Iranian hackers attack VPN-servers to install backdoors
Government sponsored Iranian hackers allegedly attack VPN-servers and exploit vulnerabilities in them to create backdoors in companies around the world during their malicious campaigns....
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News · February 14, 2020
Ransomwared extortionist requires intimate photo instead of money
Emsisoft experts were surprised to discover ransomware program that is not interested in a cash buyback. Instead, the Ransomwared malware requires an intimate photo....
News · February 13, 2020
Dating Viruses: Trojans Use Tinder and Badoo Brands
According to Kaspersky Lab report, almost one in five users use online dating apps (19%). Of course, attackers do not miss the opportunity to...
News · February 12, 2020
Specialists claim that threats for Mac “increased exponentially”
Long ago has been proved that once-popular statement “there is no viruses for the Mac” is far from the truth, and attackers regularly attack...
News · February 11, 2020
IBM and Check Point Researchers Named Brands that are Most Commonly Used in Phishing
IBM experts published an annual threat analysis, the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020, which demonstrates changes in cybercriminal methods over the past year...
News · February 10, 2020
RobbinHood Ransomware installs vulnerable Gigabyte drivers on victims’ computers
Experts from the British company Sophos talked about an interesting tactic that RobbinHood ransomware operators use. To disable security solutions, RobbinHood installs vulnerable Gigabyte...
News · February 7, 2020
Cybercriminals infect Android devices with Anubis banking trojan
Cybercriminals organized a phishing campaign aimed at users of Android devices, during which they infect smartphones and tablets with the Anubis banking trojan. The...
News · February 6, 2020
Hackers used the Bitbucket service for distribution of malware
Cybereason company specialists discovered that hackers used the Bitbucket service to host and distribute several types of malware. have found seven species of malware...
News · February 5, 2020
EmoCheck utility will detect Emotet infection
The Bleeping Computer publication noted that the developers of the Japanese CERT have created a special tool, the EmoCheck utility, which will allow Windows...
News · February 4, 2020
Attackers used Twitter API to match phones to usernames
Twitter reported about an unpleasant incident: attackers used Twitter API to match users' phone numbers with their names. The company's specialists became aware of...
News · February 3, 2020
Cyberattack on UN was implemented through SharePoint vulnerability
According to a confidential report, dozens of servers were compromised in the cyberattack on the UN through famous vulnerability in SharePoint. Wednesday, January 29,...
News · January 31, 2020
Cryptographer Ryuk attacked US Department of Defense contractor
ZDNet reports that Ryuk ransomware attacked a well-known government contractor of US Department of Defense, Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA), which manufactures electronics. Apparently, the...
