According to a research carried out by Symantec, Turkey has taken the leading position in terms of highest botnet population in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), with Istanbul and Ankara having the highest and second highest botnet controlled…
Password and credential security and respectively theft is a dangerous element of an infection chain. Luckily, security researchers at the University of Washington may have found a solution to prevent malicious hackers from intercepting passwords and keys, a rather unusual…
Apple and Microsoft have been competitors ever since their inception. Nonetheless, it’s not unseen for companies to adopt similar politics for one reason or another. According to Apple commentator Jim Dalrymple, Apple is about to engulf a behavior that is…
A decade or two ago, augmented reality (AR) may have been something more abstract than real but not anymore. Standing on the thin line between virtual reality and our own world, augmented reality is here to reshape our thinking. AR…
The notorious IoT(Internet of Things) botnet Mirai has seen a rapid rise in it’s global infection rate, malware researchers report. When the botnet first came out, nobody believed it will become this widespread, however after the hacker(s) creating it found…
The latest trend in the 21st century – IoT, common systems of devices organized to revolutionize our daily lives are becoming a playground for hackers. This becomes particularly interesting primarily for IT security professionals who are always looking forward to…
You can buy or sell pretty much anything on the Darknet, Office 365 accounts inclusive. Security firm SenseCy recently came across a new advert promoting a new hidden service – Open Hacking Lab (OHL). Among the hacking arsenal usually offered…
It’s a secret to no one (in the infosec world) that the exploit kit market has been rearranged to meet the current needs of malware distributors. Just several weeks ago, there was a notable malvertising incident on the popular website…
There’s a serious uptake in DDoS attacks, and as in many cyber threats, a DDoS can be carried out for political reasons. The Newsweek website just reported a heavy DDoS, and its timing is definitely not a coincidence. The website…
Have you heard of Zerodium? It’s a company that has a pretty interesting business – it buys zero-day exploits and then sells them to international government agencies. Apparently, Zerodium really wants to get hold of a series of iOS zero-days…
Instead of being stopped, a powerful kit of different types of malware, primarily Trojan horses still continues to infect Android users on a daily basis. Reports by TrendLabs at Trend Micro indicate that some apps have even managed to generate…
Linux.Mirai is a new Trojan recently found to be at fault for DdoS attacks. The malware was first registered in May, 2016, when it was detected by Dr. Web. Back then, it was added to the company’s virus databases under…
CONFUCIUS is a new malware detected by Palo Alto Network researchers. It’s a backdoor that displays quite the creativity on the cybercriminals’ side. The researchers have analyzed two samples of the malware, taken from two separate cyber espionage campaigns. In…
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has found more attempts to hack the voter registration systems of states, ahead of national elections. The agency had reportedly found evidence in August that foreign hackers had breached state election databases in Illinois…
If you’re an iPhone or iPad user (and an Apple follower), you may want to know that owners of the devices will soon see ads when using the Search option in the App store. The ads will appear at the…
News broke out that the same gang which is behind the devastating Dridex banking malware was also reported to be behind other very famous viruses as well. The gang has initially begun to distribute CryptoWall, but this was just the…
With the drone revolution aligned with the IoT (Internet of Things) more concerns arise regarding the security and proper usage of drones. The main scares to which drones are related are connected primary with collisions and crashes. But there are…
As with any other software which is coded by humans, there are also vulnerabilities in Apple’s latest operating system which is now available for an upgrade on the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone SE and…
Have you been wondering which today’s most prevalent cybercrime threats are? Europol has just released a vast, 72-page report called the Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment which gives quite a detailed answer. Crime-as-a-Service According to Europol, the malware market has…
Google has just released two new tools for developers with the purpose to shield web domains from XSS scripting vulnerabilities. XSS, or cross-site scripting, is a common issue in cybersecurity. An XSS-powered attack takes place when malicious actors implement malicious…
