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As has been happening, the problems with the mitigations for the Meltdown fault continue. Recently, information security professional has shown that the Meltdown patch in Windows 10 can be circumvented. Alex Ionescu, a Windows Internals researcher, found that the Meltdown patch issued for Windows 10 is affected by a serious vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass […]
In the past, we’ve told you about the perils of picking any random USB drive and using it. It might contain malware and dangerous scripts to target your online accounts. A Bitdefender security researcher, Marius Tivadar, has underlined the importance of this issue with his proof-of-concept code (Via: CSO Online). When put on a USB stick, […]
Creating a bootable USB disk comes handy when we have to reinstall our operating system in the case of a system failure. It’s effortless to put ISO files on portable flash drives by using various tools–like Windows USB/DVD tool and the Startup Disk Creator in Ubuntu. There are many operating systems available in the market, […]
The researchers at Kaspersky Labs have uncovered a malware, dubbed Slingshot, that has been able to hide for around six years. While the exact number is not known, the malware has infected around 100 users in different countries located in Africa and the Middle East. Slingshot is believed to be active since 2012 through February […]
Security researchers from Checkpoint discovered a largest Monero mining activity that uses XMRig miner on various versions of Windows machines. The hacker group earned more than $3 million worth Monero coins, and now to speed up their mining process they are targeting powerful Jenkins CI server. Past few year Crypto currency mining is a very easy method […]
Last week companies specialized in cyber security discovered the existence of a new Persistent Advanced Threat APT, supposedly sponsored by Dark Caracal, an organization dedicated to espionage. Since 2012, he has performed in 21 countries and has focused on mobile platforms, perhaps because of the large number of Android devices without support that are still in operation. […]
A wide range of cybercriminals now uses new “undetectable” CrossRat malware that addresses Windows, MacOS, Solaris and Linux systems. Last week we published a detailed article on the EFF / Lookout report that revealed a new group of advanced persistent threats (APTs), called Dark Caracal, engaged in worldwide mobile espionage campaigns. Although the report unveils […]
In case you’re running a Lenovo business machine with a built-in fingerprint sensor, you might want to install the latest security patch issued by the company. According to a security advisory published last week, the Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro software on many ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and ThinStation systems contains a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2017-3762). The […]
A multi-platform APT CrossRAT Malware discovered with sophisticated surveillance operation that targeting Windows, OSX, and Linux computer globally both individuals and organizations. It performed by Large-scale Dark Caracal cyber-espionage campaign and conducting advanced spying operation globally. There are thousand of Victims has been infected and hundreds of gigabytes of data have been stolen from more than […]
Microsoft is mostly criticized by the Linux community for their closed-source Windows operating system which single-handedly outperforms the popularity of all the Linux distros combined. The company has been an advocate of proprietary software, but in the last couple of years, Redmond has made a lot of contributions to the open source community. Microsoft is now […]
As using and configuring an SSH shell is very easy on any Linux or macOS machine, these operating systems have been a popular choice among developers and sysadmins. In recent times, Microsoft has tried to change its attire and tried to lure developers with the help of new features like Bash on Ubuntu on Windows […]
Since our last blog on drive-by cryptomining, we are witnessing more and more cases of abuse involving the infamous Coinhive service that allows websites to use their visitors to mine the Monero cryptocurrency. Servers continue to get hacked with mining code, and plugins get hijacked and affect hundreds or even thousands of sites at once. One of the major drawbacks […]
We discussed the re-emergence of banking malware EMOTET in September and how it has adopted a wider scope since it wasn’t picky about the industries it attacks. We recently discovered that EMOTET has a new iteration (detected as TSPY_EMOTET.SMD10) with a few changes in its usual behavior and new routines that allow it to elude sandbox and […]
Most of the third-party software that resides on your computer can access the internet and there are few offline-only programs being developed. But there are times when you might not want certain programs installed in your system from gaining access to the internet. Like, for instance, you might not want it to continuously check for […]
Keeping your PC protected using some digital lock is more than a necessity nowadays. While most Windows users prefer the password-based sign-in method, there are other different sign-in options and ways to unlock Windows 10. In the past, Fossbytes has written about various smart lock options on Android. Now, in this post, I would like to […]
The Fall Creators Update is being pushed out as a part of Microsoft’s bi-annual update routine for Windows 10. It’s the fourth big update — to promote Windows as a service — released by Microsoft since Windows 10 first came to market in 2015. The other three updates were Anniversary Update, November Update, and Creators […]
Yesterday’s news about the WPA2 vulnerabilities, known as KRACK, caused a situation of panic among the WiFi users on the internet. That’s roughly everyone. KRACK’s range of affected device includes Windows, Apple, Android, Linux, and so on. Indeed, a sense of satisfaction can be developed as the Krack attack isn’t that easy to implement even […]
To comply with the law, the DPA states that Microsoft requires getting valid user consent this indicates the company must be open about what data is gathered and how that data is treated. The governor also complains that the Windows 10 Creators Update doesn’t perpetually respect previously chosen perspectives about data collection. In the Creators Update, Microsoft […]
Joe Belfiore continued that he had also shifted to Android himself. Windows 10 Mobile attempted to attract users by making them run the same “universal apps” on both their PCs and handsets, but the thought failed to catch on. The OS accounted for just 0.03% of the global market based on smartphone purchases between April […]
Mining cryptocurrencies like mine monero can be a costly investment as they require a monstrous amount of computing power, so hackers have begun using malicious software that steals computer resources from interfering computer to make a lot of dollars in digital currency. Security researchers ESET in security company have found one of this malware that has […]
Bluetooth is the leading and most widespread protocol for short-range communications.It is the backbone of short range connectivity in the vast majority of devices in the market. If you are having Bluetooth enabled devices then you are vulnerable to BlueBorne attack. This attack spreads through the air and attacks Bluetooth devices. All the Bluetooth devices […]