A massive proxy botnet is just the tip of the iceberg, a warning sign of a bigger operation in the works by the Ramnit operators. The recently uncovered “Black” botnet campaign using the Ramnit malware racked up 100,000 infections in the two months through July– but the offensive could just […]
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U.S. Payment Processing Services Targeted by BGP Hijacking Attacks
According to a new report, three United States payment processing companies were targeted by BGP hijacking attacks on their DNS servers. These Internet routing attacks were designed to redirect traffic directed at the payment processors to servers controlled by malicious actors who would then attempt to steal the data. On […]
ATM hacking becomes a priority in IBM cybersecurity facilities
ATMs provide quick access to your cash — but these days, it may not be your hands that money ends up in. Best practice in many cities is now to perform a quick check before you insert your credit card into one of these machines in case a camera or […]
New Method Simplifies Cracking WPA/WPA2 Passwords on 802.11 Networks
A new technique has been discovered to easily retrieve the Pairwise Master Key Identifier (PMKID) from a router using WPA/WPA2 security, which can then be used to crack the wireless password of the router. While previous WPA/WPA2 cracking methods required an attacker to wait for a user to login to […]
Microsoft To-Do Beta for Android Gets Dark Theme in the Latest Update
Microsoft To-Do is a feature-rich task manager for Windows 10, Android, iOS and web. These features include the smart suggestion that lets you complete the most important tasks, jobs or housework and it also syncs the items between your devices. After it was released for Windows 10 last month, the new dark […]
TCM Bank: website misconfiguration exposed applicant data for 16 months
TCM Bank announced that a Web site misconfiguration exposed applicant data for 16 months, between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018 TCM Bank, a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard, serves as a trusted advisor to community banks, it serves as a direct issuer of credit cards for more than 750 small and […]
TCM Bank: Credit Card Applicant Details Exposed
TCM Bank reported that a “misconfiguration” in its website exposed dates of birth, names, social security numbers, and addresses of literally thousands of credit card applicants who had applied back in early March of 2017 thru to mid-July of 2018. The company aids over 750 community and small banks with […]
NetSpectre : Le vol à distance de données mémoire CPU
Des chercheurs autrichiens, dont Daniel Gruss à l’origine de la vulnérabilité Metldown, ont détaillé un vecteur d’attaque relatif à la faille Spectre permettant d’accéder à la mémoire d’un système à distance. Au courant depuis mars de son existence, Intel l’avait déjà corrigé et intégré dans un patch. La vulnérabilité NetSpectre […]
Phishing Campaign Steals Money From Industrial Companies
Phishing emails purported to be commercial offers – but were really installing remote administration software on victims’ systems. Industrial production companies are the targets in a large-scale spear-phishing email campaign aimed at installing legitimate remote administration software on victims’ systems. Researchers with Kaspersky Lab said that emails purporting to be […]
The New Face of Necurs: Noteworthy Changes to Necurs’ Behaviors
Six years after it was first spotted in the wild, the Necurs malware botnet is still out to prove that it’s a malware chameleon. We recently discovered noteworthy changes to the way Necurs makes use of its bots, such as pushing infostealers on them and showing a special interest in […]