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DanaBot Banking Trojan came out with new features which harvest email addresses from the victim’s mailbox and send out spam emails. This Trojan turned out to be the latest example for the malware which focused on stealing useful information rather than demanding ransom from victims. The campaign primarily focuses on corporate and public administration emails. DanaBot […]
Another day, another malware targeting Android users – This time, 22 apps have been removed from the Play Store after security researchers found malware draining user phone’s battery and also downloading files without their consent. These Android apps disguised themselves as legitimate software and in some cases even offered some functionality. The most popular of […]
A newly published research from Defiant, a WordPress security firm, reveals that there is a botnet hunting for WordPress sites using over 20,000 already compromised WordPress sites. As the new sites are infected, these automatically become part of the bot army and start acting on the directions of the attackers to perform tasks like brute […]
Another day, another Windows 10 update issue – This time it includes security software. Another day, another reason for Windows 10 to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. It is a fact that Windows 10 is currently used by over 400 million users globally but lately, its updates have been causing users a great […]
Cyber Security manages business risk during the full cycle(monitor, assess, advise, re-mediate). It fights against the cybercrime: detection of attacks and fraud attempts. It increases security on services platforms, infrastructures, and networks. Here is the Cyber Attack Prevention checklist. There are loads of minimal effort, simple-to-setup methods that can enhance Cyber Security inside the organization. We […]
Sotheby’s, an American multinational corporation and Auction House has become another victim of Magecart attack after hackers gained access to Sotheby’s home website and inserted a card-skimming code aiming at customers’ credit card and banking data. Although Sotheby’s detected the intrusion on 10th October 2018 the malware was present on its website and stealing personal and financial data of […]
The growth of Bitcoin and its derivative cryptocurrencies have expanded people’s point-of-view on what it really is, a new representation of real-world money. We used to associate money to currency, physical paper or metal coins to represent value, but now stored as a file in our computer or smart devices. However, not everyone in this […]
Researchers observed a new Powershell based backdoor via Microsoft office document that infects similar to MuddyWater threat actor hacking tools to steal victims sensitive data and share it via C&C server to the attacker. MuddyWater is a widely known cyber crime group and they active since 2017 and performs various PowerShell script attacks on private […]
The first cable-car service was launched in Moscow this Tuesday, and free rides to and from Luzhniki Stadium were promised to the visitors throughout the first month. Naturally, people were eager to ride the cable-car and thronged the location. However, much to their dismay, only after a few days the service got attacked with ransomware. […]
The United States Department of Justice has charged two Iranian nationals with allegedly developing and using SamSam ransomware against their targets in the United States and Canada to carry out computer hacking and extortion scheme from Iran. Both Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27 and Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34 have been charged with six counts together with one count of conspiracy […]
Cybercriminals behind this operation earned about $30M USD The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Google and multiple cybersecurity and digital forensics firms worked together to collapse one of the most complex digital advertising fraud schemes ever seen, which managed to infect more than 1.7 million computer equipment with the aim of generating fake clicks and […]
In 2015, Beijing based laptop manufacturer and seemingly reliable technology company Lenovo made headlines that its 750,000 laptops had pre-installed adware called VisualDiscovery developed by Superfish. The adware played a vital role in compromising online security protections installed by the users on their laptops, accessed financial data and performed man-in-the-middle attack on private and secure connections […]
The trojan also installs a rootkit and another malware variant that can lead to denial-of-service conditions Perhaps the malware variants that affect Linux users are not as common as threats to Windows users, but Linux malware becomes increasingly functional and complex, consider digital forensics specialists in the International Institute of Cyber Security. The most recent […]
Trickbot, a Banking Trojan that involved various cyber attacks especially target the banking networks, now distributing to target the POS services and machines to steal credit cards and ATM cards bank related sensitive data. Recently TrickBot’s malicious activities on various browsers and apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge to Steal Password & […]
A new Mobile malware family called Rotexy, launched over 7000 attacks in wide within 3 months of the period from August to October 2018. It evolved from an SMS based spyware that was active in 2014. Rotexy malware evaluation was at a peak in 2014 & 2015 and it mainly using the phishing links in order […]
Some Mac apps are so persistent that you can’t use traditional methods to remove them. Even if you do, there will always be some app remnants that clog up your system’s memory and resources. Programs like malware are case in point. They’re notoriously hard to remove, and even if you get rid of the main […]
The malicious program could be a cryptocurrency miner, or an adware The Android mobile operating system is one of the most widely used in the world, so multiple threat actors see it as a potentially profitable attack target. In recent days, Lukas Stefanko, a cybersecurity and digital forensics specialist, unveiled the discovery of a malware […]
The real world is a jungle; it is really is still the survival of the fittest even after hundreds of thousands of years ago when our common ancestors walked the planet. But instead of having a fiercer roar, sharper claws, larger teeth, bigger bodies, and other physical attributes, the real world is now intellectually-driven. The […]
Android is one of the most used mobile operating systems in the world and that makes it a lucrative target for malicious hackers. Recently, ESET’s IT security researcher Lukas Stefanko identified the presence of a malware in 13 driving gaming apps on none other than Google Play Store. What’s worse is that these apps were installed by more […]
Hackers using Google Adwords & Google Sites to spread malware VisionDirect, one of Europe’s largest online optical retailer that deals with contact lenses and eye care related products has announced that a number of its domains have suffered a data breach in which hackers stole customers’ credit card and banking data. The data breach, according […]
Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest hosting service providers on Dark Web has come under a massive cyber attack forcing its website along with over 6,500 websites hosted on its server to go offline but the damage is way more than that. The hosting administrator, a German software developer Daniel Winzen has acknowledged the attack and stated […]