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Hackers Behind Healthcare Espionage Infect X-Ray and MRI Machines | https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/healthcare-cyber-attacks.html | Security researchers have uncovered a new hacking group that is aggressively targeting healthcare organizations and related sectors across the globe to conduct corporate espionage.
Dubbed "Orangeworm," the hacking group has been found installing a wormable trojan on machines hosting software used for controlling high-... | Malware |
Over 20 Million Users Installed Malicious Ad Blockers From Chrome Store | https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/adblocker-chrome-extention.html | If you have installed any of the below-mentioned Ad blocker extension in your Chrome browser, you could have been hacked.
A security researcher has spotted five malicious ad blockers extension in the Google Chrome Store that had already been installed by at least 20 million users.
Unfortunately, malicious browser ext... | Malware |
CCleaner Attack Timeline—Here's How Hackers Infected 2.3 Million PCs | https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/ccleaner-malware-attack.html | Last year, the popular system cleanup software CCleaner suffered a massive supply-chain malware attack of all times, wherein hackers compromised the company's servers for more than a month and replaced the original version of the software with the malicious one.
The malware attack infected over 2.3 million users who d... | Malware |
Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS to Distribute Android Banking Trojan | https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/android-dns-hijack-malware.html | Security researchers have been warning about an ongoing malware campaign hijacking Internet routers to distribute Android banking malware that steals users' sensitive information, login credentials and the secret code for two-factor authentication.
In order to trick victims into installing the Android malware, dubbed ... | Malware |
Hackers Found Using A New Code Injection Technique to Evade Detection | https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/early-bird-code-injection.html | While performing in-depth analysis of various malware samples, security researchers at Cyberbit found a new code injection technique, dubbed Early Bird, being used by at least three different sophisticated malware that helped attackers evade detection.
As its name suggests, Early Bird is a "simple yet powerful" techni... | Malware |
Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced Security Features | https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/microsoft-office-ransomware.html | Ransomware has been around for a few years, but it has become an albatross around everyone's neck, targeting big businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and individuals worldwide and extorting millions of dollars.
Last year, we saw some major ransomware outbreaks, including WannaCry and NotPetya, which wreaked h... | Malware |
New Android Malware Secretly Records Phone Calls and Steals Private Data | https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/android-spying-trojan.html | Security researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered variants of a new Android Trojan that are being distributed in the wild disguising as a fake anti-virus application, dubbed "Naver Defender."
Dubbed KevDroid, the malware is a remote administration tool (RAT) designed to steal sensitive information from compromised An... | Malware |
Trojanized BitTorrent Software Update Hijacked 400,000 PCs Last Week | https://thehackernews.com/2018/03/windows-malware-hacking.html | A massive malware outbreak that last week infected nearly half a million computers with cryptocurrency mining malware in just a few hours was caused by a backdoored version of popular BitTorrent client called MediaGet.
Dubbed Dofoil (also known as Smoke Loader), the malware was found dropping a cryptocurrency miner pr... | Malware |
13 Critical Flaws Discovered in AMD Ryzen and EPYC Processors | https://thehackernews.com/2018/03/amd-processor-vulnerabilities.html | Security researchers claimed to have discovered 13 critical Spectre/Meltdown-like vulnerabilities throughout AMD's Ryzen and EPYC lines of processors that could allow attackers to access sensitive data, install persistent malware inside the chip, and gain full access to the compromised systems.
All these vulnerabiliti... | Malware |
MOSQUITO Attack Allows Air-Gapped Computers to Covertly Exchange Data | https://thehackernews.com/2018/03/air-gap-computer-hacking.html | The team of security researchers—who last month demonstrated how attackers could steal data from air-gapped computers protected inside a Faraday cage—are back with its new research showing how two (or more) air-gapped PCs placed in the same room can covertly exchange data via ultrasonic waves.
Air-gapped computers are... | Malware |
ISPs Caught Injecting Cryptocurrency Miners and Spyware In Some Countries | https://thehackernews.com/2018/03/cryptocurrency-spyware-malware.html | Governments in Turkey and Syria have been caught hijacking local internet users' connections to secretly inject surveillance malware, while the same mass interception technology has been found secretly injecting browser-based cryptocurrency mining scripts into users' web traffic in Egypt.
Governments, or agencies link... | Malware |
New Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infected Over 500,000 PCs in Just Few Hours | https://thehackernews.com/2018/03/cryptocurrency-mining-malware.html | Two days ago, Microsoft encountered a rapidly spreading cryptocurrency-mining malware that infected almost 500,000 computers within just 12 hours and successfully blocked it to a large extent.
