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Google Adds New Behavior-Based Malware Scanner To Every Android Device | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/google-play-protect-android.html | In order to keep its billions of users safe, Google has introduced another security defense for its Android devices, called Google Play Protect.
Google Play Protect, which is part of the Google Play Store app, uses machine learning and app usage analysis to weed out the dangerous and malicious apps, which have always ... | Malware |
More Hacking Groups Found Exploiting SMB Flaw Weeks Before WannaCry | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/eternalblue-smb-exploit.html | Since the Shadow Brokers released the zero-day software vulnerabilities and hacking tools – allegedly belonged to the NSA's elite hacking team Equation Group – several hacking groups and individual hackers have started using them in their own way.
The April's data dump was believed to be the most damaging release by t... | Malware |
DocuSign Data Breach Led to Targeted Email Malware Campaign | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/DocuSign-data-breach.html | While we all were busy in the WannaCry ransomware menace, two separate data breaches have been reported, one in DocuSign, a major provider of electronic signature technology, and another in BELL, Canada's largest telecommunications company.
In a notice on its website on Tuesday, DocuSign confirmed a breach at one of i... | Malware |
Weeks Before WannaCry, Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Was Using Windows SMB Exploit | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/smb-exploit-cryptocurrency-mining.html | A security researcher has just discovered a stealthy cryptocurrency-mining malware that was also using Windows SMB vulnerability at least two weeks before the outbreak of WannaCry ransomware attacks.
According to Kafeine, a security researcher at Proofpoint, another group of cyber criminals was using the same EternalB... | Malware |
WikiLeaks Reveals 'AfterMidnight' & 'Assassin' CIA Windows Malware Frameworks | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/windows-malware-framework.html | When the world was dealing with the threat of the self-spreading WannaCry ransomware, WikiLeaks released a new batch of CIA Vault 7 leaks, detailing two apparent CIA malware frameworks for the Microsoft Windows platform.
Dubbed "AfterMidnight" and "Assassin," both malware programs are designed to monitor and report ba... | Malware |
Botnet Sending 5 Million Emails Per Hour to Spread Jaff Ransomware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/decrypt-jaff-ransomware-files.html | A massive malicious email campaign that stems from the Necurs botnet is spreading a new ransomware at the rate of 5 million emails per hour and hitting computers across the globe.
Dubbed "Jaff," the new file-encrypting ransomware is very similar to the infamous Locky ransomware in many ways, but it is demanding 1.79 B... | Malware |
Three Chinese Hackers Fined $9 Million for Stealing Trade Secrets | https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/chinese-hacker-trade-secrets.html | Hackers won't be spared.
Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8 million (£6.8 million) after hacking email servers of two major New York-based law firms to steal corporate merger plans in December 2016 and used them to trade stocks.
The U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan sued 26-year-old Ia... | Malware |
New MacOS Malware, Signed With Legit Apple ID, Found Spying On HTTPS Traffic | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/apple-mac-malware.html | Many people believe that they are much less likely to be bothered by malware if they use a Mac computer, but is it really true? Unfortunately, No.
According to the McAfee Labs, malware attacks on Apple's Mac computers were up 744% in 2016, and its researchers have discovered nearly 460,000 Mac malware samples, which i... | Malware |
Hajime 'Vigilante Botnet' Growing Rapidly; Hijacks 300,000 IoT Devices Worldwide | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/vigilante-hacker-iot-botnet_26.html | Last week, we reported about a so-called 'vigilante hacker' who hacked into at least 10,000 vulnerable 'Internet of Things' devices, such as home routers and Internet-connected cameras, using a botnet malware in order to supposedly secure them.
Now, that vigilante hacker has already trapped roughly 300,000 devices in ... | Malware |
Beware! New Android Malware Infected 2 Million Google Play Store Users | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/android-malware-playstore.html | Initially thought to be 600,000 users, the number of Android users who have mistakenly downloaded and installed malware on their devices straight from Google Play Store has reached 2 Million.
Yes, about 2 Million Android users have fallen victim to malware hidden in over 40 fake companion guide apps for popular mobile... | Malware |
U.S. Takes Down Kelihos Botnet After Its Russian Operator Arrested in Spain | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/kelihos-botnet-russian-hacker.html | A Russian computer hacker arrested over the weekend in Barcelona was apparently detained for his role in a massive computer botnet, and not for last year's US presidential election hack as reported by the Russian media.
Peter Yuryevich Levashov, 32-years-old Russian computer programmer, suspected of operating the Keli... | Malware |
Symantec Connects 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA Hacking Tools Exposed by Wikileaks | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/cia-longhorn-hacking.html | Security researchers have confirmed that the alleged CIA hacking tools recently exposed by WikiLeaks have been used against at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries.
