Short Bytes: History of hacking always fascinates us as it tells us about the best hackers from the earlier times. But is not interesting to know that what they didRead More →
What’s driving the surge in hidden services—is it government tampering? In recent weeks, the number of “hidden services”—usually Web servers and other Internet services accessible by a “.onion” address on theRead More →
Last summer we shared a story about the SweetCaptcha WordPress plugin injecting ads and causing malvertising problems for websites that leveraged the plugin. When this plugin was removed from the officialRead More →
Researchers at threat defense company Skycure have uncovered an Android proof of concept malware that uses accessibility services to allow attackers to spy on and even control a device. ItRead More →
This post was written by Marek Vavruša and Jaime Cochran, who found out they were both independently working on the same glibc vulnerability attack vectors at 3am last Tuesday. ARead More →
Kaspersky considers Triada a top Android threat. In the past month, mobile security companies have come across new Android trojans that rival, in terms of sophistication, many desktop viruses. The listRead More →
Cerber ransomware distributed as a Raas service. The latest addition to the ransomware spectrum is a new threat called Cerber that encrypts users files, and then provides a TTS (text-to-speech) featureRead More →
Researcher-devised exploit threatens Bitcoin wallets and other high-value assets. Researchers have devised an attack on Android and iOS devices that successfully steals cryptographic keys used to protect Bitcoin wallets, Apple PayRead More →
A group of researchers that analyzed security of a number of smart watches discovered a $17 smartwatch is sold with a backdoor in the pairing app. Be careful of cheap smartwatchRead More →
Sea pirates hire hacker to break into shipping company’s CMS. A curious case reported by Verizon’s RISK Team shows that even those lowly sea pirates chasing after cargo ships with oldRead More →