Dubbed Dofoil, aka Smoke Loader, the malware was found dropping a cryptocurrency miner program as payload on infected Windows ... | Malware |
Hacker Who Never Hacked Anyone Gets 33-Month Prison Sentence | https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/malware-author-jailed.html | A hacker who was arrested and pleaded guilty last year—not because he hacked someone, but for creating and selling a remote access trojan that helped cyber criminals—has finally been sentenced to serve almost three years in prison.
Taylor Huddleston, 26, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty in July 2017 to one cha... | Malware |
Flaw in Popular μTorrent Software Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely | https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/torrent-download-software.html | If you have installed world's most popular torrent download software, μTorrent, then you should download its latest version for Windows as soon as possible.
Google's security researcher at Project Zero discovered a serious remote code execution vulnerability in both the 'μTorrent desktop app for Windows' and newly lau... | Malware |
Hackers Exploit 'Telegram Messenger' Zero-Day Flaw to Spread Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/hackers-exploit-telegram-messenger-zero.html | A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the desktop version for end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app that was being exploited in the wild in order to spread malware that mines cryptocurrencies such as Monero and ZCash.
The Telegram vulnerability was uncovered by security researcher Alexey Firsh from Kas... | Malware |
Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies | https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/cryptojacking-malware.html | There was a time when hackers simply defaced websites to get attention, then they started hijacking them to spread banking trojan and ransomware, and now the trend has shifted towards injecting scripts into sites to mine cryptocurrencies.
Thousands of government websites around the world have been found infected with ... | Malware |
Hackers Can Now Steal Data Even From Faraday Cage Air-Gapped Computers | https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/airgap-computer-hacking.html | A team of security researchers—which majorly focuses on finding clever ways to get into air-gapped computers by exploiting little-noticed emissions of a computer's components like light, sound and heat—have published another research showcasing that they can steal data not only from an air gap computer but also from a ... | Malware |
Cyber Espionage Group Targets Asian Countries With Bitcoin Mining Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/cyber-espionage-asia.html | Security researchers have discovered a custom-built piece of malware that's wreaking havoc in Asia for past several months and is capable of performing nasty tasks, like password stealing, bitcoin mining, and providing hackers complete remote access to compromised systems.
Dubbed Operation PZChao, the attack campaign ... | Malware |
Meltdown/Specter-based Malware Coming Soon to Devices Near You, Are You Ready? | https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/meltdown-spectre-malware-hacking.html | It has been few weeks since the details of the Spectre, and Meltdown processor vulnerabilities came out in public and researchers have discovered more than 130 malware samples trying to exploit these chip flaws.
Spectre and Meltdown are security vulnerabilities disclosed by security researchers earlier this month in m... | Malware |
Hackers Exploiting Three Microsoft Office Flaws to Spread Zyklon Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/microsoft-office-malware.html | Security researchers have spotted a new malware campaign in the wild that spreads an advanced botnet malware by leveraging at least three recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office.
Dubbed Zyklon, the fully-featured malware has resurfaced after almost two years and primarily found targeting telecommunicati... | Malware |
Skygofree — Powerful Android Spyware Discovered | https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/android-spying-malware.html | Security researchers have unveiled one of the most powerful and highly advanced Android spyware tools that give hackers full control of infected devices remotely.
Dubbed Skygofree, the Android spyware has been designed for targeted surveillance, and it is believed to have been targeting a large number of users for the... | Malware |
New Mirai Okiru Botnet targets devices running widely-used ARC Processors | https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/mirai-okiru-arc-botnet.html | The cybersecurity threat landscape has never been more extensive and is most likely to grow exponentially in 2018.
Although the original creators of Mirai DDoS botnet have already been arrested and jailed, the variants of the infamous IoT malware are still in the game due to the availability of its source code on the ... | Malware |
Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/cryptocurrency-hack-facebook.html | If you receive a video file (packed in zip archive) sent by someone (or your friends) on your Facebook messenger — just don't click on it.
Researchers from security firm Trend Micro are warning users of a new cryptocurrency mining bot which is spreading through Facebook Messenger and targeting Google Chrome desktop us... | Malware |
Greedy North Korean Hackers Targeting Cryptocurrencies and Point-of-Sale Terminals | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/lazarus-hacking-bitcoin.html | The North Korean hacking group has turned greedy.
Security researchers have uncovered a new widespread malware campaign targeting cryptocurrency users, believed to be originated from Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored hacking group linked to the North Korean government.
Active since 2009, Lazarus Group has been attribu... | Malware |
This New Android Malware Can Physically Damage Your Phone | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/phone-malware-battery.html | Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate website administrators are increasingly using JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC to mine Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.