Since March, as part of its "Vault 7" series, Wikileaks has published over 8,761 documents and other confidential informatio... | Malware |
WikiLeaks Reveals CIA's Grasshopper Windows Hacking Framework | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/wikileaks-cia-malware.html | As part of its Vault 7 series of leaked documents, whistleblowing website WikiLeaks today released a new cache of 27 documents allegedly belonged to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Named Grasshopper, the latest batch reveals a CLI-based framework developed by the CIA to build "customised malware" payloads fo... | Malware |
U.S. Trade Group Hacked by Chinese Hackers ahead of Trump-Xi Trade Summit | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/hacking-trump-xi-trade.html | Researchers have uncovered a Chinese cyber-espionage against the United States ahead of the trade summit on Thursday between US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping.
According to a new report published today by Fidelis Cybersecurity firm, the Chinese APT10 hacking group implanted a piece of malware ... | Malware |
No More Ransom — 15 New Ransomware Decryption Tools Available for Free | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/decrypt-ransomware-files-tool.html | No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat.
Launched less than a year ago, the No More Ransom (NMR) project has increased its capacity with new partners and new decryption tools added to its now global campaign to combat Ransomware.
Started as a joint initiative by Europol, the Dutch National Police, Intel Security ... | Malware |
Google just discovered a dangerous Android Spyware that went undetected for 3 Years | https://thehackernews.com/2017/04/spy-app-for-android.html | An Android version of one of the most sophisticated mobile spyware has been discovered that remained undetected for at least three years due to its smart self-destruction capabilities.
Dubbed Chrysaor, the Android spyware has been used in targeted attacks against activists and journalists mostly in Israel, but also in... | Malware |
Widespread Email Scam Targets Github Developers with Dimnie Trojan | https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/github-email-scam.html | Open source developers who use the popular code-sharing site GitHub were put on alert after the discovery of a phishing email campaign that attempts to infect their computers with an advanced malware trojan.
Dubbed Dimnie, the reconnaissance and espionage trojan has the ability to harvest credentials, download sensiti... | Malware |
Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Developing and Distributing Citadel Trojan | https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/citadel-trojan-hacker.html | A Russian man accused of developing and distributing the Citadel Banking Trojan, which infected nearly 11 Million computers globally and caused over $500 Million in losses, has finally pleaded guilty to charges of computer fraud.
Mark Vartanyan, 29, who was very well known as "Kolypto," pleaded guilty in an Atlanta co... | Malware |
Searching for Leaked Celebrity Photos? Don't Blindly Click that Fappening Link! | https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/fappening-leaked-photos.html | Are you curiously googling or searching torrents for photos or videos of Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried, Rose McGowan, or any other celebrities leaked in The Fappenning 2.0?
If yes, then beware, you should not click any link promising Fappenning celebrity photos.
Cybercriminals often take advantage of news headlines in... | Malware |
Google Kicks Out Largest Android Adware Family From The Play Store | https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/android-adware-malware-google.html | With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adware has traditionally been used to aggressively push ads like banners or pop-ups on mobile screens to make money.
The troublesome part is that Adware is now becoming trojanized and more sophisticated, as it ... | Malware |
Beware! Pre-Installed Android Malware Found On 36 High-end Smartphones | https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/android-malware-apps.html | Bought a brand new Android Smartphone? Do not expect it to be a clean slate.
At least 36 high-end smartphone models belonging to popular manufacturing companies such as Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Asus, Nexus, Oppo, and Lenovo, which are being distributed by two unidentified companies have been found pre-loaded with malware ... | Malware |
New Fileless Malware Uses DNS Queries To Receive PowerShell Commands | https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/powershell-dns-malware.html | It is no secret that 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 involve the exploitation of standard system tools and protocols, w... | Malware |
Dridex Banking Trojan Gains 'AtomBombing' Code Injection Ability to Evade Detection | https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/dridex-atombombing-malware.html | Security researchers have discovered a new variant of Dridex – one of the most nefarious banking Trojans actively targeting financial sector – with a new, sophisticated code injection technique and evasive capabilities called "AtomBombing."
On Tuesday, Magal Baz, security researcher at Trusteer IBM disclosed new resea... | Malware |
Beware! Don't Fall For "Font Wasn't Found" Google Chrome Malware Scam | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/HoeflerText-font-chrome.html | Next time when you accidentally or curiously land up on a website with jumbled content prompting you to download a missing font to read the blog by updating the Chrome font pack…
…Just Don't Download and Install It. It's a Trap!
Scammers and hackers are targeting Google Chrome users with this new hacking scam that's ... | Malware |
Malware Hijacks Microphones to Spy On Ukrainian Businesses, Scientists and Media | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/ukraine-russia-hacking_20.html | Ukraine has once again been a target of a potential hacking attack that infected computer systems from dozens of Ukrainian businesses with highly sophisticated malware, allowing hackers to exfiltrate sensitive data and eavesdrop on their network.
