Are you privacy-savvy and relying on a VPN to keep your online business to yourself? If so, you may want to know that a VPN recommendation site decided to test 3 VPNs to see whether they were flawlessly performing their…
Bitcoin is once again making the headlines, this time thanks to a piece of malware found on Download.com. The malware was stealing malware identified as through swapping user accounts with the accounts of the hackers behind the operation. This operation…
Two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-1050, CVE-2018-1057) have been discovered in Samba, the open-source software that is a re-implementation of the SMB networking protocol. The Samba software can run on popular operating systems such as Windows, Linux, UNIX, IBM System 390, OpenVMS.…
CVE-2018-0886 is the identifier of a critical flaw found in Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP). The vulnerability affects all versions of Windows and allows malicious hackers remote access to exploit RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and WinRM (Windows Remote Management). Related…
Have you been wondering who is behind the enormous amount of spam you receive in your inbox? Security researchers at McAfee have the answer – two botnets are at fault for 97 percent of all spam emails sent out in…
A highly sophisticated threat capable of cyber espionage via targeting routers has been uncovered by researchers at Kaspersky Lab. Dubbed Slingshot, the malware has been used in malicious campaigns on victims in the Middle East and Africa for several years.…
CVE-2018-0141 has been identified as the latest vulnerability in Cisco’s Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) software. Apparently, the software has a hardcoded password that could be leveraged by hackers aiming to obtain full control of the system. On top of this,…
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…
