around 7,000 officers. TheRead More →
Distributed via Word files and the Angler EK. Cyber-crooks are diversifying their activities by including as many threats as possible inside their malware-delivery campaigns. One such example is a campaign detectedRead More →
CSI: Cyber is known more for absurd drama than technical coherence, but it’s a big deal that hacking’s become so visible that it’s the plot point of a network TVRead More →
Point of sale malware has gotten more sophisticated as we inch closer to the two-year anniversary of the Target data breach. Now, two weeks from the biggest shopping day ofRead More →
Don’t hang up on your call just yet but some Samsung Galaxy Phones — the S6, S6 Edge and Note 4, in particular — have a demonstrated vulnerability that connectsRead More →
Vulnerabilities in SAP and Oracle products expose companies to crippling attacks, oil market fraud or equipment sabotage. A talk delivered at the Black Hat Europe 2015 security conference in Amsterdam showsRead More →
Avast confirms the recent Vizio Smart TV snooping scandal Security researchers at Avast have hacked a Vizio smart TV and gained access to the WiFi network the device connects to,Read More →
Google’s Chrome staff got in contact with the security researcher and has already started working on a fix A Chinese security researcher has found a security vulnerability in Google’s ChromeRead More →
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE indicted four men on charges that they hacked into multiple financial institutions and operated a stock-pumping scheme and online gambling operations that netted them more than 100Read More →
More than a year ago, the Tor Project patched its software against a vulnerability being exploited by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, it said, for the purpose of de-anonymizing usersRead More →
One of the Internet’s oldest and crudest attacks experiences a resurgence. A number of sites have been hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks over the past week. Strong enough to knockRead More →
Recently, researchers from the Cheetah Mobile Security Lab have found a dangerous Trojan, dubbed Cloudsota, pre-installed on certain Android tablets. Tablets infected with this Trojan are still on the shelvesRead More →
Soccer, or rather football aficionados in the UK may have had their computers infected whilst browsing the Premier League’s official fantasy website fantasy.premierleague.com. A malicious advert displayed on the sportsRead More →
Recently, while researching attacks on targets in Thailand, Unit 42 discovered a tool that initially appeared to be a variant of the well-known PlugX RAT based on similar observed behaviorRead More →