Late last year, the country also suffered a power outage caused by the s... | Malware |
Hackers Are Using Android Malware To Spy On Israeli Military Personnel | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/android-malware-israeli-military.html | A group of highly sophisticated state-sponsored hackers is spying on the Israeli military by hacking into the personal Android phones of individual soldiers to monitor their activities and steal data.
A newly released research by Lookout and Kaspersky suggests that more than 100 Israeli servicemen from the Israeli Def... | Malware |
This Ransomware Malware Could Poison Your Water Supply If Not Paid | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/scary-scada-ransomware.html | Ransomware has been around for a few years, but in last two years, it has become an albatross around everyone's neck, targeting businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and personal computers worldwide and extorting millions of dollars.
Ransomware is a type of malware that infects computers and encrypts their con... | Malware |
New MacOS Malware linked to Russian Hackers Can Steal Passwords & iPhone Backups | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/xagent-malware-apt28.html | Security researchers have discovered a new Mac malware allegedly developed by APT28 Russian cyber espionage group who is believed to be responsible for 2016 presidential election hacking scandal.
A new variant of the X-Agent spyware is now targeting Apple macOS system that has previously been used in cyber attacks aga... | Malware |
New Windows Trojan Spreads MIRAI Malware To Hack More IoT Devices | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/mirai-iot-botnet-windows.html | MIRAI – possibly the biggest IoT-based malware threat that emerged last year, which caused vast internet outage in October last year by launching massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the popular DNS provider Dyn.
Now, the infamous malware has updated itself to boost its distribution efforts.
R... | Malware |
New "Fileless Malware" Targets Banks and Organizations Spotted in the Wild | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/fileless-malware-bank.html | More than a hundred banks and financial institutions across the world have been infected with a dangerous sophisticated, memory-based malware that's almost undetectable, researchers warned.
Newly published report by the Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab indicates that hackers are targeting banks, telecommunication c... | Malware |
Polish Banks Hacked using Malware Planted on their own Government Site | https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/bank-hacking-malware.html | In what considered to be the largest system hack in the country's history and a massive attack on the financial sector, several banks in Poland have been infected with malware.
What's surprising? The source of the malware infection is their own financial regulator, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) -- w... | Malware |
Over 70% of Washington DC's CCTV Were Hacked Before Trump Inauguration | https://thehackernews.com/2017/01/ransomware-cctv-hack.html | Just days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, cyber criminals infected 70 percent of storage devices that record data from feds surveillance cameras in Washington D.C. in a cyber attack.
Any guess, What kind of virus could have hit the storage devices?
Once again, the culprit is Ransomware, which has b... | Malware |
Ransomware Hijacks Hotel Smart Keys to Lock Guests Out of their Rooms | https://thehackernews.com/2017/01/ransomware-hotel-smart-lock.html | What's the worst that could happen when a Ransomware hits a Hotel?
Recently, hundreds of guests of a luxurious hotel in Austria were locked in or out of their rooms when ransomware hit the hotel's IT system, and the hotel had no choice left except paying the attackers.
Today, we are living in a digital age that is cr... | Malware |
New Trojan Turns Thousands Of Linux Devices Into Proxy Servers | https://thehackernews.com/2017/01/linux-proxy-malware.html | "Linux doesn't get viruses" — It's a Myth.
A new Trojan has been discovered in the wild that turns Linux-based devices into proxy servers, which attackers use to protect their identity while launching cyber attacks from the hijacked systems.
Dubbed Linux.Proxy.10, the Trojan was first spotted at the end of last year ... | Malware |
Nasty Android Malware that Infected Millions Returns to Google Play Store | https://thehackernews.com/2017/01/hummingbad-android-malware.html | HummingBad – an Android-based malware that infected over 10 million Android devices around the world last year and made its gang an estimated US$300,000 per month at its peak – has made a comeback.
Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the HummingBad malware hiding in more than 20 Android apps on Googl... | Malware |
Billion-Dollar Hacker Gang Now Using Google Services to Control Its Banking Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2017/01/google-banking-malware.html | Carbanak – One of the most successful cybercriminal gangs ever that's known for the theft of one billion dollars from over 100 banks across 30 countries back in 2015 – is back with a BANG!
The Carbanak cyber gang has been found abusing various Google services to issue command and control (C&C) communications for monit... | Malware |
Newly Discovered Mac Malware with Ancient Code Spying on Biotech Firms | https://thehackernews.com/2017/01/mac-os-malware.html | Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Mac-based espionage malware that relies on outdated coding practices but has been used in some previous real-world attacks to spy on biomedical research center computers.
Dubbed Fruitfly, the malware has remained undetected for years on macOS systems despite using u... | Malware |
Los Angeles College Pays Hackers $28,000 Ransom To Get Its Files Back | https://thehackernews.com/2017/01/ransomware-malware-attack.html | Ransomware has turned on to a noxious game of Hackers to get paid effortlessly.
