Security researchers at Proofpoint spotted a cyber espionage campaign conducted by a group previously linked to China. The hackers have been using a recently patched .NET vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8759, in attacks aimed at organizations in the United States. “Proofpoint researchers are tracking an espionage actor targeting organizations and high-value […]
October 2017 Oracle Critical Patch Update addresses 252 Vulnerabilities
Oracle released the October 2017 Critical Patch Update (CPU) that addresses a total of 252 security vulnerabilities that affect multiple products. Most of the vulnerabilities fixed by Oracle could be remotely exploitable without authentication. This is the last Oracle Critical Patch Update of 2017, this year the tech giant already […]
Iranian hackers compromised the UK leader Theresa May’s email
« “Some 9,000 email accounts, including those belonging to Theresa May and other cabinet ministers, were subjected to a sustained attack on June 23. Ninety accounts were compromised.” “Whitehall officials admitted it was inevitable that the hackers had obtained sensitive material,” the Times reported. The investigation is still ongoing, for this […]
Ransomware attack on Toshiba forces it to halt production of NAND Flash
Ransomware attacks forced Toshiba to cease NAND flash memory production, costing the business the equivalent of 400,000TB in SSD storage. In fact, Toshiba downed tools for up to six weeks following the attack, reports DigiTimes. Subsequently, the production loss could trigger a NAND supply crisis. But production has now returned […]
Microsoft Kept Secret That Its Bug-Tracking Database Was Hacked In 2013
It was not just Yahoo among « Fortune 500 » companies who tried to keep a major data breach incident secret. Reportedly, Microsoft had also suffered a data breach four and a half years ago (in 2013), when a « highly sophisticated hacking group » breached its bug-reporting and patch-tracking database, but the hack was never […]
Flaw in Adobe Flash Player Used to Install FinFisher Spyware
A serious flaw has been identified in Adobe Flash Player, which can deliver FinFisher spyware, according to security experts. Adobe systems already issued a warning note about the newly identified flaw, which can allow execution of a remote code. The flaw was identified by security firm Kaspersky Lab after the company […]
Dangerous Malware Allows Anyone to Empty ATMs
Hacking ATM is now easier than ever before. Usually, hackers exploit hardware and software vulnerabilities to hack ATMs and force them to spit out cash, but now anyone can simply buy a malware to steal millions in cash from ATMs. Hackers are selling ready-made ATM malware on an underground hacking […]
BAE Systems report links Taiwan heist to North Korean LAZARUS APT
Researchers at BAE Systems investigated the recent cyber-heist that targeted a bank in Taiwan and linked the action to the notorious Lazarus APT group. The activity of the Lazarus APT Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks and experts that investigated on the crew consider it highly sophisticated. This […]
The Necurs botnet is back spreading a downloader with new interesting features
The Necurs botnet is spreading a new downloader that takes screenshots of the victims’ desktops and Runtime Errors back to the operators. The Necurs botnet is back once again, the dreaded botnet was spreading a downloader that takes screenshots of the victims’ desktops and Runtime Errors back to the attackers. “Recently we have seen […]
Comment Protéger vos Enfants sur Internet?
D’après une enquête menée par le PewResearchCenter, 80 % des adolescents ayant accès à Internet utilisent un ou plusieurs réseaux sociaux. Les enfants sont aujourd’hui connectés dès leur plus jeune âge ce qui n’est pas sans poser problème quant aux risques liés à internet : cybercriminalité, intimidations, menaces, pornographie… Le rôle […]