Until recently, exploit kits were mostly deployed to distribute ransomware. However, following the current trend in worldwide infections, cybercriminals have started using exploit kits for the distribution of cryptocurrency miners. Exploit Kits and Drive-By Downloads Actively Used in the Distribution…
The Turla Hackers are a famous criminal collective that are widely known for executing complex attacks against large companies and government institutions. Security experts have detected that they are responsible for a large-scale ongoing hacking campaign against embassies and consulates…
Security researchers discovered that a recently released Monero cryptocurrency miner sends out the generated income to the Kim Il Sung University in North Korea. An in-depth code analysis reveals that it can be updated to include additional components as well.…
Microsoft just made an important announcement on their support page regarding incompatibilities between antivirus programs and the Windows patches for Meltdown and Spectre. Microsoft identifies compatibility issue in how some AV programs handle the Meltdown and Spectre updates for Windows…
A Linux-based Monero miner botnet, which has been dubbed PyCryptoMiner has been discovered by security researchers. The botnet which is based on a cryptocurrency miner has earned cybercriminals at least 158 Monero which amounts to $63,000. PyCryptoMiner has been written…
The 2018 year started with some pretty major exploit discoveries. Named Meltdown and Spectre, these exploits are perhaps the most dangerous processor flaws that affect almost all modern processors. The security vulnerabilities affect whole generations of computers and devices of…
Security researchers discovered one of the most dangerous processor flaws called Meltdown and Spectre that affect almost all modern processors. The security vulnerabilities affect whole generations of computers and devices of all types that use the quoted chips. As a…
There is hardly a day without any privacy-related incident, data breach or vulnerability disclosure. It turns out that even many of the GPS services we use on a daily basis are full of multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities, dubbed Trackmageddon could…
There is Bitcoin, and then there are the altcoins, the alternative cryptocurrencies created after the success of Bitcoin. According to many experts in the cybersecurity field, Bitcoin may no longer be the most preferable cryptocurrency used by cybercriminals in their…
phpMyAdmin, one of the most widely used applications for managing the MySQL database, has been found to contain a serious security flaw. The vulnerability could grant remote access to attackers allowing them to carry out dubious database operations by luring…
Modern advertising techniques are often borderline malicious, especially when it comes to the ways marketing companies gather users’ personal information. A team of researchers from Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy just discovered that at least two marketing companies are…
2018 is here and it’s already delivering some quite nasty vulnerabilities. A security researcher known as Siguza has just released detailed information on an unpatched zero-day flaw in macOS, which could lead to an attacker gaining root access on a…
More and more of our moms and dads are going online. A 2017 report from the Pew Research Center found that 67% of adults aged 65 and over said that they used the internet. Seniors are accessing the internet in…
The end of the year is approaching but cybercriminals know no rest. Another data breach has been detected, affecting Nissan. The company has notified that a possible data breach has happened, affecting their customers’ personal information. More specifically, the breach…
Yet another case of Android users being targeted by attackers involves the popularity of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. More particularly, researchers have come across several fake Bitcoin wallets for Android. The malware family was dubbed PickBitPocket. Details about the PickBitPocket Malicious…
Because of current reports about laptops with corrupted BIOS after the installation of the latest version, Canonical has temporarily disabled download links for Ubuntu 17.10 “Artful Aardvark”. Lenovo, Other Laptops with Corrupted BIOS after Latest Canonical Install The reports are…
WordPress plugins often pose various threats to website owners. This is the case with a plugin named Captcha that was discovered to contain a backdoor. The plugin has been installed by 300,000 users. WordPress Captcha Plugin Contains a Backdoor, Wordfence…
Bitcoin has been in the center of attention for quite some time now. Besides investment interest, the cryptocurrency has been a huge part of the cybercriminals’ agenda that have been leveraging Bitcoin to collect ransomware payments from various victims –…
Android has been long targeted by attackers. There have been multiple cases of Android malware and ransomware, and even cryptocurrency miners posing as apps. Android has always been lucrative for malicious actors, and the quickly evolving threat landscape for the…
In January, 2017, China began officially transforming the Great Wall into the Great Firewall. This is when the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a statement on its official website stating that government officials were about to start…