Just last week, researchers from AdGuard discovered that... | Malware |
TRITON Malware Targeting Critical Infrastructure Could Cause Physical Damage | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/triton-ics-scada-malware.html | Security researchers have uncovered another nasty piece of malware designed specifically to target industrial control systems (ICS) with a potential to cause health and life-threatening accidents.
Dubbed Triton, also known as Trisis, the ICS malware has been designed to target Triconex Safety Instrumented System (SIS)... | Malware |
Three Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating IoT-based Mirai DDoS Botnet | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/hacker-ddos-mirai-botnet.html | The U.S. federal officials have arrested three hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world's biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year.
According to the federal court documents unsealed Tue... | Malware |
Password Stealing Apps With Over A Million Downloads Found On Google Play Store | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/google-playstore-malware.html | Even after so many efforts by Google like launching bug bounty program and preventing apps from using Android accessibility services, malicious applications somehow manage to get into Play Store and infect people with malicious software.
The same happened once again when security researchers discovered at least 85 app... | Malware |
Newly Uncovered 'MoneyTaker' Hacker Group Stole Millions from U.S. & Russian Banks | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/bank-hackers.html | Security researchers have uncovered a previously undetected group of Russian-speaking hackers that has silently been targeting Banks, financial institutions, and legal firms, primarily in the United States, UK, and Russia.
Moscow-based security firm Group-IB published a 36-page report on Monday, providing details abou... | Malware |
THN Weekly Roundup — Top 10 Stories You Should Not Miss | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/cybersecurity-hacking-news.html | Here we are with our weekly roundup, briefing this week's top cybersecurity threats, incidents, and challenges, just in case you missed any of them.
Last week has been very short with big news from the theft of over 4,700 Bitcoins from the largest cryptocurrency mining marketplace to the discovery of a new malware eva... | Malware |
Pre-Installed Keylogger Found On Over 460 HP Laptop Models | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/hp-laptop-keylogger.html | HP has an awful history of 'accidentally' leaving keyloggers onto its customers' laptops. At least two times this year, HP laptops were caught with pre-installed keylogger or spyware applications.
I was following a tweet made by a security researcher claiming to have found a built-in keylogger in several HP laptops, a... | Malware |
Android Flaw Lets Hackers Inject Malware Into Apps Without Altering Signatures | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/android-malware-signature.html | Millions of Android devices are at serious risk of a newly disclosed critical vulnerability that allows attackers to secretly overwrite legitimate applications installed on your smartphone with their malicious versions.
Dubbed Janus, the vulnerability allows attackers to modify the code of Android apps without affecti... | Malware |
Process Doppelgänging: New Malware Evasion Technique Works On All Windows Versions | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/malware-process-doppelganging.html | A team of security researchers has discovered a new malware evasion technique that could help malware authors defeat most of the modern antivirus solutions and forensic tools.
Dubbed Process Doppelgänging, the new fileless code injection technique takes advantage of a built-in Windows function and an undocumented impl... | Malware |
Young Hacker, Who Took Over Jail Network to Get Friend Released Early, Faces Prison | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/hacking-jail-records.html | Well, "a friend in need is a friend indeed" goes a long way, but in this case, this phrase hardly makes any sense.
A 27-year-old Michigan man who hacked into the government computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records and gain early release for his friend is now himself facing federal charges after... | Malware |
Feds Shut Down 'Longest-Running' Andromeda Botnet | https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/andromeda-botnet.html | In a coordinated International cyber operation, Europol with the help of international law enforcement agencies has taken down what it called "one of the longest-running malware families in existence" known as Andromeda.
Andromeda, also known as Win32/Gamarue, is an infamous HTTP-based modular botnet that has been aro... | Malware |
Google Detects Android Spyware That Spies On WhatsApp, Skype Calls | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/android-spying-app.html | In an attempt to protect Android users from malware and shady apps, Google has been continuously working to detect and remove malicious apps from your devices using its newly launched Google Play Protect service.
Google Play Protect—a security feature that uses machine learning and app usage analysis to check devices ... | Malware |
BankBot Returns On Play Store – A Never Ending Android Malware Story | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/bankbot-android-malware.html | Even after so many efforts by Google for making its Play Store away from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software.
A team of researchers from several security firms has uncovered two new malware campaigns targeting Google Play Store users, of wh... | Malware |
17-Year-Old MS Office Flaw Lets Hackers Install Malware Without User Interaction | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/microsoft-office-rce-exploit.html | You should be extra careful when opening files in MS Office.
