Researcher @unixfreaxjp spotted the first time ever in the history of computer engineering a Linux malware designed to infect ARC CPU, this new Linux ELF malware was dubbed MIRAI OKIRU. In August 2016 the researcher @unixfreaxjp from @MalwareMustDie team first spotted the dreaded Mirai botnet, now the same researcher is announcing a new […]
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OnePlus Site’s Payment System Reportedly Hacked to Steal Credit Card Details
This year’s first bad news for OnePlus users—a large number of OnePlus customers are reporting of fraudulent credit card transactions after buying products from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer’s official online store. The claim initially surfaced on the OnePlus support forum over the weekend from a customer who said that two […]
Police distributed malware infected USBs as cybersecurity quiz prizes
The Police are supposed to protect and serve but Taiwanese police in the news for distributing malware-infected USB sticks to the winners of a cybersecurity-related quiz during a conference hosted by the Presidential Office in December 2017. According to reports, the National Police – the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CBI) awarded 250 USB sticks with 8GB of […]
Critical Intel AMT Flaw Lets Attackers Hack Laptops in Mere Seconds
It has been a matter of days when we found out about the flaws in AMD, ARM and Intel’s computer microchips that allowed attackers to carry out Spectre and Meltdown attacks. Since these microchips are widely used in almost all desktops/laptops, smartphones and tablets, therefore, the discovery sent out shockwaves […]
MaMi malware targets Mac OS X DNS settings
The malware is potentially a rehash of an old Windows DNS hijacker. A researcher has discovered a strain of malware in the wild which targets Mac OS X users. The malware, dubbed MaMi, was first spotted by security researcher Patrick Wardle. The researcher spotted a forum post on Malwarebytes in […]
Attackers Exploit Oracle WebLogic Flaw to Mine $266K in Monero
Another day, another Monero cryptomining campaign and this time attackers exploited a security flaw in Oracle Fusion Middleware. Latest SANS Technology Institute report published on 7 January is more like a bombshell for cryptocurrency industry. It reveals the findings of Morphus Labs researcher Renato Marinho, according to which a new globally active […]
Lenovo removes backdoor present in networking switches since 2004
Engineers at Chinese firm Lenovo have identified a backdoor in the networking switched namely Rackswitch and BladeCenter firmware. The company stated that the backdoor, referred to in the company’s security advisory (CVE-2017-3765) as “HP backdoor,” was discovered after carrying out an internal security audit of firmware for all the products […]
Cisco’s new tool will detect malware in encrypted traffic
On January 10, Cisco’s officially released its software platform Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) that can keep a check on network packet metadata so as to detect malicious traffic. The software was previously launched in June 2017 but it has remained in private preview ever since because only enterprises were able […]
Hacker demands ransom in Bitcoin after taking over hospital servers
It is a fact that the healthcare industry has been a lucrative target for cyber criminals around the world with increasing incidents involving malware attacks on medical centers and hospitals. While cybercriminals do what they are good at, the blame also falls to institutions who do not take their online security […]
Security event in Taiwan ‘rewards’ quiz winners with malware-laden USB drives
It was, literally and otherwise, more stick than carrot for some winners of a recent data-security contest in Taiwan, who must have been stuck for words after their prizes turned out to be malware-riddled USB sticks. The country’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) handed out 250 USB thumb drives to members […]