Maersk chair revealed its company reinstalled 45,000 PCs and 4,000 Servers after NotPetya Attack The shipping giant Maersk chair Jim Hagemann Snabe revealed its company reinstalled 45,000 PCs and 4,000 Servers after NotPetya the attack. The shipping giant Maersk was one of the companies that suffered the NotPetya massive attack, in August 2017 the company […]
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Cybercriminals Selling Social Security Numbers of Infants on Dark Web
Dark Web has become a creepy place since it is home to illegal activities including selling drugs, weapons, stolen databases and hosting highly condemnable activities like hosting child pornography platforms. Now, according to the latest research from Terbium Labs, a dark Web intelligence firm, cybercriminals are now targeting new-born babies […]
libcurl has had authentication leak bug dated back to before September 1999
libcurl has had authentication leak bug dated back to before September 1999 According to a security advisory, libcurl is affected by a couple of issues, one of them might cause the leakage of authentication data to third parties. libcurl is a free and easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, it builds and works identically on numerous platforms. […]
Spritecoin ransomware masquerades as cryptocurrency wallet and also harvests victim’s data !!
Spritecoin ransomware masquerades as cryptocurrency wallet and also harvests victim’s data !! Fortinet discovered a strain of ransomware dubbed Spritecoin ransomware that only allows victims Monero payments and pretends to be a cryptocurrency-related password store. Researchers from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs has discovered a strain of ransomware that only allows victims Monero payments and […]
Beware! Undetectable CrossRAT malware targets Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems.
Are you using Linux or Mac OS? If you think your system is not prone to viruses, then you should read this. Wide-range of cybercriminals are now using a new piece of ‘undetectable’ spying malware that targets Windows, macOS, Solaris and Linux systems. Just last week we published a detailed article on […]
Account Statement- pineislandweb.com malspam delivers Dridex banking trojan
The next in the never ending series of malware downloaders is an email with the subject of Account Statement coming from Morton Lintern <Morton.2825@pineislandweb.com> delivers Dridex banking trojan I am also seeing other similar subjects including: Outstanding Statement There will be numerous different versions of this malware coming from random names@pineislandweb.com and very […]
Are you a Tinder user? Watch out, someone could spy on you
Experts at security firm Checkmarx discovered two security vulnerabilities in the Tinder mobile apps that could be exploited to spy on users. Security experts at Checkmarx discovered two security vulnerabilities in the Tinder Android and iOS dating applications that could be exploited by an attacker on the same wi-fi network […]
Critical code execution flaw in Electron framework impacts popular Desktop apps such as Skype and Signal
Critical code execution flaw in Electron framework impacts popular Desktop apps such as Skype and Signal A critical RCE vulnerability in the Electron framework impacts popular desktop applications, including Skype, Signal, Slack, GitHub Desktop, Twitch, and WordPress.com. A remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-1000006 was fixed in the Electron framework, which […]
New HNS botnet has already compromised more than 20,000 IoT devices
New HNS botnet has already compromised more than 20,000 IoT devices A new botnet called Hide ‘N Seek (HNS botnet) appeared in the threat landscape, the malware is rapidly spreading infecting unsecured IoT devices, mainly IP cameras. The HNS botnet was first spotted on January 10th by malware researchers from Bitdefender, then […]
SpriteCoin cryptocurrency ransomware spy on user, steal saved passwords
SpriteCoin cryptocurrency ransomware spy on user, steal saved passwords Another day, another ransomware scam but this time scammers are tricking users by introducing them to a cryptocurrency called “SpriteCoin” that does not exist in reality. The IT security researchers at Fortinet have discovered a new ransomware scam in which hackers claim to […]