A computer virus outbreak on the evening of August 3 compromised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry. The outbreak affected a number of computer systems and fab tools in Taiwan. The virus that hit…
The UBoat botnet is a proof-of-concept botnet that has been designed primarily for penetration testing and educational purposes. The author behind it has specifically stated that the main purpose behind it is to help security engineers understand how botnets can…
A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux Kernel (version 4.9+) which is tracked in the CVE-2018-5390 advisory. It lists several conditions that allow criminals to modify packets leading to the coordination of DoS (Denial of service) attacks. CVE-2018-5390 Advisory…
A couple of new critical security flaws were found in HP printers. CVE-2018-5924, CVE-2018-5925 in HP Printers One of the vulnerabilities resides in the firmware of certain HP printers, and it has been classified as very critical. This vulnerability is…
Computer security experts note that tech support scams are being updated to use call optimization services. Such platforms and tools are commonly used in legitimate call centers and service desks. This shows that the tech support scams continue to be…
Security experts alerted of a dangerous new infection methodology known as the Twittersploit Attack. In the center of it all is the use of several malware instances that use the Twitter social network service as a C&C (command and control)…
A new attack on Wi-Fi protected access protocols has been discovered. The new technique to crack WPA PSK (Pre-Shared Key) passwords enables outside users to capture access credentials easily. The discovery of the attack was accidental – the Hashcat developers…
A new vulnerability has been discovered, CVE-2018-14773, that affects Drupal, the popular open-source content management system. More specifically, the vulnerability resides in a component of a third-party library called Symfony Http Foundation component. The component is part of Drupal Core,…
Cisco just announced a big acquisition, in the size of $2.35 billion in cash. The company is acquiring cloud-based identity and access management solutions provider Duo Security. “Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced its intent to acquire privately-held Duo Security, headquartered…
Last year, security researchers uncovered that the popular PC cleaner CCleaner was backdoored. Older versions of Piriform CCleaner -v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191- had been compromised, and as a result millions of users were affected. New Changes in CCleaner Version…
The popular social news and entertainment network Reddit announced that its servers were successfully compromised by hackers. The attack which was detected on June 19 let hackers obtain sensitive user data including usernames, hashed passwords, email addresses as well as…
The Coinhive Miner virus has infected hundreds of thousands MikroTik routers. The malware has now reportedly installed a JavaScript miner to over 170,000 devices and this recent outbreak is believed to be getting bigger and bigger. The first hint of…
Numerous Steam users have reported that a game titled Abstractism is consuming way too much CPU power to mine for cryptocurrency. The game was also selling marketplace items that were masqueraded as goods from popular games such as Team Fortress…
New security statistics reveal that spam is one of the most common methods used to distribute malware to potential victims. Because of the high click rate, malicious email messages continue to be a preferred technique among cybercriminals. F-Secure researchers recently…
Here you will find out how the BitPaymer ransomware cryptovirus had forced people in some parts of Alaska, USA to go back to using typewriters. That is due to the computer systems getting compromised with said cryptovirus and as a…
Ubuntu 18.04 has been updated with a brand new security guidance released by the National Cyber Security Centre, a department of GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). The guidance was developed after testing on devices running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. More about the…
Printers are often the weakest link in an organization, with printer vulnerabilities being exploited in various malicious campaigns to compromise entire networks. One such vulnerability was disclosed in 2017, and enabled hackers to carry out remote code execution attacks on…
AZORult is an information stealer and downloader designed to harvest various sensitive details from the systems it compromises. The malware was first identified in 2016 when it was distributed as a part of an infection with Chthonic banking Trojan. Soon…
CVE-2018-10901 is the identifier of a recently disclosed vulnerability in Linux kernel. More specifically, the vulnerability resides in the KVM virtualization subsystem, a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions. Using KVM, a user can run…
This article is about the newest iteration of the Kronos Banking Trojan and what new features it brings to the cybersecurity landscape. Malware researchers ponder whether the malware has developed into the new Osiris Trojan horse. Kronos Banking Trojan 2018…