When the world is still dealing with the threat of 'unpatched' Microsoft Office's built-in DDE feature, researchers have uncovered a serious issue with another Office component that could allow attackers to remotely install malware on targeted computers.
Th... | Malware |
Vault 8: WikiLeaks Releases Source Code For Hive - CIA's Malware Control System | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/cia-hive-malware-code.html | Almost two months after releasing details of 23 different secret CIA hacking tool projects under Vault 7 series, Wikileaks today announced a new Vault 8 series that will reveal source codes and information about the backend infrastructure developed by the CIA hackers.
Not just announcement, but the whistleblower organ... | Malware |
Hacker Distributes Backdoored IoT Vulnerability Scanning Script to Hack Script Kiddies | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/iot-vulnerability-scanner.html | Nothing is free in this world.
If you are searching for free hacking tools on the Internet, then beware—most freely available tools, claiming to be the swiss army knife for hackers, are nothing but a scam.
For example, Cobian RAT and a Facebook hacking tool that we previously reported on The Hacker News actually coul... | Malware |
Built-in Keylogger Found in MantisTek GK2 Keyboards—Sends Data to China | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/mantistek-keyboard-keylogger.html | "The right keyboard can make all the difference between a victory and a defeat in a video game battlefield."
If you are a gamer, you can relate to the above quote.
But what if your winning weapon betrays you?
The popular 104-key Mantistek GK2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard that costs around €49.66 has allegedly been cau... | Malware |
The Rise of Super-Stealthy Digitally Signed Malware—Thanks to the Dark Web | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/malware-digital-certificate.html | Guess what's more expensive than counterfeit United States passports, stolen credit cards and even guns on the dark web?
It's digital code signing certificates.
A recent study conducted by the Cyber Security Research Institute (CSRI) this week revealed that stolen digital code-signing certificates are readily availab... | Malware |
Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users | https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/fake-whatsapp-android.html | Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that's popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google's official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place for hackers to get their job done.
Yesterday some users spotted a fake version of the most popular WhatsApp messaging app f... | Malware |
New Rapidly-Growing IoT Botnet Threatens to Take Down the Internet | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/iot-botnet-malware-attack.html | Just a year after Mirai—biggest IoT-based malware that caused vast Internet outages by launching massive DDoS attacks—completed its first anniversary, security researchers are now warning of a brand new rapidly growing IoT botnet.
Dubbed 'IoT_reaper,' first spotted in September by researchers at firm Qihoo 360, the ne... | Malware |
Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/ms-office-dde-malware-exploit.html | A newly discovered unpatched attacking method that exploits a built-in feature of Microsoft Office is currently being used in various widespread malware attack campaigns.
Last week we reported how hackers could leveraging an old Microsoft Office feature called Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), to perform malicious code exe... | Malware |
Dangerous Malware Allows Anyone to Empty ATMs—And It's On Sale! | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/atm-malware-hacking.html | Hacking ATM is now easier than ever before.
Usually, hackers exploit hardware and software vulnerabilities to hack ATMs and force them to spit out cash, but now anyone can simply buy a malware to steal millions in cash from ATMs.
Hackers are selling ready-made ATM malware on an underground hacking forum that anybody ... | Malware |
Hackers Use New Flash Zero-Day Exploit to Distribute FinFisher Spyware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/flash-player-zero-day.html | FinSpy—the infamous surveillance malware is back and infecting high-profile targets using a new Adobe Flash zero-day exploit delivered through Microsoft Office documents.
Security researchers from Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Flash, which was being actively... | Malware |
Ukraine Police Warns of New NotPetya-Style Large Scale CyberAttack | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/ukraine-notpetya-cyberattack.html | Remember NotPetya?
The Ransomware that shut down thousands of businesses, organisations and banks in Ukraine as well as different parts of Europe in June this year.
Now, Ukrainian government authorities are once again warning its citizens to brace themselves for next wave of "large-scale" NotPetya-like cyber attack.
... | Malware |
New Ransomware Not Just Encrypts Your Android But Also Changes PIN Lock | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/android-ransomware-pin.html | DoubleLocker—as the name suggests, it locks device twice.
Security researchers from Slovakia-based security software maker ESET have discovered a new Android ransomware that not just encrypts users' data, but also locks them out of their devices by changing lock screen PIN.
On top of that:
DoubleLocker is the first-... | Malware |
Warning: Millions Of P0rnHub Users Hit With Malvertising Attack | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/online-malvertising-attack.html | Researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint have recently discovered a large-scale malvertising campaign that exposed millions of Internet users in the United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia to malware infections.