Once again the heat was felt by the Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) when hackers managed to infect its computer network with ransomware and demanded US$28,000 payment in Bitcoins to get back online.
The cyber-attack occurred over winter... | Malware |
New Android Malware Hijacks Router DNS from Smartphone | https://thehackernews.com/2016/12/android-dns-malware.html | Another day, another creepy malware for Android users!
Security Researchers have uncovered a new Android malware targeting your devices, but this time instead of attacking the device directly, the malware takes control over the WiFi router to which your device is connected to and then hijacks the web traffic passing t... | Malware |
Did You Install Super Mario Run APK for Android? That's Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2016/12/super-mario-run-android-apk.html | After the success of Pokémon Go, Nintendo's "Super Mario Run" has become the hottest game to hit the market with enormous popularity and massive social impact. The game has taken the world by storm since its launch for iOS devices over a week ago.
Can you believe — it was downloaded more than 40 million times worldwid... | Malware |
Hackers Suspected of Causing Second Power Outage in Ukraine | https://thehackernews.com/2016/12/power-outage-ukraine.html | The same group of hackers that caused the power outage across several regions in Ukraine last Christmas holidays might have once again shut down power supply in northern Ukraine during the weekend.
According to Ukrainian energy provider Ukrenergo, a cyber attack on Kyiv's power grid may have caused the power outages i... | Malware |
Beware of New Celebrity Sex Tape (Scam) Leaked on Facebook! | https://thehackernews.com/2016/12/facebook-scam-malware.html | If you came across a celebrity sex video on Facebook featuring Jessica Alba or any other celebrity, just avoid clicking it.
Another Facebook scam is circulating across the social networking website that attempts to trick Facebook users into clicking on a link for a celebrity sex tape that instead downloads malware ont... | Malware |
This Ransomware Unlocks Your Files For Free If You Infect Others | https://thehackernews.com/2016/12/ransomware-malware.html | Is your PC infected with Ransomware? Either pay the ransom amount to the attacker or spread the infection further to get the decryption keys.
Yes, this new technique has been employed by cyber criminals with the latest round of ransomware threat, dubbed Popcorn Time.
Initially discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, the new... | Malware |
Hacking Millions with Just an Image — Recipe: Pixels, Ads & Exploit Kit | https://thehackernews.com/2016/12/image-exploit-hacking.html | If you have visited any popular mainstream website over the past two months, your computer may have been infected — Thanks to a new exploit kit discovered by security researchers.
Researchers from antivirus provider ESET released a report on Tuesday stating that they have discovered an exploit kit, dubbed Stegano, hid... | Malware |
Rule 41 — FBI Gets Expanded Power to Hack any Computer in the World | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/fbi-rule-41-hacking.html | Hacking multiple computers across the world just got easier for the United States intelligence and law enforcement agencies from today onwards.
The changes introduced to the Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by the United States Department of Justice came into effect on Thursday, after an effort to bl... | Malware |
Over 1 Million Google Accounts Hacked by 'Gooligan' Android Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/hack-google-account.html | If you own an Android smartphone, Beware! A new Android malware that has already breached more than 1 Million Google accounts is infecting around 13,000 devices every day.
Dubbed Gooligan, the malware roots vulnerable Android devices to steal email addresses and authentication tokens stored on them.
With this informa... | Malware |
San Francisco Metro System Hacked with Ransomware; Resulting in Free Rides | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/transit-system-hacked.html | Nothing is immune to being hacked when hackers are motivated.
The same proved by hackers on Friday, when more than 2,000 computer systems at San Francisco's public transit agency were apparently got hacked.
San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency, also known as MUNI, offered free rides on November 26th after ... | Malware |
Beware! Malicious JPG Images on Facebook Messenger Spreading Locky Ransomware | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/facebook-locky-ransomware.html | If you receive an image file sent by someone, even your friend, on your Facebook Messenger, LinkedIn or any other social media platform, just DO NOT CLICK ON IT.
Even JPG image file could eventually infect your computer with the infamous Locky Ransomware.
Earlier this week, we reported a new attack campaign that used... | Malware |
FBI Hacked into 8,000 Computers in 120 Countries Using A Single Warrant | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/fbi-hacker.html | The FBI hacked into more than 8,000 computers in 120 different countries with just a single warrant during an investigation into a dark web child pornography website, according to a newly published court filings.
This FBI's mass hacking campaign is related to the high-profile child pornography Playpen case and represe... | Malware |
Hackers Steal Millions From European ATMs Using Malware That Spit Out Cash | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/atm-hack-malware.html | ATM hackers who long relied on tactics of stealing payment card numbers and online banking credentials to steal millions are now targeting the bank itself to steal cash directly from the machines.
