Mirai evolves from the source code of Gafgyt. A new trojan named Mirai has surfaced, and it’s targeting Linux servers and IoT devices, mainly DVRs, running Linux-based firmware, with the purposeRead More →
Not all malware is ransomware, even though ransomware hogs the spotlight these days.Keyloggers are still popular in the cyberunderworld, because they help crooks to steal your passwords. Armed with yourRead More →
Sundown EK fails to improve market share among fellow EKs. The Sundown exploit kit (EK), which has been trying to fill the void left by the death of the Angler andRead More →
Two Hong Hong government departments were targeted by Chinese hackers belonging the APT3 group just before the legislative elections. Security experts from FireEye have discovered a new cyber espionage campaignRead More →
This teenager hacked Sri Lankan President’s website to try to get the exam cancelled. As kids, we have done many things to avoid the exams like feigning stomachache or headache butRead More →
Short Bytes: Adam Laurie is a security researcher who works in the field of RFID technology. He hacks RIFD devices to look for any vulnerability which could be used toRead More →
Google’s Android security team has patched a vulnerability that left Nexus 5X devices open to attack even if the phone’s screen was locked. The vulnerability in Google’s line of phonesRead More →
While Last.fm informed users in 2012, passwords were easily cracked. The contents of a March 2012 breach of the music tracking website Last.fm have surfaced on the Internet, joining a collectionRead More →
Crooks use a botnet of CCTV cameras, one of home routers, and one made up by compromised web server. An unnamed website has been at the end of a ferociousRead More →
Donald Austin is the main suspect behind the kernel.org security breach that took place in the summer of 2011.Donald Ryan Austin, 27, of El Portal, Florida, was charged yesterday withRead More →
