Security researcher Aleksejs Kuprins of CSIS Security Group recently discovered an Android app that allegedly provides firmware updates for Samsung users. The app is known as Updates for Samsung – Android Update Versions, and it has more than 10 million…
Security researcher Barak Tawily recently came across a 17-year-old security vulnerability Mozilla Firefox’s latest version. It turns out that the widely popular browser is vulnerable to local files theft attack on any operating system. Vulnerability in Firefox Allows Local Files…
There’s a new piece of advanced backdoor malware that can target both Linux and Windows systems in a secure, previously unseen communication. The backdoor has been dubbed Godlua, as it is Lua-based and “the Lua byte-code file loaded by this…
According to a brand new research, Facebook has been leveraged for years to spread Trojans in the likes of Houdini, Remcos, and Spynote. All of the threats allow remote access and could spy on users’ activities. Check Point researchers revealed…
Ryuk ransomware has attacked Georgia’s court system. This appears to be the fourth attack against government institutions in the past couple of months. Officials confirmed that at least some parts of the court system’s network were taken offline due to…
Just a little over a year ago, companies all over the world were still scrambling to update their flows and documents so that the onset of GDPR wouldn’t catch them (completely) unprepared. The risk of huge fines – up to…
Let’s see why hackers love exploiting specific Microsoft Office vulnerabilities. Below you will find some of the most dangerous vulnerabilities discovered in MS Office in recent years. Hackers have been exploiting Microsoft Office vulnerabilities to spread various forms of malware.…
TechNet Search or TechNetSearch is a suspicious, unwanted program that is targeting Mac users. TechNet Search is designed to first open a dubious website and only then it will display search results to its users. This makes it a browser…
Another malvertising campaign delivering ransomware was detected. More specifically, ad servers utilized by a popular YouTube to MP3 conversion website ((onlinevideoconverter[.]com) have been compromised to spread an exploit kit known as GreenFlash Sundown and Seon ransomware. Malvertising attacks typically involve…
Silex is a new strain of very dangerous IoT malware that was just detected by security researchers. The malware is similar to BrickerBot which attacked more than 60,000 Internet devices in several states in India. Related: [wplinkpreview url=”https://sensorstechforum.com/brickerbot-malware-attack-india/”] BrickerBot Malware…
With the stupendous growth of the internet and its related activities, internet security has become a serious concern. When we are surfing the internet, checking social media accounts, or chatting with friends, the rest of the world can identify us…
The physical protection of key assets in cyberspace collectively improves overall security for the entire public and private network infrastructure and is crucial to a national security strategy. Private and government organizations are required to use the guidelines and best…
Apple recently revealed its new operating system – macOS Catalina – during the annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Since we usually focus on the cybersecurity side of things, let’s see what the latest OS update brings in terms of privacy and…
New Mac malware is being developed targeting a recently discovered macOS Gatekeeper security flaw. The malware in question is known as OSX/Linker, and it has been analyzed by Intego security researcher Joshua Long. OSX/Linker Malware: what we know so far…
Have you heard of the Wireless Emergency Alert system? The WEA system is designed to broadcast alert messages by the president to the US population in case of a nationwide emergency. The system can also broadcast the so-called weather AMBER…
How do you feel about a file sharing service sending your files to the wrong person? Sounds frustrating, doesn’t it? WeTransfer Security Incident: What Happened? In fact, this is not a hypothetical situation. Apparently, the popular WeTransfer service has been…
Several security researchers pointed out that there is a large-scale malware Master134 Ad Campaign that is being directed against users worldwide. There is no information available about the perpetrators of the crime, it may be a highly experienced hacking group…
Social Engineered, a platform which promotes “the art of human hacking” has been hacked. As a result, its users’ data was leaked on a competitor’s website. 89,000 unique email addresses linked to 55,000 members of the platform were compromised, as…
The Slackor RAT is a tool developed primarily for security researchers allowing for malicious actors to use Slack as a server backend. In real-world scenarios it can also be utilized by hackers in large-scale attacks. This can be extremely dangerous…
Sucuri researchers just reported that someone got in touch with them regarding “a malicious process they had discovered running on their web server”. The process in question was quite heavy on the CPU, pointing to a cryptominer process running in…