Earlier this year, a gang of cyber criminals infected several ATMs with malware in Taiwan and Thailand that caused the mac... | Malware |
Spammers using Facebook Messenger to Spread Locky Ransomware | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/locky-ransomware-facebook.html | If you came across any Facebook Message with an image file (exactly .SVG file format) send by any of your Facebook friends, just avoid clicking it.
An ongoing Facebook spam campaign is spreading malware downloader among Facebook users by taking advantage of innocent-looking SVG image file to infect computers.
If clic... | Malware |
Warning: Beware of Post-Election Phishing Emails Targeting NGOs and Think Tanks | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/election-trump-phishing-malware.html | Just a few hours after Donald Trump won the 2016 US Presidential Election, a hacking group launched a wave of cyber attacks targeting U.S.-based policy think-tanks with a new spear phishing campaign designed to fool victims into installing malware.
The group of nation-state hackers, also known as Cozy Bear, APT29, and... | Malware |
More Insights On Alleged DDoS Attack Against Liberia Using Mirai Botnet | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/ddos-attack-mirai-liberia.html | On Thursday, we compiled a story based on research published by a British security expert reporting that some cyber criminals are apparently using Mirai Botnet to conduct DDoS attacks against the telecommunication companies in Liberia, a small African country.
In his blog post, Kevin Beaumont claimed that a Liberian t... | Malware |
Someone is Using Mirai Botnet to Shut Down Internet for an Entire Country | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/ddos-attack-mirai-botnet.html | Note — We have published an updated article on what really happened behind the alleged DDoS attack against Liberia using Mirai botnet.
Someone is trying to take down the whole Internet of a country, and partially succeeded, by launching massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks using a botnet of insecure Io... | Malware |
Hundreds Of Operations Canceled After Malware Hacks Hospitals Systems | https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/hospital-cyber-attack-virus.html | Computer viruses do not discriminate.
They are not just hacking your email and online banking accounts anymore.
Computer viruses do not distinguish between a personal computer or a hospital machine delivering therapy to patients — and the results could prove deadly.
Cyber attacks on hospitals have emerged as a signi... | Malware |
Friday's Massive DDoS Attack Came from Just 100,000 Hacked IoT Devices | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/ddos-attack-mirai-iot.html | Guess how many devices participated in last Friday's massive DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn that caused vast internet outage?
Just 100,000 devices.
I did not miss any zeros.
Dyn disclosed on Wednesday that a botnet of an estimated 100,000 internet-connected devices was hijacked to flood its systems with unwant... | Malware |
New Drammer Android Hack lets Apps take Full control (root) of your Phone | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/root-android-phone-exploit.html | Earlier last year, security researchers from Google's Project Zero outlined a way to hijack the computers running Linux by abusing a design flaw in the memory and gaining higher kernel privileges on the system.
Now, the same previously found designing weakness has been exploited to gain unfettered "root" access to mil... | Malware |
Android Banking Trojan Tricks Victims into Submitting Selfie Holding their ID Card | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/android-banking-trojan.html | While some payment card companies like Mastercard have switched to selfies as an alternative to passwords when verifying IDs for online payments, hackers have already started taking advantage of this new security verification methods.
Researchers have discovered a new Android banking Trojan that masquerades primarily ... | Malware |
Searching for Best Encryption Tools? Hackers are Spreading Malware Through Fake Software | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/best-encryption-tools.html | Over the past few years, Internet users globally have grown increasingly aware of online privacy and security issues due to mass monitoring and surveillance by government agencies, making them adopt encryption software and services.
But it turns out that hackers are taking advantage of this opportunity by creating and... | Malware |
Mac Malware Can Secretly Spy On Your Webcam and Mic – Here's How to Stay Safe | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/macbook-camera-hacked.html | Apple Mac Computers are considered to be much safer than Windows at keeping viruses and malware out of its environment, but that's simply not true anymore.
It's not because Mac OS X is getting worse every day, but because hackers are getting smart and sophisticated these days.
The bad news for Mac users is that malwa... | Malware |
Beware! You Can Get Hacked Just by Opening a 'JPEG 2000' Image | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/openjpeg-exploit-hack.html | Researchers have disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in the JPEG 2000 image file format parser implemented in OpenJPEG library, which could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on the affected systems.
Discovered by security researchers at Cisco Talos group, the zero-day flaw, assigned as TALOS... | Malware |
Source Code for IoT botnet responsible for World's largest DDoS Attack released Online | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/mirai-source-code-iot-botnet.html | With rapidly growing Internet of Thing (IoT) devices, they have become a much more attractive target for cybercriminals.
Just recently we saw a record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against the France-based hosting provider OVH that reached over one Terabit per second (1 Tbps), which was carried... | Malware |
Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Were 'Mistakenly' Left By An Agent On A Remote Server | https://thehackernews.com/2016/09/nsa-hacking-tool-exploits.html | If you are a hacker, you might have enjoyed the NSA's private zero-day exploits, malware and hacking tools that were leaked last month.
