Deception has always been part of our lives, so have been con artists. With the evolution of the Internet and our ever-growing dependence on it, however, deception in the form of online scams and frauds has amassed. Con artists of…
The L0rdix malware is a newly detected hacking tool that is being offered on the hacker underground markets allowing prospective buyers to use it in attack campaigns against Windows computers. It allows individual hackers and groups to use it in…
A new security report reveals that a dangerous new Linux Trojan has been found to infect computers worldwide. It is categorized as a hybrid threat as it encompasses attack scenarios of several types of infections. The attacks are found to…
Encryption and privacy are two major issues that concern online users around the globe. So any news towards their improvement is good news. Such is the announcement that encrypted email service provider ProtonMail recently launched a standalone VPN (virtual private…
Dropbox’s Offensive Security red team has discovered a set of zero-day vulnerabilities (later assigned CVE-2017-13890) in Apple’s Safari browser. The research team came across the flaws while testing the way Dropbox and its cloud storage system responded to cyberattacks. More…
According to The Register, some Amazon customers have received emails from Amazon notifying them that their names and email addresses have been “inadvertently disclosed” due to a “technical error.” There’s no information about who had access to the compromised information,…
The Emotet malware is back in active campaigns, security researchers warned. Apparently, the malware is hiding in documents in spam messages that pretend to be sent from financial institutions, or masqueraded as Thanksgiving greetings for employees. The last time we…
Have you heard of the so-called IDN homograph attack? This attack endangers Mac users who don’t update their machines regularly. Also known as script spoofing attack, the IDN (internationalized domain name) attack allows threat actors to deceive online users about…
With the upcoming black Friday on the 23rd of November, we have decided to turn a little attention on the type of scams which you should expect to arrive at your doorstep. The 21st century is a good place in…
One of the largest providers of Dark Web hosting services has been hacked, security researchers reported. Apparently, the service known as Daniel’s Hosting was hacked and taken offline. Daniel Winzen, the hosting’s developer, says that the incident occurred on November…
Positive Technologies researchers performed an extensive analysis on ATMs and how they can be attacked. ATMs from several vendors were tested, such a NCR, Diebold Nixdorf, and GRGBanking. The researchers tested a number of typical attacks and exploits that cybercriminals…
Would you be surprised to find out that Microsoft is not complying with the data collection rules established by the GDPR? More specifically, at fault of breaking the EU regulations is the telemetry data collection mechanism utilized by Microsoft Office,…
You may think that you’re safe after you’ve removed the malware from your infected online Magento store. However, it turns out that the infamous Magecart malware, known for harvesting credit card details from checkout forms, re-infects even after clean-up. The…
Microsoft’s November 2018 Patch Tuesday’s has rolled out, and it contains one particular zero-day vulnerability that needs special attention. CVE-2018-8589 was reported to Microsoft by Kaspersky Lab in October, and was quickly confirmed and assigned a CVE number. The CVE-2018-8589…
Security experts discovered a new Facebook bug that allow malicious users to hijack sensitive user data from the social network. According to the proof-of-concept demonstrations the problem allows hackers to exploit a weakness in the service via browser requests. The…
A security researcher discovered a dangerous Valve vulnerability allowing malicious users to reveal the license keys for the available content on the store. This means that every computer game or software can be acquired by leveraging it. The expert has…
Have you been using the WordPress GDPR plugin called WP GDPR Compliance? Be cautious – the plugin has been hacked. The WP GDPR Compliance plugin enables website owners to include a checkbox to their websites that allows visitors to grant…
Aside from the high profit potential, cryptomining malware is favored by threat actors because of its ability to remain undetected on the system. Windows and macOS have both been targeted by cryptominers, and now it appears that Linux has been…
Computer hackers have been found to use the Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability which is tracked in the CVE-2018-15961 advisory. This is a known exploit which continues to be widely adopted by various criminal collectives. Targets all over the world have been…
Online merchants using WordPress as a platform can become victims of a new remote code execution flaw. A new security report reveals that the bug can interact with the WooCommerce plugin, as a result the criminals can overtake the shops.…
