Now FBI Can Hack Any Computer In The World With Just One Warrant
2016-04-30
Short Bytes: FBI has now got the power to hack any computer in the world with the help of a warrant from a U.S. judge. This new ruling was recently madeRead More →
A Dramatic Rise in ATM Skimming Attacks
2016-04-30
Skimming attacks on ATMs increased at an alarming rate last year for both American and European banks and their customers, according to recent stats collected by fraud trackers. The trend appearsRead More →
BWL Electric and Water Utility shut down by ransomware
2016-04-30
The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) utility has had to shut down systems, phone lines in response to a ransomware-based attack. The Lansing Board of Water & LightRead More →
Crooks Deliver Android Malware via Fake Google Chrome Updates
2016-04-30
Our research team has recently seen a large amount of activity in our cloud related to an Android infostealer disguised as a Google Chrome update. This malware is capable ofRead More →
Tick cyberespionage group zeros in on Japan
2016-04-30
Compromised websites and spear-phishing emails used to infect targets with Daserf Trojan. A longstanding cyberespionage campaign has been targeting mainly Japanese organizations with its own custom-developed malware (Backdoor.Daserf). The group, known to SymantecRead More →
Ransomware Explosion Continues: CryptFlle2, BrLock and MM Locker Discovered
2016-04-29
Ransomware makes headlines when hospitals are taken offline or police departments pay cybercriminals to decrypt their files. Established threat actors have also begun distributing ransomware in high volumes (as withRead More →
Toy Maker Maisto Unwittingly Serves Up CryptXXX Ransomware
2016-04-29
The website of popular American brand Maisto, known for miniature and radio-controlled toy vehicles, was caught pushing the Angler exploit kit eventually leading to ransomware infections. According to website security company Sucuri, maisto[.]comRead More →
TUTO4PC UTILITIES SILENTLY INSTALL 12M BACKDOORS, CISCO
2016-04-29
Security experts are warning PC users of scareware computer utilities published by the French firm Tuto4PC that secretly bundle adware and spyware. Cisco’s Talos security research team said several of the company’sRead More →
Regsvr32 can be used to install Ransomware through Jscript Installers
2016-04-29
A security researcher named Casey Smith published an article last week where he detailed how the Windows Regsvr32.exe command could be used to bypass AppLocker restrictions. In this article he described a notRead More →
Malware Takes Advantage of Windows ‘God Mode’
2016-04-29
Microsoft Windows has hidden an Easter Egg since Windows Vista. It allows users to create a specially named folder that acts as a shortcut to Windows settings and special folders,Read More →
