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A new report by Kaspersky Lab has revealed the most common type of spam messages that were being delivered in the wild in 2017. Apparently, the share of spam in mail traffic decreased to 56.63 percent, which is 1.68 percent…
The number of vulnerabilities in Microsoft products has been growing steadily during the last five years, a new Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report by Avecto reveals. More specifically, in 2013, 325 vulnerabilities were discovered and reported, and currently their number is 685.…
As of January, 2018, Skype has been used by approximately 300 million users, according to statistics by Statista. Even though Skype is not the most popular and widely used messenger, its user base still is quite big. So any news…
Malicious actors are constantly coming up with new ways of exploiting the various cryptocurrencies available to users. Kaspersky Lab researchers just reported a zero-day flaw discovered in the Telegram Desktop app that could be used as an intermediary for hackers…
Google just announced that any web page lacking a security certificate (HTTPS) and being served over HTTP is going to be marked as unsecure by the Chrome browser. The change is expected to take place in July this year. HTTP…
During the past couple of years, ransomware was preferably targeting medical institutions and hospitals. Multiple health organizations were hit and were left with no choice but to pay the demanded ransom. With the shift of malicious trends to cryptocurrency miners,…
Multiple reports have been issued regarding newly emerged online scams that are currently infecting users. These scams are relying on the names of well-known companies like Amazon and DHL to trick users into interacting with them. The scams are usually…
2017 was one of the worst years for cybersecurity experts, with the increasing number of hack attacks and various data breaches. More specifically, researchers were able to estimate that there were 5,207 breaches reported last year, a new report by…
A new Android miner malware has been uncovered – ADB.Miner. The miner is wormable and is designed to scan a wide range of IP addresses to locate vulnerable devices. The miner was discovered by researchers at Netlab security firm. Related…
A new cryptocurrency miner delivered through MacUpdate has been uncovered by security researchers. The malware which was discovered by SentinelOne researcher Arnaud Abbati has been dubbed OSX.CreativeUpdate. The miner can reside in the background of the system and use its…
Adobe Flash Player has been long targeted by hackers. Plenty of vulnerabilities have been uncovered during the years, and plenty of attacks based on Adobe flaws have been crafted. This year also starts off with a critical vulnerability that was…
A new botnet carrying out large-scale attacks has been discovered by security researchers. The botnet is dubbed DDG and is proclaimed the second biggest mining botnet ever. Its targets are the Redis and OrientDB servers. DDG.Mining.Botnet Attacks Description A couple…
According to statistics provided by Andrew Ahn, Product Manager at Google, the company removed over 700,000 Android app from the Play Store last year. In 2017, the Google team took down more than 700,000 apps that violated the Google Play…
The infamous Dridex banking Trojan has now shifted towards ransomware in its FriedEx (also known as BitPaymer) variant. Image Source: ESET Related Story: Dridex Spread via Compromised OneDrive for Business Accounts “Dridex has been a nightmare for computer users, companies…
Stealing from Ransomware Operators and Ransomware Victims? Mission Possible, Says Onion.to Tor-to-web Proxy Service Security researchers at Proofpoint have reported that the operators of a Tor proxy service were detected replacing Bitcoin addresses on ransomware payment websites. This means that…
At least 2,000 WordPress websites have been compromised by a piece of malware designed to act like a cryptocurrency miner and a keystroke logger. The malware leverages the name of Cloudfare and was discovered several months ago by Sucuri researchers.…
The world’s biggest cryptocurrency theft (for now) is already a fact. Coincheck, the leading Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in Asia as advertised on their website, has lost $530 million worth of cryptos. The theft has already caused a lot of…
Chrome 64 for Windows, Mac and Linux has just been made available by Google. The latest version of the browser features a more powerful pop-up blocker, 53 security fixes, and further mitigations against the Spectre flaw. At the end of…
Security researchers have detected another attack against users that are interested in cryptocurrency. A fake application masqueraded as wallet software is currently distributing ransomware and also has an information stealer bundled in the infection package, experts warn. The fake application…
A string of new spyware has been detected by security researchers. Dubbed Dark Caracal, the campaigns seem to be operating out of a government building in Lebanon. The campaigns have attacked thousands of victims in at least 21 countries. The…