But the question is: How these hacking tools ended up into the hands of hackers?
It has been found that the NSA itself was not directly hacked, but a former NSA employee carelessly l... | Malware |
Beware — Someone is dropping Malware-infected USB Sticks into People's Letterbox | https://thehackernews.com/2016/09/usb-malware.html | Hey! Wait! Wait! Wait!
Don't plug in that USB stick into your laptop. It could infect your computer with malware and viruses.
Australia's Victoria Police Force has issued a warning regarding unmarked USB flash drives containing harmful malware being dropped inside random people's letterboxes in the Melbourne suburb o... | Malware |
Xiaomi Can Silently Install Any App On Your Android Phone Using A Backdoor | https://thehackernews.com/2016/09/xiaomi-android-backdoor.html | Note — Don't miss an important update at the bottom of this article, which includes an official statement from Xiaomi.
Do you own an Android Smartphone from Xiaomi, HTC, Samsung, or OnePlus?
If yes, then you must be aware that almost all smartphone manufacturers provide custom ROMs like CyanogenMod, Paranoid Android,... | Malware |
Warning! This Cross-Platform Malware Can Hack Windows, Linux and OS X Computers | https://thehackernews.com/2016/09/cross-platform-malware.html | Unlike specially crafted malware specifically developed to take advantage of Windows operating system platform, cyber attackers have started creating cross-platform malware for wider exploitation.
Due to the rise in popularity of Mac OS X and other Windows desktop alternatives, hackers have begun designing cross-platf... | Malware |
Hacker Who Hacked Official Linux Kernel Website Arrested in Florida | https://thehackernews.com/2016/09/linux-kernel-hacking.html | Around five years after unknown hackers gained unauthorized access to multiple kernel.org servers used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system kernel, police have arrested a South Florida computer programmer for carrying out the attack.
Donald Ryan Austin, a 27-year-old programmer from of El Portal, Flor... | Malware |
Apple releases 'Emergency' Patch after Advanced Spyware Targets Human Rights Activist | https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/apple-security-update.html | Apple has released iOS 9.3.5 update for iPhones and iPads to patch three zero-day vulnerabilities after a piece of spyware found targeting the iPhone used by a renowned UAE human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor.
One of the world's most invasive software weapon distributors, called the NSO Group, has been exploiting thr... | Malware |
NSA's Hacking Group Hacked! Bunch of Private Hacking Tools Leaked Online | https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/nsa-hacking-tools.html | It seems like the NSA has been HACKED!
Update: The NSA Hack — What, When, Where, How, Who & Why? Explained Here.
An unknown hacker or a group of hackers just claimed to have hacked into "Equation Group" -- a cyber-attack group allegedly associated with the United States intelligence organization NSA -- and dumped a b... | Malware |
Linux TCP Flaw allows Hackers to Hijack Internet Traffic and Inject Malware Remotely | https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/linux-tcp-packet-hacking.html | If you are using the Internet, there are the possibilities that you are open to attack.
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) implementation in all Linux systems deployed since 2012 (version 3.6 and above of the Linux kernel) poses a serious threat to Internet users, whether or not they use Linux directly.
This iss... | Malware |
Oops! Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Backdoor Keys to Bypass UEFI Secure Boot | https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/uefi-secure-boot-hack.html | It's True — There is no such backdoor that only its creator can access.
Microsoft has accidentally leaked the Secret keys that allow hackers to unlock devices protected by UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot feature.
What's even worse?
It will be impossible for Microsoft to undo its leak.
Secur... | Malware |
How Your Computer Monitor Could Be Hacked To Spy On You | https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/computer-monitor-hack.html | Just stop believing everything you see on your screen, as it turns out that even your computer monitor can be hacked.
You have seen hackers targeting your computer, smartphone, and tablet, but now, it has been proved that they can even compromise your monitor and turn them against by just changing the pixels displayed... | Malware |
First-Ever Ransomware For Smart Thermostat is Here — It's Hot! | https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/hacking-thermostat.html | Internet of Things (IoT) is the latest buzz in the world of technology, but they are much easier to hack than you think.
Until now we have heard many scary stories of hacking IoT devices, but how realistic is the threat?
Just think of a scenario where you enter in your house, and it's sweltering, but when you head on... | Malware |
Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New 'QuadRooter' Attack | https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/hack-android-phone.html | Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide.
What's even worse: Most of those affected Android devices will probably never be patched.
Dubbed "Quadrooter," the set of four v... | Malware |
Europol and IT Security Companies Team Up to Combat Ransomware Threat | https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/ransomware-decrypt-tool.html | No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat.
The European Police agency Europol has joined forces with police and cyber security companies to launch a worldwide initiative to combat and tackle together the exponential growth of Ransomware used by cyber criminals.
Europol announced today the initiative, dubbed NO More... | Malware |
What is Strictly Enforced Verified Boot in Android 7.0 Nougat? | https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/android-verified-boot.html | As far as security is concerned, Google is going very strict with the newest version of its mobile operating system.