Active for more than a year and still ongoing, the malware campaign is being conducted by a hack... | Malware |
FormBook—Cheap Password Stealing Malware Used In Targeted Attacks | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/formbook-password-stealer.html | It seems sophisticated hackers have changed the way they conduct targeted cyber operations—instead of investing in zero-days and developing their malware; some hacking groups have now started using ready-made malware just like script kiddies.
Possibly, this could be a smart move for state-sponsored hackers to avoid be... | Malware |
Spanish Court Agrees to Extradite Russian Spam King to the United States | https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/peter-levashov-kelihos.html | Spain's National Court ruled on Tuesday to extradite a 36-year-old Russian computer programmer, accused by American authorities of malicious hacking offences, to the United States, according to a court document.
Peter Yuryevich Levashov, also known as Peter Severa, was arrested in April this year when he was travellin... | Malware |
Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Servers to Mine Monero - Makes $63,000 In 3 Months | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/windows-monero-miners.html | Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment as it takes a monstrous amount of computing power, and thus hackers have started using malware that steals computing resources of computers it hijacks to make lots of dollars in digital currency.
Security researchers at security firm ESET have spotted one such malware... | Malware |
First Android Malware Found Exploiting Dirty COW Linux Flaw to Gain Root Privileges | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/dirty-cow-android-malware.html | Nearly a year after the disclosure of the Dirty COW vulnerability that affected the Linux kernel, cybercriminals have started exploiting the vulnerability against Android users, researchers have warned.
Publicly disclosed last year in October, Dirty COW was present in a section of the Linux kernel—a part of virtually ... | Malware |
ISPs May Be Helping Hackers to Infect you with FinFisher Spyware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/gamma-finfisher-hacking-tool.html | Are you sure the version of WhatsApp, or Skype, or VLC Player installed on your device is legitimate?
Security researchers have discovered that legitimate downloads of several popular applications including WhatsApp, Skype, VLC Player and WinRAR have reportedly been compromised at the ISP level to distribute the infam... | Malware |
CCleaner Malware Infects Big Tech Companies With Second Backdoor | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/ccleaner-malware-hacking.html | The group of unknown hackers who hijacked CCleaner's download server to distribute a malicious version of the popular system optimization software targeted at least 20 major international technology companies with a second-stage payload.
Earlier this week, when the CCleaner hack was reported, researchers assured users... | Malware |
APT33: Researchers Expose Iranian Hacking Group Linked to Destructive Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/apt33-iranian-hackers.html | Security researchers have recently uncovered a cyber espionage group targeting aerospace, defence and energy organisations in the United States, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.
According to the latest research published Wednesday by US security firm FireEye, an Iranian hacking group that it calls Advanced Persistent Thr... | Malware |
Hacker Can Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers Using IR CCTV Cameras | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/airgap-network-malware-hacking.html | Air-gapped computers that are isolated from the Internet and physically separated from local networks are believed to be the most secure computers which are difficult to infiltrate.
However, these networks have been a regular target in recent years for researchers, who have been trying to demonstrate every possible at... | Malware |
Red Alert 2.0: New Android Banking Trojan for Sale on Hacking Forums | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/android-banking-trojan.html | The Recent discoveries of dangerous variants of the Android banking Trojan families, including Faketoken, Svpeng, and BankBot, present a significant threat to online users who may have their login credentials and valuable personal data stolen.
Security researchers from SfyLabs have now discovered a new Android banking... | Malware |
Warning: CCleaner Hacked to Distribute Malware; Over 2.3 Million Users Infected | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/ccleaner-hacked-malware.html | If you have downloaded or updated CCleaner application on your computer between August 15 and September 12 of this year from its official website, then pay attention—your computer has been compromised.
CCleaner is a popular application with over 2 billion downloads, created by Piriform and recently acquired by Avast, ... | Malware |
Unpatched Windows Kernel Bug Could Help Malware Hinder Detection | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/windows-kernel-malware.html | A 17-year-old programming error has been discovered in Microsoft's Windows kernel that could prevent some security software from detecting malware at runtime when loaded into system memory.
The security issue, described by enSilo security researcher Omri Misgav, resides in the kernel routine "PsSetLoadImageNotifyRouti... | Malware |
Yet Another Android Malware Infects Over 4.2 Million Google Play Store Users | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/play-store-malware.html | Even after so many efforts by Google, malicious apps somehow managed to fool its Play Store's anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software.
The same happened once again when at least 50 apps managed to make its way onto Google Play Store and were successfully downloaded as many as 4.2 million tim... | Malware |
Linux Subsystem on Windows 10 Allows Malware to Become Fully Undetectable | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/windows-10-linux-evade-malware.html | Microsoft has been expressing its love for Linux for almost three years now, and this love costs Microsoft an arm and a leg.
