TOASTAMIGO – the first known strain of malware that uses the Toast Overlay exploit

Haythem Elmir

Trend Micro spotted TOASTAMIGO, the first known malware that uses the recently patched vulnerability that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have spotted the first known strain of malware that triggers the recently patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. The vulnerability was discovered […]

Avira spotted a new strain of the dreaded Locky Ransomware in the wild

Haythem Elmir

Avira firm detected a new strain of the Locky ransomware that is spreading through malicious attachments disguised as legitimate Libre and Office documents. Researchers at Avira Virus Lab detected a new strain of the Locky ransomware that is spreading through malicious attachments disguised as legitimate documents from productivity applications like Microsoft Word and […]

Malaysia Telco Hack

Haythem Elmir

The Malaysia Telco Hack has been blowing up in the news with over 46 Million Records being leaked including IMEI numbers, SIM card details, serial numbers and home addresses This is an interesting one for me as I live in Malaysia, so this Malaysia Telco Hack was big news over […]