The Necurs botnet made the headlines at year-end sending out tens of millions of spam emails daily as part of massive ransomware campaigns. Necurs was not active for a long period at the beginning of 2017 and resumed it activity in April. The Necurs botnet was used in the past months to push […]
MACOS LPE EXPLOIT GIVES ATTACKERS ROOT ACCESS
A researcher that goes by the handle “Siguza” released details of a local privilege escalation attack against macOS that dates back to 2002. A successful attack could give adversaries complete root access to targeted systems. Siguza released details of the attack on Dec. 31 via Twitter, wishing followers a “Happy […]
Critical Flaw Reported In phpMyAdmin Lets Attackers Damage Databases
A critical security vulnerability has been reported in phpMyAdmin—one of the most popular applications for managing the MySQL database—which could allow remote attackers to perform dangerous database operations just by tricking administrators into clicking a link. Discovered by an Indian security researcher, Ashutosh Barot, the vulnerability is a cross-site request […]
Cryptomonnaies : le Bitcoin bientôt rattrapé par l’Ether et le Ripple ?
Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin… La liste des monnaies virtuelles susceptibles de rattraper le Bitcoin en ‘part de marché’ cette année s’allonge. Sur la base d’un cours actuel voisin de 13.500$ sur le ‘BTC’ (données Bitfinex), la capitalisation globale de marché du Bitcoin s’affiche désormais à un peu plus de 230 milliards […]
Google and Facebook are being threatened by Government of U.K for not sharing user data
Ben Wallace cited tech firms for staying happy to selling user data but not to give it to the administration which was being compelled to spend vast sums on de-radicalization plans, surveillance and other counter-terrorism actions. “If they remain to be less than co-operative, we should look at something like […]
Retour sur les cyberattaques de l’année 2017 et une vision sur l’année 2018
L’année 2017 s’est terminée…et a été comme prévu une année chargée en cybermenaces , une année qui a apporté son lot de menaces et la surveillance sur Internet franchit une nouvelle étape. Janvier 2017 On commence l’année sereinement avec une vague de cyberattaques dans le monde entier. Précisement le 23 janivier, Suite […]
Attention, grosse faille critique sur les smartphones Samsung
Si votre navigateur Samsung Internet n’est pas à jour, il vous faut y remédier de toute urgence. Une faille de sécurité permet le vol de nombreuses données personnelles. C’est une année 2018 qui ne commence pas de la meilleure façon pour Samsung avec la révélation d’une faille critique de […]
Smartphone sensors can leak the four-digit PIN code to hackers
Smartphones have remained the primary domain of experimentation for cybercriminals as they are always finding out ways to exploit and crack smartphones mainly Android devices. Apparently, researchers at Singapore based Nanyang Technology University or NTU Singapore, have identified a brand new way with which cyber-crooks can compromise a smartphone, which […]
Forever 21: Hackers breached payment system for 7 months, no encryption on POS devices
Forever 21 confirmed hackers breached payment system for 7 months, admitted encryption was turned off on some POS devices. If you shopped in a brick-and-mortar Forever 21 store this year, your credit card information may have been compromised due to the company’s failure to turn on encryption in some of […]
Nintendo Switch Hacked to Run Pirated Games
There is no doubt about the fact that Nintendo Switch is currently the most sought-after device. However, the device is also prone to be hacked. According to hackers Yellow8, Plutoo, Derrek, and Naehrwert, it is possible to hack Nintendo Switch and install unofficial homebrew software and pirated games on the […]