Until now, Google has not done more than just alerting you of the potential threats when your Android device runs the check as part of the boot process.
Android Marshmallow 6.0 does nothing more than j... | Malware |
State-Sponsored SCADA Malware targeting European Energy Companies | https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/scada-malware-energy.html | Security researchers have discovered a new campaign targeting energy companies in Western Europe with a sophisticated malware that almost goes to great lengths in order to remain undetected while targeting energy companies.
Researchers from SentinelOne Labs discovered the malware, which has already infected at least o... | Malware |
Downloading Pokémon GO Game for Android? Beware! It Could be Malicious... | https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/download-pokemon-go-android-iphone.html | "Pokémon Go" has become the hottest iPhone and Android game to hit the market in forever with enormous popularity and massive social impact. The app has taken the world by storm since its launch this week.
Nintendo's new location-based augmented reality game allows players to catch Pokémon in the real life using their... | Malware |
Over 1000 Wendy's Restaurants Hit by Credit Card Hackers | https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/over-1000-wendys-restaurants-hit-by.html | The Popular fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's on Thursday admitted that a massive cyber attack had hit more than 1,000 of its restaurants across the country.
The burger chain did not speculate how many people may have been affected, though it did confirm that the hackers were able to steal its customers' credit and d... | Malware |
Oops! TP-Link forgets to Renew and Loses its Domains Used to Configure Router Settings | https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/tp-link-router-setting.html | To make the configuration of routers easier, hardware vendors instruct users to browse to a domain name rather than numeric IP addresses.
Networking equipment vendor TP-LINK uses either tplinklogin.net or tplinkextender.net for its routers configuration. Although users can also access their router administration panel... | Malware |
IoT Botnet — 25,000 CCTV Cameras Hacked to launch DDoS Attack | https://thehackernews.com/2016/06/cctv-camera-hacking.html | The Internet of Things (IoTs) or Internet-connected devices are growing at an exponential rate and so are threats to them.
Due to the insecure implementation, these Internet-connected embedded devices, including Smart TVs, Refrigerators, Microwaves, Set-top boxes, Security Cameras and printers, are routinely being hac... | Malware |
Zero-Day Warning! Ransomware targets Microsoft Office 365 Users | https://thehackernews.com/2016/06/ransomware-msoffice.html | If just relying on the security tools of Microsoft Office 365 can protect you from cyber attacks, you are wrong.
Variants of Cerber Ransomware are now targeting MS Office 365 email users with a massive zero-day attack that has the ability to bypass Office 365's built-in security tools.
According to a report published... | Malware |
North Korean Hackers Steal thousands of Military files from S. Korea | https://thehackernews.com/2016/06/north-korean-hackers.html | Hackers aligned with North Korea have always been accused of attacking and targeting South Korean organizations, financial institutions, banks and media outlets.
Recent reports indicate that North Korean hackers have hacked into more than 140,000 computers of at least 160 South Korean government agencies and companies... | Malware |
University Pays Hackers $20,000 to get back its Ransomware Infected Files | https://thehackernews.com/2016/06/university-ransomware.html | What's the worst that could happen when a Ransomware malware hits University?
Last month, the IT department of the University from where I have done my graduation called me for helping them get rid of a Ransomware infection that locked down all its student's results just a day before the announcement.
Unfortunately, ... | Malware |
Researcher finds a way to Delete and Modify Facebook Messages Sent to Other Users | https://thehackernews.com/2016/06/delete-facebook.html | Sometimes I receive emails from our readers who wanted to know how to hack Facebook account, but just to delete some of their messages they have sent to their friends or colleagues mistakenly or under wrong circumstances like aggression.
How to hack a Facebook account? It is probably the biggest "n00b" question you wi... | Malware |
Irongate — New Stuxnet-like Malware Targets Industrial Control Systems | https://thehackernews.com/2016/06/irongate-stuxnet-malware.html | Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated piece of malware that uses tricks from the Stuxnet sabotage malware and is specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
Researchers at the security firm FireEye Labs Advanced Reverse E... | Malware |
Ecuador Bank Hacked — $12 Million Stolen in 3rd Attack on SWIFT System | https://thehackernews.com/2016/05/swift-banking-hack.html | Bangladesh is not the only bank that had become victim to the cyber heist. In fact, it appears to be just a part of the widespread cyber attack on global banking and financial sector by hackers who target the backbone of the world financial system, SWIFT.
Yes, the global banking messaging system that thousands of bank... | Malware |
How to Decrypt TeslaCrypt Ransomware Files Using Master Key | https://thehackernews.com/2016/05/decrypt-teslacrypt-ransomware.html | Here's some good news for victims who are trying to unlock and remove TeslaCrypt ransomware.
