A German hacker who launched DDoS attacks and tried to extort ransom payments from German and UK firms was sentenced last month to one year and ten months of probation. The hacker, identified by authorities only as 24-year-old Maik D., but known online as ZZb00t, was fingered for attacking companies such […]
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Some Chrome users are reporting freezes and timeouts after the installation of the Windows 10 April Update, let’s see what has happened After the installation of Windows 10 April Update I observed continuous freezes while using the Chrome browser with one of my PCs, in some cases, I was not […]
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Cybercriminals are targeting Airbnb users with phishing emails that urge the compliance with the new privacy regulation General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR). The upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy laws threaten with severe penalties to demand personal information from Airbnb users. The interest on the subject is very high among professionals and companies operating in […]
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The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US military bases to stop selling Huawei and ZTE products due to unacceptable security risk they pose. Smartphones manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE are banned by US Military, the decision was taken by the Pentagon. The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US […]
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new cyber-espionage APT group tracked ZooPark that targeted entities in the Middle East during the past three years. ZooPark APT has been active at least since 2015 and has shown a growing level of sophistication across the years. “ZooPark is a cyberespionage operation that […]
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Last week, the European Central Bank has published the European framework for testing financial sector resilience to cyber attacks. The framework aims to simulate the effects of cyber attacks on critical systems in the banking industry in the European Union. The move is the response to the numerous cyberheists that hit the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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