The telecommunications industry keeps the world connected. Telecoms providers build, operate and manage the complex network infrastructures used for voice and data transmission – and they communicate and store vastRead More →
More than 800,000 usernames and email addresses were taken, but most of the passwords aren’t readable or easily crackable. The company later confirmed. A hacker has stolen hundreds of thousandsRead More →
Obihai Technology recently patched vulnerabilities in its ObiPhone IP phones that could have led to memory corruption, buffer overflow, and denial of service conditions, among other outcomes. The California-based company manufacturesRead More →
A new ransomware called Alma Locker has been discovered by Proofpoint researcher Darien Huss that encrypts a victim’s data and then demands a ransom of 1 bitcoin within five days. There has been aRead More →
This week we’ve detected an unsophisticated piece of malware targeting mobile subscribers in North America. The malware termed a RAT (remote access tool) is being sent via SMS in theRead More →
Secure payment system Bitcoin has many legitimate uses, but like other technologies, it’s also been beneficial to cybercriminals seeking new ways to extort money. Ransomware is booming. Be it Locky,Read More →
The BHU WiFi uRouter, manufactured and sold in China, looks great – and it contains multiple critical vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated attacker could bypass authentication, access sensitive information stored in itsRead More →
With so much attention focused on the file encrypting-type ransomware it’s easy to forget the simpler variety, which pops up when your PC boots and won’t allow access to yourRead More →
DNSSEC is the best tool to protect against DNS hijacking and DNS cache poisoning but can be hijacked for DDoS attacks. Network security firm Neustar says that around 80 percentRead More →
Crooks are always creating new ways to improve the malware they use to target bank accounts, and now Brazilian bad guys have made an important addition to their arsenal: theRead More →
