LuaBot is the latest addition to the Linux malware scene. A trojan coded in Lua is targeting Linux platforms with the goal of adding them to a global botnet, security researcher MalwareMustDie! has reported today. For an operating system with a minuscule 2.11 percent market share, this is our third story on Linux malware in the […]
Researchers have exposed millions of Linux-based IoT devices infected with BASHLITE malware — Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp have already released Linux-based DDoS tools. The IT security researchers at Level 3 firm and FlashPoint have discovered a malware that is specifically developed to target Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Must Read: The Troubling State of Security Cameras; Thousands of Devices […]
18 years of Googling is certainly something to behold, but on this anniversary, ESET’s Ondrej Kubovič is keen to highlight the cybersecurity threat.
Popular BitTorrent Client Transmission got their website infected with Keydnap Malware — The same malware was detected a couple of months ago targeting Mac users. In July this year we reported on Keydnap malware targeting Mac users, stealing OS X system keychain and maintaining a permanent backdoor. Now, researchers have discovered the same malware in the website […]
Google declined to classify this as a security issue. British security researcher Aidan Woods discovered an issue on Google’s login page that allows clever attackers to automatically download files on the user’s computer when they press the Sign In button. The problem at the heart of this security issue is the fact that Google allows the […]
An ordinary USB drive (A) is sending information to a receiver (B) Short Bytes: A team of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University has developed a software-only exploit named USBee. It allows the attacker to sniff data from air-gapped computers using USB drives. USBee transmits data at 80 bytes per second. Once transmitted, the attacker needs a GNU-radio-powered receiver and […]
In this blog, FireEye Labs dissects this new ATM malware that we have dubbed RIPPER (due to the project name “ATMRIPPER” identified in the sample) and documents indicators that strongly suggest this piece of malware is the one used to steal from the ATMs at banks in Thailand. Connection to previous ATM Malware Targets the same […]
Technique works on virtually all USB drives with no modifications necessary. In 2013, a document leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden illustrated how a specially modified USB device allowed spies to surreptitiously siphon data out of targeted computers, even when they were physically severed from the Internet or other networks. Now, researchers have […]
Who needs an army on the ground when one can target its enemy with malware? This time, it’s Iran having their Petrochemical Complexes infected with malware. A malicious malware has recently been discovered and eliminated by Iran from two of its important petrochemical complexes. It should be noted that only recently (last week to be precise) the world […]
Hackers who stole $350,000 from Bangkok’s Government Savings Bank ATMs have Fled the Country A couple of months ago cyber criminals stole 1.44 billion Yen ($13 million) from 1,400 ATMs in 2½ hours in Japan and fled the country. Now, Bangkok has received another row of hack attacks. In the latest hacking spree, hackers have […]
Short Bytes: For a moment, forget computer and smartphone malware. There’s even a bigger danger in town in the form of brain malware. By exploiting brain-computer interfaces (BCI) being used in medical and gaming applications, hackers can read your private and sensitive data. Recently, a team of researchers from the University of Washington shed more light […]
This week we’ve detected an unsophisticated piece of malware targeting mobile subscribers in North America. The malware termed a RAT (remote access tool) is being sent via SMS in the US and has been witnessed a few times recently in various forms. The number originated from an OTT carrier (Twilio) and was found to be […]
Republican and Democratic Networks’ Computer Systems were hacked — Attackers also hacked Donald Trump’s election campaign staff! The computer systems of Presidential candidate Donald Trump and other networks of Republican and Democratic parties were attacked by unknown attackers. In the attack, it is speculated that the email account of a member of Trump’s election campaign staff was […]
Clothing store chain Eddie Bauer said today it has detected and removed malicious software from point-of-sale systems at all of its 350+ stores in North America, and that credit and debit cards used at those stores during the first six months of 2016 may have been compromised in the breach. The acknowledgement comes nearly six weeks […]
Google AdSense targeted by Malware mimicking as Login Pages of Popular Websites and Apps Keystroke logging malware has become the most dangerous threat for security firms and users alike. It is a malware that has the ability to sneak into a system and steal usernames and passwords. Previously this threat was limited to laptops and […]
Last month Wikileaks published emails stolen from Turkish ruling party AKP — Now, a researcher has presented a report showing the AKP emails contain malware attachments! A security researcher, Vesselin Bontchev, claims to have found malware in several downloadable files in the leaked data dump published by WikiLeaks from the Turkish ruling party (AKP) server. […]
If the malware found any German financial apps installed in the device, it would show a fake page asking for credentials of that particular institution. Unaware that the login page is a fake, the victim would provide their credentials where they would then be sent to the malware’s C&C. The malware would also show a […]
New Point-of-Sale Malware Campaign hits Twenty US Hotels Making Customers’ Financial Data Vulnerable Believe it or not, if you have stayed at any of the below listed 20 hotels in the United States, your financial data might be at severe risk of hacking. That’s because the 20 US-based hotels that are being operated by HEI […]
A data breach at 20 U.S. hotels operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts for Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental may have divulged payment card data from tens of thousands of food, drink and other transactions, HEI said on Sunday. The breach follows similar attacks at Hyatt Hotels Corp (H.N) and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide […]
Beware of Linux.Lady malware- It Converts Linux-based PCs into Crypto-Currency Miners Security firms have been on a high alert since the beginning of 2016 because of the plethora of scam campaigns and malware emerging on the face of the Internet every now and then. This report is about another such malicious malware that has been […]
New technique makes malware detection almost impossible. A team of security researchers from Deep Instinct have discovered a method of injecting malware inside a digitally-signed binary without affecting the overall file hash, which almost certainly ensures that antivirus and security software won’t detect the malicious file. When users double-click an executable and launch it into execution, […]