Brazilian Bank Traffic Rerouted by Massive Botnet A botnet containing more than 100,000 routers and other devices was recently spotted hijacking traffic destined for several Brazilian banks. The hijacking victims are then sent to one of at least 50 confirmed phishing sites that will attempt to steal any information the user will […]
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Quand Pékin implantait des puces espionnes chez Apple et Amazon
De minuscules puces altéraient les serveurs fabriqués par une société californienne, révèle « Bloomberg ». Pékin et les sociétés concernées démentent en bloc. Prenez un crayon à papier bien taillé. Sa pointe ne dépasse pas, en largeur, un petit millimètre. C’est la taille d’un étrange composant gris qui aurait été repéré […]
DHS issued an alert on attacks aimed at Managed Service Providers
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of ongoing activity from an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor targeting global managed service providers (MSPs). The DHS issued an alert on ongoing attacks aimed at global managed service providers (MSPs) that are carried out by an advanced APT group. Managed […]
Canada blames Russia for cyber attacks against its structures
The Government of Canada blamed the GRU, the Russian military’s intelligence agency, for cyber attacks at the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency. “The government of Canada assesses with high confidence that the Russian military’s intelligence arm, the GRU, was responsible” for these cyber attacks, the foreign ministry said in a statement. [cyber attacks […]
Des hackers d’élite nord-coréens ont raflé « des centaines de millions » de dollars dans des banques
Un groupe de hackers d’élite nord-coréens est à l’origine d’une vague de cyberattaques contre des banques qui ont permis de récolter « des centaines de millions » de dollars pour le régime de Pyongyang, affirment des experts en sécurité informatique mercredi. Ce groupe, baptisé APT38, est distinct des autres opérations de piratage […]
Windows 10 October update problems: Wiped docs, plus Intel driver warning
Some Windows 10 users have learned the hard way that even if upgrades have gone smoothly in the past, it’s still wise to back up files before updating the OS. Microsoft this week kicked off the Windows 10 1809 rollout, and now some users have found the update is wiping important files, […]
For $14.71, You Can Buy A Passport Scan on the Dark Web
That’s the average price of a digital passport scan, and it goes up with proof of identification, a new study finds. A digital passport scan costs an average of $14.71 on the Dark Web, but a scan is all you’ll get for that price. Cybercriminals up the cost for scans […]
APT38 is behind financially motivated attacks carried out by North Korea
Security experts from FireEye published a report on the activity of financially motivated threat actors, tracked as APT38, linked to the North Korean government. The attacks aimed at financial institutions, FireEye estimates APT38 has stolen at least a hundred million dollars from banks worldwide. APT38 appears to be a North […]
CVE-2018-4251 – Apple did not disable Intel Manufacturing Mode in its laptops
Positive Technologies while analyzing Intel Management Engine (ME) discovered that Apple did not disable Intel Manufacturing Mode in its laptops Experts from security firm Positive Technologies while analyzing Intel Management Engine (ME) discovered that Apple forgot did not lock it in laptops. The Intel Management Engine consists of a microcontroller that works with the […]
Hackers Selling Facebook Account Logins Details On Dark Web For $3
Facebook suffered a major security breach last week, hackers stolen more than 50 million accounts access tokens by exploiting a bug in View As a feature. The Independent reported that they spotted a number of listings on underground dark web markets offering personal data of Facebook users starting from $3. The dark […]