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What goes around comes around and for these cyber criminals it came too fast! Around fifty cybercriminals have been arrested by Russian authorities on charges of stealing 1.7billion roubles. This roughly accumulated to $25 million and £18 million. This is being referred to as the largest arrest of hackers to date in Russia. Authorities in […]
Targets multiple banks and WhatsApp users. During a regular hunt for malware, our researchers came across an interesting malicious Android app that portrayed itself as an online app for the reputable Russian bank Sberbank, which is the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe. There have been various attempts made in past to attack Sberbank of Russia and […]
New study finds third-party updaters are riddled with critical vulnerabilities. The next time you’re in the market for a new Windows computer, consider this: if it comes from one of the top five manufacturers, it’s vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that allow hackers to install malware. That’s the take-away from a report published Tuesday by researchers from […]
The University of Calgary faced massive malware attack impacting its servers for days! The computer servers at the University of Calgary, Canada, has suffered a sophisticated malware attack impacting its IT infrastructure this Saturday(28th May) when officials noticed suspicious activity and warned students not to use any computers issued by the university. On 29th May, […]
Reports show that UAE was spying on journalists and activists through spyware called Stealth Falcon There have been a lot of stories on hacking and spying in the modern era that getting them all is close to impossible. But here and there comes a few which stand out and make people really talk about them. […]
Crooks use your PC to hide their IP, funnel Web traffic. BackDoor.TeamViewer.49 is the name of a backdoor trojan discovered by Russian security vendor Dr.Web, who claims it will install the TeamViewer application on infected computers so that it can relay Web traffic from the crook to other servers on the Internet, effectively using the host […]
Bank in Philippines was also targeted by attackers, whose malware shares code with tools used by Lazarus group. Symantec has found evidence that a bank in the Philippines has also been attacked by the group that stole US$81 million from the Bangladesh central bank and attempted to steal over $1 million from the Tien Phong […]
South Korea had its Air Force website hacked — While the investigations are underway some consider North Korea as the culprit! The official website of South Korean Air Force (airforce.mil.kr) was shut down for two weeks after a massive cyber attack hit its server. On 12th May 2016, the air force website was found infected with a […]
No there is no Gold Version for WhatsApp — If you have received an invitation from a friend it’s because their account has been compromised. So Don’t fall for it! Recently HackRead’s Ryan received a message on WhatsApp from one of his contacts during a group chat. The message asked him to click on a link in order to […]
Researchers Observe Increase in Phish Attack Mimicking 2016 Rio Olympics Adverts! Phishing attacks are definitely on a rise nowadays with email scams and spam messages doing the round across the World Wide Web incessantly. Usually, these campaigns increase in their gravity, scope and proportion when a big event of national or global nature is expected […]
Skimer malware is back to steal your cash from ATMS! A new malware program named Skimer has been discovered by security researchers. The malware is designed in a way that it infects the ATMs that run with the Windows operating system and therefore be used in stealing of money and payment card details. Source: JoyReactor […]
Crooks can steal money from ATMs using special credit cards. Skimer, a malware family targeting ATMs, has received a major update the past few months, and security researchers from Kaspersky are reporting about new attacks spotted in the wild. The malware was discovered in 2009, but the criminal group behind it continued to work on its […]
John McAfee, noted liar and one-time creator of anti-virus software, apparently tried to convince reporters that he hacked the encryption used on WhatsApp. To do this, he attempted to send them phones with preinstalled malware and then convince them he was reading their encrypted conversations. In April, WhatsApp announced that it had added automatic end-to-end […]
A teen hacker has taken over PornHub servers and sold the data for $1000 — PornHub claims it’s just a hoax! The famous adult content website PornHub launched its bug bounty program just a few days ago amid increasing malware attacks but before someone can report bugs on their site a hacker already breached and stole their […]
Proofpoint researchers have recently observed the re-emergence of two malware downloaders that had largely disappeared for several months. Hancitor (also known as Tordal and Chanitor) and Ruckguv have reappeared in campaigns distributing Pony and Vawtrak with significant updates and increased functionality. We have also been tracking an actor experimenting with various loaders, providing insights into […]
Attackers can score user privileges thanks to heap corruption hassle Some of the world’s biggest security and software vendors will be rushing to patch holes in implementations of the popular 7-zip compression tool to stop attackers gaining full control of customer machines. Compression tool 7-Zip pwned, pain flows to top security, software tools Cisco security […]
Yahoo mail Hammered by Congress for its Inefficiency in Preventing Phishing Attempts Symantec’s newest threat report claims that email phishing scams have substantially declined in the last three years but incidences where crypto-ransomware was used to encrypt data and demand payment in exchange to unlock it has increased by 35% just in 2015. This means, […]
The famous adult content website Pornhub has decided to let hackers report security flaws and vulnerability on its computer system and earn $50 to $25,000! Pornhub, known for its verity of pornography content has announced its bug bounty program on Tuesday. The website is owned by MindGeek, a Canadian-based IT company active in x-rated content […]
Viking Horde malware gains root access of any Android device — It can steal your personal data, conduct DDoS attacks and ad frauds. Android devices are under constant threat of malware attacks, recently, an IT security firm Check Point has exposed a dangerous malware targeting Android devices. They call it Viking Horde malware which has infected several […]
Short Bytes: Jaku Botnet discriminates while targeting its victims in the wild. It is easier to download from the famous sources like images or Torrents — thanks to the unforced human errors — and once installed, it grips that computer and makes that a part of the Botnet network. The Botnet Jaku, named after a planet […]
We recently came across a cyber attack that used a remote access Trojan (RAT) called Lost Door, a tool currently offered on social media sites. What also struck us the most about this RAT (detected as BKDR_LODORAT.A) is how it abuses the Port Forward feature in routers. Using this feature enables remote systems to connect […]