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A new unique PoS malware disguised as a LogMeIn service pack steals magnetic tape payment card data from a wide variety of companies starting from retailers to hotel groups. Security researchers from Forcepoint spotted an unusual heavy use of UDP-based DNS traffic requests generated by LogMeIn service pack leads to the discovery of UDPoS malware […]
Cyber security researchers have reportedly discovered what they think is the first Krotin-based malware affecting the Android OS. The discovery has been made by researchers at Trend Micro; a Trend Micro blog post on the same says- “We spotted a malicious app (detected by Trend Micro as ANDROIDOS_BKOTKLIND.HRX) that appears to be the first developed […]
Different kinds of malware are targetting cryptocurrency owners and trying to steal their valuable digital coins by employing different techniques. This new and lucrative affair is attracting experienced and novice malware creators alike. Just recently, Japanese police arrested a 17-year-old teenager boy for creating malware that targetted cryptocurrency wallets. As per a report by Mainichi […]
Hackers could be close to developing malware that exploits flaws, suggests a German cybersecurity firm. AV-Test, an independent German antivirus testing and security software company, has managed to identify nearly 139 malware samples that most probably indicate growing craze among cybercriminals to exploit the recently discovered CPU bugs Meltdown and Spectre. However, the majority of […]
Forget WannaCry and welcome WannaMine, a fileless cryptojacking malware using leaked NSA exploit called EternalBlue. We cannot ignore the fact that cryptocurrencies are much in demand and monetary worth of digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Monero have soared tremendously, thereby, increasing the purchasing power and liquidity of cryptocurrency wallets. In such a time, cybercriminals […]
A dangerous malicious campaign SmokeLoader Malware abusing MS office document that spreading via spam Email and targetting windows 8 and above users. Email medium is mainly used by attackers nowadays which carried out a variety of malware campaign and spreading across the world to infect a large number of users. SmokeLoader Malware has acted and taken advantage […]
You might be able to recall the NSA exploit called EternalBlue which was leaked by the hacker group in April last year. The Windows exploit was later used to launch worldwide cyber disaster in the name of WannaCry. Another ransomware, also based on EternalBlue, followed a month later. Now, when cryptocurrency is on the rise […]
Security researchers from Trend Micro discovered malicious apps that spies on and steal data from Android users. Malicious apps dubbed as PoriewSpy steals sensitive information from victims’ such as contacts, location, call logs, SMS, and files in SD cards. Researchers believe these malicious apps were distributed by a hacking group that targets Indian Government officials […]
Ploutus is one of the most advanced ATM malware families we’ve seen in the last few years. Discovered for the first time in Mexico back in 2013, Ploutus enabled criminals to empty ATMs using either an external keyboard attached to the machine or via SMS message, a technique that had never been seen before. FireEye Labs recently identified […]
Lazarus Hacking group Spreading Weaponized RATANKBA Malware and sophisticated hacking tools via Microsoft office documents that could mainly affect the cryptocurrencies. The Lazarus Hacking group has had multiple operations over the years around 2014-2016, most of which involve either disruption, sabotage, financial theft or espionage. RATANKBA is used by this cyberespionage Campaign for targeting financial institutions […]
On June 27th, 2017, a dangerous ransomware attack called Petya hit businesses all over Europe, including Denmark based transport and logistics conglomerate Maersk group, which suffered a cyber attack from hackers who used a modified version of Petya called NotPetya. The attack was so massive that Maersk suffered a million of dollars loss, while its cyberinfrastructure […]
Russian Authorities uncovered stealthy malware installed on dozens of gas stations that let customers into paying more than the Fuel pumped into their car tank. The swindle covers almost the entire part of south Russia and the whole network is built to steal fuel from customers. Authorities arrested Denis Zayev in Stavropol for the cheating […]
Another day, another malware scam – This time, the pirated version of Fire and Fury book has been found infecting devices with a backdoor. An IT security researcher at Kaspersky Labs, Michael Molsner, has pointed out in his latest research that hackers are trying to benefit from the hype that the new book from Michael […]
Just another day with just another Android malware targeting unsuspecting users on Google Play Store. This time, the IT security researchers at Russian cybersecurity company Dr.Web have discovered a dangerous Android malware hidden in several gaming apps on Play store stealing personal data from users by conducting phishing attacks. Just another Android malware Dubbed Android.RemoteCode.127.origin by […]
A malware that can extensively spy upon unsuspecting users and force mobile phones to record audio and video as well as capture photographs and obtain geolocation data, calendar events and financial or business related data stored in the device memory has been identified by security researchers at Kaspersky Labs. Yes, you read that right. The malware […]
A new variant of disk-wiping KillDisk malware affecting Windows machine attempts to overwrite and deletes files. Security researchers from TrendMicro detected it as TROJ_KILLDISK.IUB. The new variant found targetting Financial organizations in Latin America does not include a ransom note as like Petya or WannaCry. Recovering the scrambled files in question because it wipes out […]
The Police are supposed to protect and serve but Taiwanese police in the news for distributing malware-infected USB sticks to the winners of a cybersecurity-related quiz during a conference hosted by the Presidential Office in December 2017. According to reports, the National Police – the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CBI) awarded 250 USB sticks with 8GB of storage capacity however it turned out […]
The Meltdown and Spectre bugs have generated a lot of media attention, and users have been urged to update their machines with fixes made available by various vendors. While some patches have created more issues than they fixed, we came across a particular one targeted at German users that actually is malware. In fact, German authorities recently warned about phishing emails […]
One of the most common tactics employed by notorious cybercriminals involves taking advantage of the popular trends and creating fraudulent websites/apps to trick users. It looks like some of the players have tried to exploit the confusion surrounding Meltdown and Sprectre CPU bugs. Forget buggy updates which are causing numerous problems to the users, Malwarebytes has […]
On January 10, Cisco’s officially released its software platform Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) that can keep a check on network packet metadata so as to detect malicious traffic. The software was previously launched in June 2017 but it has remained in private preview ever since because only enterprises were able to use it. Now, Cisco […]
Another day, another Monero cryptomining campaign and this time attackers exploited a security flaw in Oracle Fusion Middleware. Latest SANS Technology Institute report published on 7 January is more like a bombshell for cryptocurrency industry. It reveals the findings of Morphus Labs researcher Renato Marinho, according to which a new globally active cybercrime campaign is underway attacking […]