Last year, Microsoft surprised everyone by announcing the arrival of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows 10, which brings the Linux command-line shell to Windows, allowing users to run ... | Malware |
BlueBorne: Critical Bluetooth Attack Puts Billions of Devices at Risk of Hacking | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/blueborne-bluetooth-hacking.html | If you are using a Bluetooth enabled device, be it a smartphone, laptop, smart TV or any other IoT device, you are at risk of malware attacks that can carry out remotely to take over your device even without requiring any interaction from your side.
Security researchers have just discovered total 8 zero-day vulnerabil... | Malware |
Shadow Brokers Leaks Another Windows Hacking Tool Stolen from NSA's Arsenal | https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/shadowbrokers-unitedrake-hacking.html | The Shadow Brokers, a notorious hacking group that leaked several hacking tools from the NSA, is once again making headlines for releasing another NSA exploit—but only to its "monthly dump service" subscribers.
Dubbed UNITEDRAKE, the implant is a "fully extensible remote collection system" that comes with a number of ... | Malware |
AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/cia-boot-sector-malware.html | A team of hackers at the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, allegedly used a Windows hacking tool against its targets to gain persistent remote access.
As part of its Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks today revealed details about a new implant developed by the CIA, dubbed AngelFire, to target computers running Windows opera... | Malware |
Gazer: A New Backdoor Targets Ministries and Embassies Worldwide | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/gazer-backdoor-malware.html | Security researchers at ESET have discovered a new malware campaign targeting consulates, ministries and embassies worldwide to spy on governments and diplomats.
Active since 2016, the malware campaign is leveraging a new backdoor, dubbed Gazer, and is believed to be carried out by Turla advanced persistent threat (AP... | Malware |
Using LabVIEW? Unpatched Flaw Allows Hackers to Hijack Your Computer | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/hacking-labview-vi-file.html | If you're an engineer and use LabVIEW software to design machines or industrial equipments, you should be very suspicious while opening any VI (virtual instrument) file.
LabVIEW, developed by American company National Instruments, is a visual programming language and powerful system-design tool that is being used worl... | Malware |
Beware of Windows/MacOS/Linux Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/facebook-virus-hacking.html | If you came across any Facebook message with a video link sent by anyone, even your friend — just don't click on it.
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted an ongoing cross-platform campaign on Facebook Messenger, where users receive a video link that redirects them to a fake website, luring them to instal... | Malware |
Backdoor Found in Popular Server Management Software used by Hundreds of Companies | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/netsarang-server-management.html | Cyber criminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They are now adopting more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to detect.
Recently, cyber crooks managed to infiltrate the update mechanism for a popular server management software package... | Malware |
How Just Opening A Malicious PowerPoint File Could Compromise Your PC | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/powerpoint-malware-ms-office.html | A few months back we reported how opening a simple MS Word file could compromise your computer using a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office.
The Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) resided in the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) interface for which a patch was issued in... | Malware |
More than 1,000 Spyware Apps Found On Android App Stores | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/android-spyware-apps-hack.html | If you think you are downloading apps from Google Play Store and you are secure, then watch out!
Someone has managed to flood third-party app stores and Google Play Store with more than a thousand malicious apps, which can monitor almost anything a user does on their mobile device from silently recording calls to make... | Malware |
Malware Encoded Into DNA Hacks the Computer that Reads It | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/hacking-computer-with-dna.html | Do you know — 1 Gram of DNA Can Store 1,000,000,000 Terabyte of Data for 1000+ Years?
Even in March this year, a team of researchers successfully stored digital data — an entire operating system, a movie, an Amazon gift card, a study and a computer virus — in the strands of DNA.
But what if someone stores a malicious... | Malware |
Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) Gets $30,000 Bail, But Can't Leave United States | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/malwaretech-marcus-hutchins.html | Marcus Hutchins, the malware analyst who helped stop global Wannacry menace, has reportedly pleaded not guilty to charges of creating and distributing the infamous Kronos banking malware and is set to release on $30,000 bail on Monday.
Hutchins, the 23-year-old who operates under the alias MalwareTech on Twitter, stor... | Malware |
Hacker Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Spreading Linux Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/linux-malware-hacking.html | A Russian man accused of infecting tens of thousands of computer servers worldwide to generate millions in fraudulent payments has been imprisoned for 46 months (nearly four years) in a United States' federal prison.
