Have you ever used a search engine called HappyHotel? There is one reason to use this particular search engine, and it is finding a “love hotel” in Japan. If you’ve used HappyHotel’s services, you should know that it has suffered…
As a society, we’ve never been so interconnected before. The internet provides a useful tool for communication and has made our lives easier in many respects. Now you practically run all your affairs online – from banking to running a…
The Spelevo Exploit Kit as one of the dangerous weapons handled by hackers has been found to create numerous adult sites and infect them with malware automatically. The hackers will distribute the threats via organized phishing strategies. A distinctive feature…
The Smominru botnet which is a well-known weapon used by criminal organizations has been revealed to conduct a massive campaign with the aim of infecting the victims with cryptocurrency miners. The payload files which carry the infections are JPEG images…
Software-as-a-service has become a commonplace practice for businesses globally over the last few years, with a reported 78% increase of SaaS spending in just the one year between 2017 and 2018. Despite this clear growth in cloud computing, leading businesses…
Emotet hackers are rapidly sending out phishing email messages with the intention of scamming the recipients into believing that they are receiving Christmas party menus. In the messages there are attached files that will lead to malware infections. Various types…
The “Gangnam Industrial Style” is a well-planned attack against high-profile enterprise networks, most of them located in South Korea. The reports indicate that an experienced hacking group is leveraging the intrusion attempts against industrial, engineering and manufacturing companies, as well…
Remote Desktop poses an interesting dichotomy to businesses. On one hand, it provides a simple way to maximize office efficiency. It can boost profit margins and save money with a simple investment in the right technology. It can boost employee…
The Momentum botnet is one of the most attack entities online at the moment. This is a large network of contaminated Linux and IoT hosts that can be used for large-scale sabotage campaigns. An unknown hacking group is behind its…
Juice jacking is the practice of abusing publicly available USB charging ports to insert malware onto the introduced smart devices. It appears that this malicious technique can allow the hackers to deliver a wide range of dangerous malware. The end…
The infamous Magecart hacking group has been fund to be behind a large-scale attack against e-commerce sites. They have been found to replace JavaScript code into numerous sites that list counterfeit big brands products. Examples include the likes of Nike,…
Researchers from three European universities discovered a new type of attack that affects Intel CPUs, or more specifically, the data located in Intel SGX (Intel Software Guard Extensions). Intel SGX is considered a highly-secured area but researchers were able to…
The office of one of the world’s most popular web servers NGINX located in Moscow has been raided by Russian Police. Several media report indicate that the authorities have also detained several of the employees, including two of the co-founders…
A team of security researchers reported the discovery of a new technique used to install cryptocurrency miners without raising awareness that’s called Process Hollowing. This is done by using a sophisticated dropper capable of delivering the intended malware. The main…
Microsoft has been pushing Windows 10 purposefully since 2015. Part of this strategy is the end of life of Windows 7 which is set on January 14th, 2020. Microsoft Security Essentials Lifecycle Coming to an End Apparently, the company doesn’t…
The trade with stolen credit and debit card details is proliferating. A brand-new research indicates that more than 460,000 payment (both debit and credit) card records were offered for sale on the popular underground forum Joker’s Stash. The information was…
Google has patched a dangerous vulnerability in Gmail which is related to an instance in which web browsers execute rich code, also known as “DOM Clobbering”. The bug was reported to the company in August 2019 by a security expert.…
Achieving success as a small business owner is a lot harder than most people realize. Modern consumers have more options than ever before regarding the companies they can use. If you want to put your company ahead of the competition,…
Phishing strategies are among the most widely used strategies used to scam and manipulate the intended user into falling victim to viruses and various crimes. However most of the phishing strategies can be easily detected and bypassed. At this time…
Over the years there have been constant attacks with various malware, one of the main culprits appears to be a Russian hacking group called Evil Corp. They are reported to have hijacked more than $100 million in various campaigns focusing…
