Monthly Archive: October 2014

CYBER NEWS
Microsoft-Oct-2014

Adware and Browser Modifiers with Changed Detection by Microsoft

As PC users, we are doing everything in the web browsers and this would have been wonderful if the cyber attackers, advertisers and scammers have not been trying to get their code in the browsers that we use. This is…

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CERT Warns About Ebola-Themed Malware Campaigns

CERT Warns About Ebola-Themed Malware Campaigns

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has recently warned users about malware campaigns that use the Ebola virus as a topic. Cyber criminals may use different scam messages containing links that redirect the users to malicious websites that…

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Facebook Increases the Bounties for Ad-Related Flaws

Facebook Increases the Bounties for Ad-Related Flaws

As hackers keep on targeting the online advertising world, which is considered the back of the Internet economy, more and more online brands are facing the need to eliminate the hoax of malvertising. A fresh example for such action is…

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Asprox Botnet Grows Through Spam Emails

Asprox Botnet Grows Through Spam Emails

The creators of Asprox botnet are sending spam emails promising a free Starbucks gift card in order to expand the capacity of the botnet. The main purpose of the spam campaign is to enlarge the botnet, which has been known…

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Wolf of Wall Street Campaign Uses Botnets to Deliver Spam Emails

“Wolf of Wall Street” Campaign Uses Botnets to Deliver Spam Emails

A spam e-mail that aims to increase the stock value of a Canadian penny stock company has been delivered to numerous users last week. As a result of the campaign, the transaction volume increased significantly. The company in question is…

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Zero-Access-Botnet

ZeroAccess Botnet – Is It Dead Yet?

What Is ZeroAccess? The ZeroAccess rootkit is a Trojan infecting Windows operating systems. The malware is also known as max++ or Sirefef and was first detected in the summer of 2011. The ZeroAccess botnet is to this day one of…

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ssl-certificate-attaced

Microsoft SSL 3.0 Certificate Attacked by New POODLE Bug

Google researchers Bodo Möller, Thai Duong & Krzysztof Kotowicz announced yesterday that they have recently discovered Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption, known as POODLE, to be attacking the SSL 3.0 version of the public-encryption key introduced by Microsoft back…

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The-Sandworm-Malware

The Sandworm Malware – How Dangerous Is It?

What Is the Sandworm Malware? The latest malware on the horizon, Sandworm, may have been named after the famous worm-like creature from the 60’s sci-fi classic Dune, but users should keep in mind that it is neither a worm, nor…

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CMS-Plug-ins

75 Million WordPress Websites at Risk

Vulnerabilities are Coming from the CMS Plug-Ins The content management systems are in the focus of the cyber criminals due to the availability of plug-ins, large attack surfaces themes and extensions. The news reports in the last few months revealed…

CYBER NEWS
Kmart-malware-attack

Kmart PoS System Infected by an Unknown Malware

In a statement, published on 10 October this year, Kmart Company President Alasdair James acknowledged that the company has been recently a subject of a hack attack. On 9 October, 2014 Kmart’s IT team discovered their PoS (Point-of-Sale) systems to…

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Microsoft-Oct-2014-updates

Major Security Updates from Microsoft for October 2014

A few days ago 14IE flows have been closed. In September the IT specialists warned that the Aurora Panda/DeputyDog actor has lost its IE 0day for being patched and that as found unusual. In October several other vulnerabilities have been…

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Malicious-ads-YouTube-Kovter-Ransomware

Malicious Ads on YouTube Videos Distribute Ransomware from the Kovter Family

In the last month or so, malware researchers from Trend Micro have been observing malicious ads, a part of which were displayed on YouTube that have redirected over 113 000 users to harmful webpages. Reportedly the cyber crooks have managed…

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dropbox-hacked

Dropbox Hacked… Again?

A new post release by an unknown hacker group in the text sharing Pastebin site today states that they have managed to steal more than 6 million user credentials from the famous share-cloud service Dropbox. The statement also says that…

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GameOverZeus

GameOver Zeus Spotted to Compromise Vogue.com

GameOver Zeus, a botnet designed to infect systems and steal their banking credentials, was detected to have compromised vogue.com, according to URLquery.net, a website for detecting and analysing malware. The Department of Justice and the FBI managed to disrupt the…

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Snapchat-stolen-pictures

100,000+ Snapchat Pictures Leaked into the Web

Cache of about 13 gigabytes of pictures, some of them of nude and underage users, leaked out in the free web on Thursday night. Most of them were posted into the 4Chan imageboard website. The cache came from the photo…

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the-best-smartphone

The Best Smartphone for Oct 2014

The review for the best smartphone for October 2014 will cover six devices. Below will be enumerated all the positive and negative elements in each smartphone model, so that the customers can make an information based choice. APPLE – iPhone…

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TicTacToe-malware

Tic Tac Toe Game with Malware in Disguise

The cyber criminals are getting more and more inventive. They are making different attempts to disguise the malware they have created and present it as useful application. Gomal developers however, went an extra mile when creating the new mobile Trojan.…

HOW TO
How-to-clean-windows-temp-folder

Cleaning the Temp Folder for Windows 8 Users

It is exactly what the name shows – a folder full of files that are only needed temporary on your computer. And as these files are not always erased as soon as they have fulfilled their task, the Temp folder…

CYBER NEWS
PayPal Authentication Process Flaw Makes Blocked Accounts Accessible

PayPal Authentication Process Flaw Makes Blocked Accounts Accessible

A flaw in the filtering process of account restrictions via the mobile API makes blocked accounts accessible without any additional security details requested. The typical security technique for such cases is to block the account and require an answer to…

CYBER NEWS
Microsoft-Adobe-New-Patch-Releases

Microsoft and Adobe – New Patch Releases to Come

New Microsoft Releases Are Coming Out Next Week Next week Microsoft will release a new set of patches ever since dissolving its Trustworthy Computing group in early September this year. Formed in the early 2000s as a response to all…

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