Self-Driving Cars Are Hackable
2015-09-07
Jonathan Petit, security researcher at Security Innovation, Inc., has revealed he can easily fool the LiDAR sensors on any self-driving car to slow down or abruptly stop by sending itRead More →
Zero-day vulnerabilities reportedly found in Kaspersky and FireEye security products
2015-09-07
Sounds like it’s going to be a busy few days for R&D and PR departments at least two security companies. This weekend, vulnerability researchers have separately disclosed flaws in productsRead More →
Coder pleads guilty to writing Gozi banking trojan
2015-09-07
A man credited with helping to create the infamous Gozi banking malware has pled guilty in a US court. Deniss Calovskis, 30, of Latvia was arrested November 2012 and spentRead More →
Outdated WordPress Sites Used to Deliver Teslacrypt Ransomware
2015-09-07
Heimdal Security researchers have observed a new ransomware campaign that utilizes the Neutrino exploit kit to deliver Teslacrypt ransomware to victims via websites running older version of the WordPress CMS.Read More →
‘UNSW is drunk’: Facebook page gets hacked on university’s Open Day
2015-09-05
UNSW staff had to scramble to contain an embarrassing outbreak of undergraduate humour, after the university’s Facebook page was hacked on its annual open day. As the university prepared to showcaseRead More →
Chrome becomes a bit less of a memory hog with version 45
2015-09-05
Some new Flash refinements will make it use less battery power, too. While the Chrome browser is extremely popular, it has gained something of a reputation. What hippos are toRead More →
Attackers bundle an old version of TeamViewer to exploit vulnerability
2015-09-05
We’re used to seeing malware that exploits unpatched vulnerabilities in software. But in a new twist attackers are bundling an old version of remote access package TeamViewer with their malwareRead More →
Detecting an asymmetric Curve25519 backdoor in RSA key generation algorithms
2015-09-05
While working on some forthcoming research on cryptographic backdoors i came across an interesting asymmetric backdoor designed to subvert RSA key generation algorithms by Ryan Castellucci. The backdoor is particularlyRead More →
Attacker Compromised Mozilla Bug System, Stole Private Vulnerability Data
2015-09-05
Security experts constantly tell users not to reuse passwords on multiple accounts, but the message often falls on deaf ears. Now, officials at Mozilla are finding that advanced users don’t alwaysRead More →
24 Chinese Android Smartphones Models Come With Pre-Installed Malware
2015-09-04
G DATA security experts published their latest research in which they’ve analyzed top Chinese Android smartphone models and found that a large number of them ship with pre-installed malware andRead More →
Match.com suspends UK advertising after malware warning
2015-09-04
Online daters risk being held to ransom in possible cyber attack on Match.com Match.com has suspended advertising on its UK site whilst investigating amalware issue that put singles looking for loveRead More →
More Adult Themed Android Ransomware
2015-09-04
During the course of our daily malware hunt, we came across a new mobile ransomware variant that leverages pornography to lure victims into downloading and installing it. We’d previously bloggedRead More →
Chrysler Catches Flak for Patching Hack Via Mailed USB
2015-09-04
Six weeks after hackers revealed vulnerabilities in a 2014 Jeep Cherokee that they could use to take over its transmission and brakes, Chrysler has pushed out its patch for thatRead More →
New Android Ransomware Communicates over XMPP
2015-09-04
A new strain of Android ransomware disguised as a video player app uses a means of communication unseen in other similar malware. Most of the victims are in the UnitedRead More →
New Versions of Carbanak Banking Malware Seen Hitting Targets in U.S. and Europe
2015-09-04
New variants of the notorious Carbanak Trojan have surfaced in Europe and the United States, and researchers say that the malware now has its own proprietary communications protocol and the samplesRead More →
Sony Pictures reaches settlement with ex-employees over hacking
2015-09-03
The hack revealed the inner workings of the studio, as well as the personal information of more than 47,000 celebrities, freelancers, and current and former Sony employees. Sony Pictures hasRead More →
Attackers Can Steal Passwords from the Mac Keychain via Email or SMS
2015-09-03
It didn’t even take a day for security researchers to find a serious way of exploiting the mechanism through which user clicks could be faked in Mac OS X. AntoineRead More →
RISK ASSESSMENT / SECURITY & HACKTIVISM Android ransomware uses XMPP chat to call home, claims it’s from NSA
2015-09-03
A new variant of mobile ransomware that encrypts the content of Android smartphones is putting a new spin on both how it communicates with its masters and how it spursRead More →
Netflix Sleepy Puppy Awakens XSS Vulnerabilities in Secondary Applications
2015-09-03
Most automated scanning and security tools that ferret out cross-site scripting vulnerabilities don’t do much analysis beyond the target application. Netflix this week, however, released to open source a toolRead More →
9 baby monitors wide open to hacks that expose users’ most private moments
2015-09-03
Despite its ubiquity, Internet of Things security still isn’t ready for prime time. The security of Internet-connected baby monitors got a failing grade from researchers who found critical vulnerabilities inRead More →
