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Microsoft has banned CCleaner application which is mainly popular for deleting temporary memory. According to ethical hacking researcher of international institute of cyber security the program was developed to clean temporary memory, browser cache, unused registeries. After Microsoft has launched Windows 10, CCleaner was showing incompatibility issues with Windows 10. But somehow CCleaner was running […]
A new highly sophisticated malware campaign targets Tibetan groups to exploit and install spyware on their iPhone and Android devices. The spyware is delivered through WhatsApp message, all user need to do is a single click on the link to get the spyware installed on the device. The attack is documented as the first one-click […]
Information security specialists have reported a security incident at systems in Union City, California. According to reports, the presence of a virus has forced local authorities to completely shut down their computer systems. It is not yet clear whether the information held on these systems is safe, but authorities are already working with the FBI […]
The world’s most active Lazarus hacking group developed a new banking malware strain dubbed ATMDtrack targets India banks to steal financial data. According to the Kaspersky report, the malware was designed to plant in ATMs, that could steal the data from the inserted card. The campaign has similarities with DarkSeoul campaign back in 2013 attributed […]
ESET researchers describe the latest components used in a recent Sednit campaign
Researchers uncovered several malicious apps in the Google play poses as photo utility app and a fashion app. These malicious altogether found downloaded more than 2.1 million times. All the 25 malicious apps are published form 22 different developer accounts, but all the apps have similar structure and content. This indicates the developers of the […]
Recently facebook has deleted ten thousand of applications of hundred developers. Because of Cambridge Analytica scandals. Over the last year when consultancy, Shadow Political was holding details of around 50 million usrs through an facebook app. On which developers broke social netowrk giant rule on the data collection. After the 5 billion of settlement with […]
Android is an open source platform where developers can come & can contribute their applications. Android development platform makes easy for developers to showcase their skills. Different developers create different applications for making android users tasks automate. But sometimes such applicaitons becomes more vulnerable to steal users mobile data. Two famous android applications Sun Pro […]
New Bedford city, Massachusetts, has become the new victim of a severe ransomware attack. According to web application security specialists, the attackers have demanded a ransom of $5.3 million USD in exchange for restoring access to files infected by encryption malware. The incident occurred about two months ago, although the infection was publicly disclosed until […]
Cybercriminals abusing Facebook and YouTube profiles to host the Astaroth malware that launches through sophisticated phishing campaign to target mainly Brazilian citizens. Threat actors behind the Astaroth Trojan using a various trusted source to compromise and steal the sensitive the data from the victims. Security research community motioning Astaroth Trojan activities since 2018 and the […]
The Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, most commonly known as CAPTCHA, is a system for creating challenges that must be completed before users can advance on a website. According to IT system audit specialists, the main function of a CAPTCHA challenge is to prevent hackers from using automated bots […]
Hackers using Captcha to hide the presence of malware and to evade email security gateways. By using this technique attackers show that email is sent human and evades detection. Attackers use various social engineering methods to trick the users to believe the emails is from a legitimate source, here the email’s are from a compromised […]
Bad news for Android users is not stopping. This time, ethical hacking experts report the emergence of a new malware variant that has managed to infiltrate more than twenty android apps, all available on the Google Play Store. This variant of malware, dubbed “Joker”, was developed to enroll victims in various Premium subscription services. The […]
ESET researchers discovered a backdoor linked to malware used by the Stealth Falcon group, an operator of targeted spyware attacks against journalists, activists and dissidents in the Middle East
Vulnerability testing specialists report that, over the most recent days, thousands of cases of infection have been detected by a dangerous new ransomware variant that compromises web servers and encrypts stored files. This ransomware variant, dubbed as Lilocked or Lilu, has been active for just over a month, but its most important activity period includes […]
It’s been a summer of ransomware hold-ups, supply chain attacks and fileless attacks flying under the radar of old-school security. With malware running amok while we were lying on the beach, here’s a recap of the most burning strains and trends seen in the wild during the months of July and August 2019. Malware Evolution […]
Not all young people use their potential for the best purposes. According to ethical hacking specialists, the young man Kenneth Currin Schuchman, while unemployed and without completing his high school studies, decided to hack nearly a million Internet-connected devices using the code of an infamous botnet. The 21-year-old claimed to have participated in the creation […]
Cybercriminals distribute malware disguised as textbooks and essays that downloaded from pirated websites. The costs of materials posted by the university are high. which leads students to look for a free or low-cost alternative’s online. Taking this as an advantage, malicious hackers post malicious content among the study materials and advertise them for free. Malware […]
Researchers discovered an ongoing malvertising campaign targeting millions of WordPress websites to infect with backdoor and exploiting the various WordPress plugins vulnerabilities. According to WordPress, there are nearly 60 million Websites power by WordPress content management system and hundreds of WordPress Plugins are installed that developers by various developers around the globe. Cybercriminals launch the […]
Researchers discovered a fully equipped Android RAT called “BRATA” that exclusively attacking the Android users in Brazil and launching via different sources including WhatsApp, SMS, and sponsor links in Google Search. Attackers spreading this BRATA Android RAT since January 2019, initially hosted in Google play store and, some of the other 3rd party app stores. […]
TipTop hacker group know for attacking customers of Russian banks, detained by Russian authorities. The group hacked more than 800,000 smartphones. The group was named as TipTop because their main goal is to premium clients of large Russian banks. TipTop hacker group found to be active since 2015, and they approximately steal $1500 to $10500 […]