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Encrypted GZipDe Malware Distributes Metasploit Backdoor

A new piece of, what appears to be, highly targeted malware has been discovered by researchers at AlienVault. The new malware strain, dubbed GzipDe and most likely used in cyber-espionage campaigns, uses an article about the next Shanghai Cooperation Organization…

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7 Vulnerabilities in 400 Axis Camera Models Unearthed (CVE-2018-10658)

Several critical vulnerabilities have been uncovered in some 400 Axis camera models. The flaws could allow hackers to take full control over the affected camera or entangle them in botnets. VDOO researchers unearthed the vulnerabilities that could be compromised via…

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How to Download All Your Facebook Data (Photos, Messages, etc.)

This is an instructive article which aims to provide explanations on how you can download all of your Facebook information, which does include personal, security and media data which Facebook has been storing for you. Facebook is one social media…

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Sophisticated Mylobot Botnet Discovered During Security Audit

The Mylobot botnet has been discovered in a recent worldwide attack, upon analysis it has been found to contain an advanced malware engine. It can execute several different components depending on the targets, the hackers behind it are still unknown.…

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CVE-2018-8235: Security Feature Bypass Bug in Edge, Patch Now!

An independent security researcher has uncovered by accident quite the unusual, high-severity browser vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, identified as CVE-2018-8235. Shortly put, the vulnerability would allow a malicious website to recapture content from other sites simply by playing audio files…

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Andy Android Emulator Program Detected with Coin Miner Virus

A miner malware for crypto has been detected in the Andy Android Emulator program for Windows after an investigation was performed by it’s user community. It seems as if the coin miner malware trend is taking the world by storm…

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ZeroFont Phishing Attack Bypasses Office 365 Security

A new dangerous hacker tactic has been identified as the ZeroFont phishing attack which is responsible for infections caused by Office 365 manipulation. This is done by using social engineering tactics that manipulate the users into interacting with attached documents…

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Beware! 2018 “Olympic Destroyer” Worm and It’s Hackers are Still Active

News have recently broken out that the same hacking group who have been detected to spread the malware, known as “Olympic Destroyer” to still be active and targeting different threat prevention facilities all over Europe and financial facilities in Russia.…

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HeroRat Trojan Uses Protocol from Telegram to Communicate

HeroRat is the newest Trojan threat that appears to use the Telegram protocols in order to set up a secure connection to the hacker-controlled servers. The discovery was made due to its public source code release on the underground hacking…

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Over $20 Million Stolen in Ethereum by Hackers from Unsecured Nodes

Cyber-criminals are continuing their “raids” on the blockchain and this time they target Nodes which are exposed and based on the Ethereum blockchain. Researchers by Qihoo 360 have previously discovered a flaw back in March which included using an unsecure…

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The Typeframe Virus is North Korea’s Newest Cyberweapon

A new dangerous threat dubbed the Typeframe virus has been found to originate from North Korea. This was reported by the US DHS (Department of Homeland Security), the investigation shows that it is a very potent threat. New North Korean…

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Reports Indicate Growth of DNS Amplification Attacks In Q1 2018

A security report reveals that the number of DNS Amplification attacks done in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018 have doubled. By definition they are a type of DDOS (Distributed denial of service) attacks which are among the most common…

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DockerHub Miner Virus – Malicious Images Downloaded 5 Million Times

The cyber-criminals have gotten lucky again and have managed to make around 90 thousand dollars as a result of spreading 17 malicious images via the website Docker Hub. The website administrators were able to delete the malicious images after 8…

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MirageFox Malware: the Latest Addition to APT15 Hack Arsenal

The APT15 hacking group which became well-known for its high profile attacks against US Military has developed a new dangerous malware tool called MirageFox. It is believed that it is an updated version of previously-released threats. A detailed technical analysis…

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CVE-2018-12020: SigSpoof PGP Bug Allows Hackers to Spoof Signatures

The SigSpoof PGP Bug has been discovered to be a decade-old threat that allows hackers to spoof any user’s signatures and identity. This is a rare instance where a security issue has been available for many years and the vulnerability…

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Has Tether Been Used to Manipulate Bitcoin’s Value Boost?

According to two researchers from University of Texas, there is a particular reason that blew the price of Bitcoin out of proportion last year. Professor John Griffin and graduate student Amin Shams believe that Bitcoin’s value boost was due to…

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Here’s Why Microsoft Leaves Some Vulnerabilities Unpatched

Microsoft has revealed their plans for patching exploits and how they are being handled by their security team. The details are outlined in a draft that reveals how the Microsoft Security Response Center will react according to the different severity…

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Android Users Beware: MysteryBot Trojan Can Encrypt Your Files

Security researchers have spotted another dangerous threat that is being targeted at mobile users. The MysteryBot Android Trojan is the latest offensive tactic against mobile devices as it is being launched on a global scale. It is rated as a…

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CVE-2018-3665 Vulnerability Found in Intel Core and Xeon Processors

Yet another chip vulnerability has been discovered, CVE-2018-3665, which has been called Floating Point Lazy State Save/Restore. The flaw resides in Intel Core and Xeon processors, and is similar to Spectre since it is a speculative execution flaw. Related Story:…

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Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick Miner Infections on the Rise

Following the large number of viruses that are being developed for Android and iOS devices we have received reports that a large number of Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick devices are being targeted by cryptocurrency miners. The hackers…

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