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An individual seems to be threatening the South Korean government with the confidential information associated with the country’s power plants and says that if the monetary demands are not met, the information will be released. The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) is being victimized by being attacked in December 2014. The group of attackers, […]
Last month security researchers discovered an undetectable malware installed in the hard drives by the American National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on people around the world. Those findings were indeed serious but there is another light to the story. Researcher at Kaspersky Labs have discovered a list of domains used by the NSA to install malware […]
Files of over 20 Games Encrypted by TeslaCrypt Ransomware – Out of 185, 50 file extensions are game-oriented. TeslaCrypt is a crypto-ransomware that has targeted more than 50 custom game files of at least 20 famous products for encryption. Drive-by attacks are used for delivering the threat through Flash Player (CVE-2015-0311) whereas Internet Explorer (CVE-2013-2551) exploits […]
Facebook users, if you have clicked the Ow.ly link (URL shortening service) then you might have gotten your computers infected by a worm. The link is being spread by attackers through a post that promises one-of-its-kind of pornographic content. The post is being shared via numerous prominent social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook, reports Malwarebytes. MUST READ: Facebook Login […]
Italy’s security firm Hacking Team is providing Ethiopia with off-the-shelf spyware, and have been expanding their repressive reach far overseas in the United States. A report from Citizen Lab, published February 12th, state that numerous journalists working for the Ethiopian Satellite Television Service (ESAT), were targeted by a member of Ethiopia’s internal information security apparatus: […]
If you are using WhatsApp and have got a text message asking you to click a link in order to start using WhatsApp’s so-called voice calling service, do yourself a favor and DO NOT click it. Just delete it. Researchers have found out that it is actually cyber criminals and scammers using the popular messaging service to spread […]
Don’t be Fooled – ‘Thank You for Purchasing ‘ Email Delivers Malware. Inboxes all over the world have been hit by another wave of spam emails. This time the modus operandi involves a sequence of “order notification” emails having the subject line “Thank You for Purchasing.” The email claims that your order is currently being […]
Have you received TEXT messages about Gift from Amazon? Beware it might be malware. Have you recently received a text message on your phone that says, “Hey [ABC], I am sending you $200 Amazon Gift Card You can Claim it here”? It asks you to redeem your Amazon gift card by installing an APK file […]
Smartphones are seriously wonderful since these have introduced us to some amazing things like Snapchat, Vine, Maps, Shazam and some not-so-amazing stuff too like the threat of being stalked. Malwarebytes researchers claim that a malicious Android app gives your location to an anonymous operator through emails. It is called Spy.MailGPS and it surely is creepy. Before […]
ProofPoint researchers released a report on Tuesday, which revealed that cybercriminals are now hijacking the Brazilian internet connections by altering their DNS (domain name system) settings. These kinds of attacks are termed as pharming attacks. Pharming Attakcs: Pharming attacks are designed to attract victims towards fake websites. These fake websites are usually replicas of banks […]
Story of a Facebook message that’s Actually a Phishing Scam – Opening ‘Wat are u Doing in This Video’ isn’t what You supposed to Do Now this can be termed as the new wave of phishing scams on Facebook. A message has been circulating via Facebook’s personal messaging system, which appears to be sent by a […]
Midlothian Village, Illinois, Police Department became the target of ransomware having file-encryption capabilities and hence, the department had to give in to the demands of the hackers for retrieving sensitive police records. It happened in January when a department member opened a compromised email pointing to the malicious software. However, this is not an entirely […]
Parents nowadays must be receiving an email alert that claims “a child predator has moved to your neighborhood.” As per the content of this email, parents are informed that a child predator has moved into their neighborhood recently. The recipient is asked to click on a link to receive more information about the predator. The […]
Whopping $3 Million Bounty offered by FBI for Evgeniy Bogachev. The FBI and the U.S. State Department announced the highest ever bounty of $3 million on Tuesday for info leading to the capture or conviction of alleged Russian Hacker Evgeniy Bogachev. This amount is the highest offered by U.S authorities in any cyber case. A […]
The official website of world’s largest PC maker was hacked earlier Wednesday allegedly by Lizard Squad. Hackers left a deface page containing slideshow images of a teen along with “Breaking Free” from High School musical as page’s background. This is probably the worst time for Lenovo to have their site hacked amid SuperFish Malware scandal where the company […]
MS Word’s Malicious Macro Facilitates Downloading of Vawtrak Trojan – This time attackers rely upon VBS file containing Execution Policy Bypass Flag. Hackers have managed to implement yet another cybercrime campaign by installing Vawtrak banking Trojan into users’ computers. According to security researchers at Trend Micro, this latest attack relies upon a multi-stage hacking routine […]
Lately, an email from Amazon has been hitting the inbox of unsuspecting users all over the world. This email has been masqueraded as an order notification message from the famed marketplace Amazon.com. In this email, recipients are thanked for placing the order at Amazon and they are informed that their order details can be viewed […]
The world renowned Lenovo Computer manufacturing company has been shipping laptops prepackaged with malware that makes you more vulnerable to hackers — all for the sake of serving you advertisements. To get rid of this malware Microsoft has released a signature update for Windows Defender to detect and remove Superfish malware installed on some Lenovo PCs. […]
New Android malware transforms your Phone into a Spy while it is Off – New Android Malware threat has been discovered by prominent security firm AVG. It is called PowerOffHijack and has a very distinct feature: it compromises the Android device’s shutdown process and spies on you. Your phone will appear switched off to you […]
Over 60% Dating Apps Detected Unsafe by IBM Security – Popular Dating Apps Making Users Vulnerable to a Variety of Cybercrimes. Mobile Dating apps are used by millions on their smartphones because in today’s dating-oriented culture these apps allow singles to find love interests conveniently. Various apps like Tinder, Match and OkCupid have garnered immense fan […]
The US National Security Agency (NSA) hid undetectable spying software within the hard drives of computers, be it of any make, says a Moscow-based cyber security researcher and software maker. Several personal computers (more than tens of thousands) in more than 30 countries were infected with one or more of the spying programs, said Kaspersky […]