Android malware steals Uber credentials

Haythem Elmir

From stolen accounts to Russian-hacker run networks, Uber’s black market trade has steadily become a staple in the digital underground. Only a month ago, Uber users and drivers learned that their privacy might be put at risk due to the massive data breach. Now, researchers from cybersecurity firm Symantec have […]

Fake anti-virus pages popping up like weeds

Haythem Elmir

Introduction With recent media coverage on Meltdown and Spectre, many other security issues get buried in the mix.  One such issue I’ve run across for many months now is fake anti-virus (AV) web pages or other unwanted destinations that pop up after viewing a legitimate, but compromised, website. Last week, […]

Fake Android apps caught dropping Coinhive miner

Haythem Elmir

In October last year, three Android apps on Play Store were found infected with Coinhive cryptocurrency miner to generate Monero digital coins. Now, an IT security researcher Elliot Alderson found fake Android apps that are infected with Coinhive cryptocurrency miner specially developed to use the CPU power of a targeted device. Fake App […]

Public WiFi Used for Mining Bitcoin

Haythem Elmir

Hackers took crypto-currency mining one step further when a public WiFi in the world famous coffee chain Starbucks was used to mine Bitcoins . This case took place in Bueno Aires, Argentina,  when the CEO of an email providing company ‘Stensul’, noticed a delay of 10 seconds in his connection. […]