Now, you can decrypt all your important files that have been encrypted by TeslaCrypt ransomware.
So, stop Googling about How to decrypt TeslaCrypt Ransomware encrypted files, as the malware authors themselves provided the sol... | Malware |
Core Tor Developer who accuses FBI of Harassment moves to Germany | https://thehackernews.com/2016/05/tor-fbi-lovecruft.html | One of TOR's primary software developers, Isis Agora Lovecruft, has fled to Germany, following the threat of a federal subpoena.
Lovecruft is a well-known cryptographer and lead software developer for Tor project from many years. She has worked for a variety of other security and encryption products, such as Open Whis... | Malware |
1 Million Computers Hacked for making big Money from Adsense | https://thehackernews.com/2016/05/money-hacker.html | A group of cyber criminals has infected as much as 1 Million computers around the world over the past two years with a piece of malware that hijacks search results pages using a local proxy.
Security researchers from Romania-based security firm Bitdefender revealed the presence of this massive click-fraud botnet, whic... | Malware |
Ransomware Virus Shuts Down Electric and Water Utility | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/power-ransomware-attack.html | Ransomware has become an albatross around the neck, targeting businesses, hospitals, and personal computers worldwide and extorting Millions of Dollars.
Typical Ransomware targets victim's computer encrypts files on it, and then demands a ransom -- typically about $500 in Bitcoin -- in exchange for a key that will dec... | Malware |
U.S. Supreme Court allows the FBI to Hack any Computer in the World | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/fbi-hacking-power.html | In Brief
The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41, which now gives judges the authority to issue search warrants, not only for computers located in their jurisdiction but also outside their jurisdiction.
Under the original Rule 41, let's say, a New York judge can only authorize the FBI to hack into a su... | Malware |
In-Brief: Telegram Vulnerability, Malware in Nuclear Plant, Anti-Tor Malware and Hotpatching Exploit | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/in-brief-news-2.html | Clickjacking Vulnerability in Telegram Web Client
The official Telegram web-client that allows its users to access messenger account over desktop's web browser is vulnerable to clickjacking web application vulnerability.
Egyptian security researcher Mohamed A. Baset told The Hacker News about a flaw in Telegram that c... | Malware |
Former Tor Developer Created Malware for FBI to Unmask Tor Users | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/tor-unmask-malware.html | In Brief
According to an investigation, Matthew Edman, a cyber security expert and former employee of the Tor Project, helped the FBI with Cornhusker a.k.a Torsploit malware that allowed Feds to hack and unmask Tor users in several high-profile cases, including Operation Torpedo and Silk Road.
Do you know who created ... | Malware |
PLATINUM Hackers Hijack Windows Hotpatching to Stay Hidden | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/windows-hotpatching-malware.html | In Brief
The Microsoft's Windows Defender Advanced Threat Hunting team detected that a cyber espionage group of hackers, known as PLATINUM, has found a way to turn the Windows's Hotpatching technique (a way of updating the operating system without requiring a restart) to hide its malware from Antivirus products.
PLATI... | Malware |
How Did Hackers Who Stole $81 Million from Bangladesh Bank Go Undetected? | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/swift-bank-hack.html | In Brief
Investigators from British defense contractor BAE Systems discovered that hackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank actually hacked into software from SWIFT financial platform, a key part of the global financial system.
The hackers used a custom-made malware to hide evidence and go undete... | Malware |
Creators of SpyEye Virus Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/spyeye-banking-trojan.html | In Brief
Two International hackers, Aleksandr Andreevich Panin and Hamza Bendelladj, have been sentenced to a combined 24 years and 6 months in prison for their roles in developing and distributing SpyEye banking trojan, a powerful botnet similar to the infamous ZeuS malware.
Both hackers were charged with stealing hu... | Malware |
Researcher releases Free Ransomware Detection Tool for Mac OS X Users | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/ransomware-detection-tool.html | In Brief:
Introducing RansomWhere, a free generic ransomware detection tool for Mac OS X users that can identify ransomware-like behavior by continually monitoring the file-system for the creation of encrypted files by suspicious processes.
This ransomware detection tool helps to block the suspicious processes and wai... | Malware |
How to decrypt Petya Ransomware for Free | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/ransomware-decrypt-tool.html | Ransomware has risen dramatically since last few years and is currently one of the most popular threats on the Internet.
The Ransomware infections have become so sophisticated with the time that victims end up paying ransom in order to get their critical and sensitive data back.
But if you are infected with Petya Ran... | Malware |
Warning! CCTV Cameras Sold on Amazon Come with Pre-Installed Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2016/04/home-security-system.html | Be careful while buying any off-brand electronics from Amazon, as they could end up infecting you.
Recently, independent security researcher Mike Olsen discovered that the CCTV surveillance devices sold on Amazon came with pre-installed malware.
Olsen discovered this nasty secret after he bought a set of outdoor CCTV... | Malware |
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