41-year-old Maxim Senakh, of Velikii Novgorod, was arrested by Finnish police in August 2015 for his r... | Malware |
WannaCry Inspires Banking Trojan to Add Self-Spreading Ability | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/trickbot-banking-trojan.html | Although the wave of WannaCry and Petya ransomware has now been slowed down, money-motivated hackers and cyber criminals have taken lessons from the global outbreaks to make their malware more powerful.
Security researchers have now discovered at least one group of cyber criminals that are attempting to give its banki... | Malware |
Alexa, Are You Spying On Me? Not Really, Maybe, It's Complex! | https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/hacking-amazon-echo-spying.html | Do you own an Amazon Echo?
So are you also worried about hackers turning out your device into a covert listening device?
Just relax, if there's no NSA, no CIA or none of your above-skilled friends after you.
Since yesterday there have been several reports on Amazon Echo hack that could allow a hacker to turn your sm... | Malware |
Experts Unveil Cyber Espionage Attacks by CopyKittens Hackers | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/opykittens-cyber-espionage.html | Security researchers have discovered a new, massive cyber espionage campaign that mainly targets people working in government, defence and academic organisations in various countries.
The campaign is being conducted by an Iran-linked threat group, whose activities, attack methods, and targets have been released in a j... | Malware |
British Hacker Admits Using Mirai Botnet to DDoS Deutsche Telekom | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/mirai-botnet-ddos.html | An unnamed 29-year-old man, named by authorities as "Daniel K.," pleaded guilty in a German court on Friday to charges related to the hijacking of more than one Million Deutsche Telekom routers.
According to reports in the German press, the British man, who was using online monikers "Peter Parker" and "Spiderman," lin... | Malware |
Apple Users, Beware! A Nearly-Undetectable Malware Targeting Mac Computers | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/macos-malware-fruitfly.html | Yes, even Mac could also get viruses that could silently spy on its users. So, if you own a Mac and think you are immune to malware, you are wrong.
An unusual piece of malware that can remotely take control of webcams, screen, mouse, keyboards, and install additional malicious software has been infecting hundreds of M... | Malware |
THN Weekly Roundup — 10 Most Important Stories You Shouldn't Miss | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/hacker-news-cybersecurity.html | Here we are with our weekly roundup, briefing this week's top cyber security threats, incidents and challenges.
This week has been very short with big news from shutting down of two of the largest Dark Web marketplaces and theft of millions of dollars in the popular Ethereum cryptocurrency to the discovery of new Linu... | Malware |
WikiLeaks Reveals CIA Teams Up With Tech to Collect Ideas For Malware Development | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/cia-malware-development.html | As part of its ongoing Vault 7 leaks, the whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks today revealed about a CIA contractor responsible for analysing advanced malware and hacking techniques being used in the wild by cyber criminals.
According to the documents leaked by WikiLeaks, Raytheon Blackbird Technologies, the Central ... | Malware |
New Linux Malware Exploits SambaCry Flaw to Silently Backdoor NAS Devices | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/linux-malware-sambacry.html | Remember SambaCry?
Almost two months ago, we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software, allowing a hacker to remotely take full control of a vulnerable Linux and Unix machines.
We dubbed the vulnerability as SambaCry, because of its similarities to the Windo... | Malware |
Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/adwind-rat-malware.html | Hackers and cyber criminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day.
While other operating systems are more widely in use, cybercriminals have now shifted from traditional activities to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors, support for cross p... | Malware |
Private Decryption Key For Original Petya Ransomware Released | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/petya-ransomware-decryption-key.html | Rejoice Petya-infected victims!
The master key for the original version of the Petya ransomware has been released by its creator, allowing Petya-infected victims to recover their encrypted files without paying any ransom money.
But wait, Petya is not NotPetya.
Do not confuse Petya ransomware with the latest destruct... | Malware |
CopyCat Android Rooting Malware Infected 14 Million Devices | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/copycat-rooting-malware.html | A newly uncovered malware strain has already infected more than 14 Million Android devices around the world, earning its operators approximately $1.5 Million in fake ad revenues in just two months.
Dubbed CopyCat, the malware has capabilities to root infected devices, establish persistency, and inject malicious code i... | Malware |
Watch Out for Malware If You're Interested in North Korean Missile Program | https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/north-korea-missile-malware.html | If you hold an interest in the North Korean Missile Program and are one of those curious to know capabilities of the recently tested North Korean long-range missile than you could be a target of a new malware campaign.
North Korea claims to have conducted the first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM),... | Malware |
Turns Out New Petya is Not a Ransomware, It's a Destructive Wiper Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/petya-ransomware-wiper-malware.html | What if I say the Tuesday's devastating global malware outbreak was not due to any ransomware infection?
