DDoS attacks based on Memcached servers can now be mitigated, researchers say. The mitigation method includes the victim sending a “flush_all” command back to the servers that initiated the attack. This method was suggested few days ago by one of…
Windows Defender successfully halted a large malware campaign that tried to infect more than 400,000 users. The payload of the campaign was a cryptocurrency miner. The attempt took place on March 6, and it continued 12 hours, Microsoft recently revealed.…
A flaw in a widely used email program that may be exposing some 400,000 servers globally has been discovered by security researchers. The vulnerability which has been identified as CVE-2018-6789 resides in all releases of the Exim message transfer agent…
Just last week a record-breaking DDoS attack took place – registered at 1.3 Tbps. The target was GitHub, and the attack was based on a flaw in Memcached servers recently made public. It became evident that cybercriminals can exploit Memcached…
Because of its large user base, Facebook is often targeted by cybercriminals who use the platform to spread scams and deliver malware. The latest such campaign, dubbed Fakeapp, involves a new Android malware strain that is phishing for Facebook login…
The largest so far GGoS attack happened yesterday registered at 1.3 Tbps. The target was GitHub. The attack was based on a flaw in Memcached servers made public just a few days ago. Apparently, cybercriminals can exploit Memcached servers to…
Monero miners are one of the most popular cryptocurrency-related malware that are being distributed in attack campaigns in the last few months. The hacker strategies seem to include them in a lot of different types of infiltration attempts. However the…
Phishing emails have been successfully fooling employers, tricking them into clicking on the provided links and thus initiating various malicious campaigns. To counter the success of phishing, many companies have started various employee trainings to help them recognize fraudulent attempts…
Mobile banking apps are a convenience but they also pose a risk to users. A new global research carried out by Avast shows that consumers using mobile banking apps are at a greater risk of falling victim to theft of…
Coldroot is a remote access Trojan (RAT) that has been distributed on MacOS machines without being detected for quite some time. Researchers say that the malware is cross-platform and that it could successfully drop a keylogger on MacOS prior to…
The GDPR (short for General Data Protection Regulations) rules are about to come in effect in two months time. Our article reveals what do they mean for computer users worldwide and how the regulations will impact the IT industry as…
One of the most popular BitTorrent apps – uTorrent – has been found to be vulnerable to easily exploited flaws that could allow hackers to perform a variety of malicious actions. More specifically, two versions of the app are vulnerable…
Security analysts have reported a worrying new discovery — cryptocurrency theft is now possible due to a new feature added in Microsoft Word which allows users to embed multimedia elements. Microsoft have apparently tried to ease the creation of interactive…
A hack has happened at Tesla – the company’s cloud has been abused to mine cryptocurrency, as reported by RedLock researchers. The report is focused on cloud security. Related Story: How to Steal a Tesla Car, the Android App Edition…
Google has revealed details about a flaw in Microsoft Edge browser after Microsoft missed the deadline for fixing it. Google had previously notified Microsoft about the vulnerability in the browser via Project Zero, giving them the usual 90-day disclosure deadline.…
A new report by Kaspersky Lab has revealed the most common type of spam messages that were being delivered in the wild in 2017. Apparently, the share of spam in mail traffic decreased to 56.63 percent, which is 1.68 percent…
The infamous criminal collective known as the Lazarus Group have been spotted behind a worldwide phishing scam. They are among the most experienced hacker groups that are infamous for coordinating mass attacks against high-end targets. The current campaign is focused…
The number of vulnerabilities in Microsoft products has been growing steadily during the last five years, a new Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report by Avecto reveals. More specifically, in 2013, 325 vulnerabilities were discovered and reported, and currently their number is 685.…
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…
