Hacking

Security experts at Cisco Talos discovered a new piece of malware dubbed GoScanSSH that was being used to compromise SSH servers exposed online. Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a new piece of malware dubbed GoScanSSH that was being used to compromise SSH servers exposed online. The malicious code was written in […]

The British government says it concurs with charges contained in an indictment announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice against multiple Iranians.   The indictment, unsealed Friday, charges nine Iranian nationals with stealing more than 31 terabytes of data from 320 universities in 22 countries – including 144 U.S. institutions […]

The head of the crime ring behind the Carbanak gang that since 2013 targeted banks worldwide has been arrested in Spain. The mastermind suspected of stealing about £870m (€1bn) in a bank cyber heist has been arrested in Spain. The man is suspected to be the kingpin of the crime ring behind the Carbanak […]

Trend Micro uncovered a new crypto mining campaign targeting Linux servers that exploit the CVE-2013-2618 flaw in Cacti’s Network Weathermap plug-in, which system administrators use to visualize network activity. Security firm Trend Micro uncovered new crypto mining campaign, a cybercriminal gang has made nearly $75,000 by installing a Monero miner […]

A new ransomware named AVCrypt has been discovered that tries to uninstall existing security software before it encrypts a computer.  Furthermore, as it removes numerous services, including Windows Update, and provides no contact information, this ransomware may be a wiper. After analysis by MalwareHunterTeam, who discovered the ransomware, myself, and Michael Gillespie, it […]