Yes, the Petya ransomware attacks that began infecting computers in several countries, including Russia, Ukraine, France, India and the United States on Tuesday and demands $300 ransom was not designed with the int... | Malware |
Mexican Govt. Allegedly Used Spyware Against Journalists, Activists & A Child | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/mexican-spyware-malware.html | After the disclosure of sophisticated global espionage and disinformation campaign aimed to discredit enemies of the state, Citizen Lab researchers exposed the dirty game of the Mexican government and its politics.
The report — "Government Spy: Systematic monitoring of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico"... | Malware |
New Fileless Ransomware with Code Injection Ability Detected in the Wild | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/fileless-ransomware-code-injection.html | It is no secret that hackers and cybercriminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day.
While new forms of cybercrime are on the rise, traditional activities seem to be shifting towards more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors with low detection ... | Malware |
US Warns of 'DeltaCharlie' – A North Korean DDoS Botnet Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/north-korea-hacking-malware.html | The United States government has released a rare alert about an ongoing, eight-year-long North Korean state-sponsored hacking operation.
The joint report from the FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provided details on "DeltaCharlie," a malware variant used by "Hidden Cobra" hacking group to infect hund... | Malware |
Beware! Over 800 Android Apps on Google Play Store Contain 'Xavier' Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/android-google-play-app-malware.html | Over 800 different Android apps that have been downloaded millions of times from Google Play Store found to be infected with malicious ad library that silently collects sensitive user data and can perform dangerous operations.
Dubbed "Xavier," the malicious ad library, initially emerged in September 2016, is a member ... | Malware |
Dangerous Malware Discovered that Can Take Down Electric Power Grids | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/electric-power-grid-malware.html | Last December, a cyber attack on Ukrainian Electric power grid caused the power outage in the northern part of Kiev — the country's capital — and surrounding areas, causing a blackout for tens of thousands of citizens for an hour and fifteen minutes around midnight.
Now, security researchers have discovered the culpri... | Malware |
Warning! Hackers Started Using "SambaCry Flaw" to Hack Linux Systems | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/linux-samba-vulnerability.html | Remember SambaCry?
Two weeks ago we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software (re-implementation of SMB networking protocol) that allows a remote hacker to take full control of a vulnerable Linux and Unix machines.
To know more about the SambaCry vulnerabili... | Malware |
First Android-Rooting Trojan With Code Injection Ability Found On Google Play Store | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/android-rooting-malware.html | A new Android-rooting malware with an ability to disable device' security settings in an effort to perform malicious tasks in the background has been detected on the official Play Store.
What's interesting? The app was smart enough to fool Google security mechanism by first pretending itself to be a clean app and then... | Malware |
WannaCry Coding Mistakes Can Help Files Recovery Even After Infection | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/wannacry-ransomware-unlock-files.html | Last month WannaCry ransomware hit more than 300,000 PCs across the world within just 72 hours by using its self-spreading capabilities to infect vulnerable Windows PCs, particularly those using vulnerable versions of the OS, within the same network.
But that doesn't mean WannaCry was a high-quality piece of ransomwar... | Malware |
Beware! Fireball Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide | https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/fireball-computer-virus.html | Security researchers have discovered a massive malware campaign that has already infected more than 250 million computers across the world, including Windows and Mac OS.
Dubbed Fireball, the malware is an adware package that takes complete control of victim's web browsers and turns them into zombies, potentially allow... | Malware |
Linguistic Analysis Suggests WannaCry Hackers Could be From Southern China | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/china-wannacry-ransomware.html | It's been almost four weeks since the outcry of WannaCry ransomware, but the hackers behind the self-spread ransomware threat have not been identified yet.
However, two weeks ago researchers at Google, Kaspersky Lab, Intezer and Symantec linked WannaCry to 'Lazarus Group,' a state-sponsored hacking group believed to w... | Malware |
Judy Android Malware Infects Over 36.5 Million Google Play Store Users | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/android-adware-malware.html | Security researchers have claimed to have discovered possibly the largest malware campaign on Google Play Store that has already infected around 36.5 million Android devices with malicious ad-click software.
The security firm Checkpoint on Thursday published a blog post revealing more than 41 Android applications from... | Malware |
Beware! Subtitle Files Can Hack Your Computer While You're Enjoying Movies | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/movie-subtitles-malware.html | Do you watch movies with subtitles?
Just last night, I wanted to watch a French movie, so I searched for English subtitles and downloaded it to my computer.
Though that film was excellent, this morning a new research from Checkpoint scared me.
I was unaware that a little subtitle file could hand over full control of... | Malware |
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