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Facebook Virus Posts Your Profile Picture With a Link

Another Facebook virus has been released, unlike any other. This malware has a botnet-like capability and can post your profile picture along with a URL and a video on your Facebook timeline making it look like your friend has made…

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Severe Vulnerabilities in SAP HANA Platform Could Allow Full Control

SAP HANA platforms have been just found vulnerable, containing several high risk flaws. Upon exploitation, the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take full remote control over the platform, without even needing username and password. The vulnerabilities were discovered by…

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The Future of Autonomous Cars: Intel Acquires Mobileye for $14.7 Billion

Here is a business acquisition deal that costs billions of dollars. U.S. chip company Intel is about to acquire Israeli automotive supplier/ driverless technology firm Mobileye for $14.7 billion, which equals to $63.54 per share. This is the largest acquisition…

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Anonymous Take Down Over 80% of Dark Web Sites

A hacking attack related to the hacking group Anonymous which is often misinterpreted online has been reported to result in the taking down of over 80% of the deep web sites. The hackers have successfully attacked a Freedom Hosting II…

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Android Devices Given to Employees with Pre-Installed Malware

Are you using an Android smartphone handed to you by your employer? Chances are your phone has been infected with malware before it was delivered to you! At least that is what Check Point researchers found out when they performed…

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Hasta la Vista, Windows Vista! End of Extended Support Incoming

If you look back on previous Windows versions, does Windows Vista come to mind? It’s perhaps one of the most unsuccessful versions of Microsoft’s operating systems, and it’s not surprising at all that the company has decided to pull the…

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1Password Offers 100 Grand for Anyone Who Hacks Its Vault

An offer has been made by the company 1Password to break into its safe vault by guessing the password and discover a text file, containing “bad poetry”. The very high bounty of the company will attract many white hat hackers…

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Android/Spy.Inazigram in 13 Google Play Apps Steals Instagram Credentials

Instagram users, beware! ESET researchers just disclosed that 13 malicious apps on Google Play are currently trying to harvest user Instagram credentials. The apps in question carry Android/Spy.Inazigram which is phishing for credentials, eventually sending them to a remote server.…

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The OS Battle: Android to Beat Windows in Terms of Internet Usage

Windows has been the number one operating system for Internet usage. However, it’s now likely for Microsoft to lose its ground as Android is quickly following it behind. At least this is what a comparison chart by research firm StatCounter…

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CVE-2017-5638 Patched but Still Under Attack, Companies at Risk

Attackers are currently exploiting a critical vulnerability, indexed CVE-2017-5638, allowing them to obtain nearly absolute control over web servers used by banks, government agencies, and big Internet companies. The attacks were disclosed by Vicente Motos from Hack Players, who wrote…

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CIA’s Umbrage Team Borrowed Techniques from Shamoon, Other Malware

One of biggest scandals of 2017, the one involving WikiLeaks and the CIA, is escalating by the minute. It is now known that one of the teams of the agency specializes in reusing bits of code and techniques taken from……

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Verifone Breach 2017- a Result of a Cyber Attack?

Another day, another breach. Brian Krebs just reported that Verifone, the largest manufacturer of credit card terminals in the US, is currently investigating a breach of its internal networks. These computer networks appear to have been limited to Verifone’s corporate…

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Ransomware 2017: Critical Errors in Critical Infrastructure

Ransomware has been the primary online threat for the past couple of years, and it is expected to be just that in 2017. Let’s take a survey from June 2016 by Osterman Research, which revealed that almost one out of…

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StoneDrill, Shamoon 2.0: Wiper Malware Getting Better

The last time we wrote about wiper malware was in December when Shamoon returned to the malware scene. Shamoon, a.k.a. Disstrack was initially detected about four years ago in attacks against Saudi Oil Company Aramco. Its intention was to wipe…

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Dot Ransomware RaaS Scheme: No Fee, You Get It for Free!

If you haven’t been infected by ransomware, ever, you are either very good at taking care of your data, or you have been incredibly lucky. Ransomware has been continuously evolving, and has become incredibly widespread thanks to the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS)…

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CVE-2017-0016, CVE-2017-0037, CVE-2017-0038 – What Are the Mitigations?

CVE-2017-0016, CVE-2017-0037, CVE-2017-0038 are three recently uncovered Microsoft vulnerabilities that bring to light once again the employment of Intrusion prevention system protection (IPS), as pointed out by TrendMicro researchers. IPS, also known as Virtual Patching, helps protect against vulnerabilities even…

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Dridex v4 Enters Operation AtomBombing, UK Banks Under Attack

Dridex, one of the worst banking Trojans to ever enter the financial malware scene, is back once again, and is in a better shape than before. New capabilities have been added to Dridex v4 which make it even more impossible…

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Fail! Hackers Attempt to Infect Android Users with Windows Malware

Palo Alto researchers just discovered 123 Android apps located on Google Play that tried to infect users with… Windows malware. The apps were infected with “tiny hidden Iframes that link to malicious domains in their local HTML pages”. The most…

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Mac’s Gatekeeper Goes Windows 10, New Feature Blocks Win32 Apps

If you are a core Windows user, perhaps you’ve already heard about the new feature Microsoft just implemented in Windows 10. The novel feature blocks the installation of Win32 apps and restricts the OS to run just Windows Store apps.…

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Vulnerable WordPress Plugin Could Cause Severe Attacks

Sucuri researchers just came across a serious vulnerability that affects WordPress website databases. More particularly, a WordPress gallery plugin with more than 1 million active installations has been found to have a severe SQL injection flaw. The researchers say that:…

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