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After a security breach of VerticalScope, 45 million accounts have been hacked. Passwords, usernames, IP addresses and emails from over a thousand sites and forums have been stolen. It’s still unknown who carried out the attack. VerticalScope is a Toronto-based…
In a world of Google, Microsoft, Facebook, smartphones and the FBI, no one is really anonymous. Your social media addiction, along with your personally identifiable information stored in various databases around the world, has exposed you to the risk of…
Not only your personal computer and smartphone are prone to ransomware attacks. TrendMicro researchers just unveiled that your Android TV is also exposed to the risk of being locked and becoming unusable until a ransom is paid. The threat, dubbed…
LinkedIn is making the headlines once again: Microsoft has just announced that it is acquiring LinkedIn for $26 billion, $196 per share. The social network for professionals has 433 million users, and this means that Microsoft is getting hold of…
We all know about the dangers of torrents and pirated software, but nonetheless, there are still successful malicious campaigns based on popular torrent websites [and lesser educated users]. Such a campaign was just spotted by Symantec [who just acquired Blue…
Data breaches are [currently and generally] a major privacy issue, and that’s why we decided to ask you, our readers, how you feel about your credentials being exposed to exploits. The worst part is that the knowledge of data incidents…
“If you torture the data long enough, it will confess.” – Ronald Coase, Economist Big data. Data collection. Data mining. Data aggregation. Data technology. Data privacy. Data breach. What do all those big data terms mean and how are they…
Have you ever thought that it would be possible to stop a cyber attack before it happens? A startup company, Cylance, not only believes it is possible but it also has started an AI project to show us how. Meet…
Mega (data) breaches are a major public problem, even though the public may not be too interested in the subject. If you’re a user of popular social media such as LinkedIn, Myspace, Tumblr, and dating websites like BeautifulPeople, you shouldn’t…
Aleksandar Nikolic, a researcher at Cisco Talos, has discovered a vulnerability in PDFium, the default PDF reader in Google Chrome. The flaw is an arbitrary code execution one, and is outlined as CVE-2016-1681. The vulnerability can be exploited when a…
LinkedIn users in Europe should be extra careful, as a highly personalized malicious campaign has been started. The campaign’s payload is banking malware. Specific people have received tailored malicious emails in different languages. The users’ credentials that were offered for…
Rapid7, a security firm, has just released a vast report (“National Exposure Index: Inferring Internet Security Posture by Country through Port Scanning“) focused on the nations mostly exposed to risks of Internet-based attacks. Researchers found that wealthier and more developed…
Image Source: https://blog.checkpoint.com Facebook is far from invincible. In fact, it may be way too easy for attackers to exploit vulnerabilities, especially when it comes to its standard chat function and its separate Messenger app. This is exactly what CheckPoint…
Mega data breaches affect all kinds of users, even famous ones like Mark Zuckerberg. Apparently, a hacker from a group dubbed OurMine Team succeeded to take over Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts, using credentials leaked during the major LinkedIn incident,…
In general, ransomware like CryptXXX/UltraCrypter sneaks into the victim’s computer and encrypts their files, appending an extension (.cryp1 in the case of UltraCrypter) and demanding payments in exchange for the files’ decryption. However, things can get more unfortunate, as ransomware…
If you’re running an outdated WordPress, Drupal or some other CMS, you are in high danger of hacking. What is worse is that Mossack Fonseca, the law firm associated with the Panama Papers breach, already became a victim in such…
How Much Would You Pay for a Windows 0-Day? Author: Diana Stoykova An attacker, going by the name BuggiCorp, claims to have found a way to exploit a serious, yet undocumented, vulnerability in every version of Windows from Windows 2000…
Ransomware is not the only online extortion that a victim can be put through. The FBI’s Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has just released a public alert concerning an increase in post-breach extortion attempts. The attacks are aimed at US citizens…
Our research indicates that there are at least three identical ransomware viruses currently infecting victims under different names. Ecovector and Vegclass ransomware “share” the same desktop wallpapers, and act in a very similar way. We also suspect that these two…
Cryp1, CryptXXX 3.0 or UltraCrypter ransomware – it doesn’t matter how you name it. This ransomware is currently one of the most active crypto viruses, targeting users in Germany, Spain, Italy, and other “developed” European countries. Users in the US…
