As of January, 2018, Skype has been used by approximately 300 million users, according to statistics by Statista. Even though Skype is not the most popular and widely used messenger, its user base still is quite big. So any news…
Malicious actors are constantly coming up with new ways of exploiting the various cryptocurrencies available to users. Kaspersky Lab researchers just reported a zero-day flaw discovered in the Telegram Desktop app that could be used as an intermediary for hackers…
Computer viruses are rapidly evolving as hackers are devising new types of malware and delivery mechanisms. Despite the fact that most ordinary computer users perceive them as single executable files that execute a predefined script behavior, the current attack campaigns…
Cryptocurrency miners are some of the most dangerous malware that are currently being directed against targets worldwide. Attack campaigns carrying them have the capability of causing much damage to the target hosts. A recent uncovered exploit has led to the…
As more and more software developers start to rely on blockchain networks to start their future projects, so are the possibilities to intrude into the devised decentralized infrastructure. Computer hackers are actively seeking ways to weaken the security of the…
Computer criminals attempt to cause intrusions and damage networks of high-profile targets and millions of end users daily. However while most attacks rely on simple penetration testing and automated script attacks there are also advanced hacker tools that have the…
Google just announced that any web page lacking a security certificate (HTTPS) and being served over HTTP is going to be marked as unsecure by the Chrome browser. The change is expected to take place in July this year. HTTP…
During the past couple of years, ransomware was preferably targeting medical institutions and hospitals. Multiple health organizations were hit and were left with no choice but to pay the demanded ransom. With the shift of malicious trends to cryptocurrency miners,…
2017 was one of the worst years for cybersecurity experts, with the increasing number of hack attacks and various data breaches. More specifically, researchers were able to estimate that there were 5,207 breaches reported last year, a new report by…
The marketing agency Octoly has erroneously exposed a lot of personal data belonging to their customers. The leak happened due to a misconfiguration in the Amazon S3 Simple Storage Service bucket which hosts the clients data. The security reports indicate…
Computer security experts reported the discovery of a new malware threat called the JenX Botnet which uses highly unusual distribution tactics. Instead of relying on standard email messages it abuses one of the most popular video games — Grand Theft…
A new cryptocurrency miner delivered through MacUpdate has been uncovered by security researchers. The malware which was discovered by SentinelOne researcher Arnaud Abbati has been dubbed OSX.CreativeUpdate. The miner can reside in the background of the system and use its…
The ICO (initial coin offering) sales and offers are gaining popularity among investors worldwide. Advertisements, long business plans and elaborate marketing strategies are used to bring potential buyers into hundreds of platforms. However the cybersecurity risks associated with these practices…
Adobe Flash Player has been long targeted by hackers. Plenty of vulnerabilities have been uncovered during the years, and plenty of attacks based on Adobe flaws have been crafted. This year also starts off with a critical vulnerability that was…
Cybersecurity analysts discovered a massive worldwide attack carrying a dangerous malware called the Smominru botnet. It is capable of manipulating the configuration of the compromised hosts and has been found to install a Monero cryptocurrency miner which takes advantage of…
A new botnet carrying out large-scale attacks has been discovered by security researchers. The botnet is dubbed DDG and is proclaimed the second biggest mining botnet ever. Its targets are the Redis and OrientDB servers. DDG.Mining.Botnet Attacks Description A couple…
WannaMine is the name of the latest malware attack that uses the NSA exploit “EternalBlue”. Malware researchers from Panda Security were first to discover it back in October last year. The WannaMine malware uses two Windows in-built tools – PowerShell…
A new security report indicates that the newly discovered DroidClub Botnet infects targets via malware Google Chrome extensions. According to the analysis the virus has already managed to infect more than half a million users worldwide through multiple instances that…
Computer security experts uncovered that Google’s DoubleClick network is being used by criminals to delivery malware cryptocurrency miners. This is the company’s subsidiary that provides Internet ad services and is used by the largest agencies and publishers to deliver targeted…
According to statistics provided by Andrew Ahn, Product Manager at Google, the company removed over 700,000 Android app from the Play Store last year. In 2017, the Google team took down more than 700,000 apps that violated the Google Play…
