The upcoming version of the Android OS —codenamed only Android P for the moment— will block applications from accessing and monitoring the operating system’s network activity. Android project developers took this decision to improve the operating system’s privacy and prevent user-installed apps from sniffing on the user’s network activity outside […]

everal days ago, FortiGuard Labs captured a malware sample that was exploiting the Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 patched by Microsoft last November. The sample is an RTF document with an Equation object. By analyzing its behavior in my test environment, I realized that it spreads a new variant of Remcos RAT, version […]

According to a report by C’T magazine, researchers have found several data-leaking Spectre CPU vulnerabilities in Intel chips, which they are calling “Spectre Next Generation” or Spectre-NG. There are reportedly eight new CVE-listed vulnerabilities, which Intel has not confirmed for now. The company, however, has confirmed the reservation of Common Vulnerabilities […]

GandCrab version 3 was released earlier this week with a few noticeable changes. The most noticeable change is the addition of a desktop background. Unfortunately, at this time GandCrab 3 cannot be decrypted for free. For those who wish to discuss GandCrab or receive support, you can post in our […]

The e-commerce world is continually facing a threat to its rising fame and user appreciation; e-commerce fraud. There has been a steady rise in sales tied to e-commerce platforms across the globe with many embracing the trend. In the same manner, e-commerce fraud has been making a gradual climb from 2015 to […]

Researchers from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam have demonstrated that it is possible to use a Rowhammer attack to remotely hack Android phones. What is a Rowhammer attack? “The Rowhammer attack targets the design of DRAM memory. On a system where the DRAM is insufficiently refreshed, targeted operations on a row […]