A criminal gang dubbed AFT13 is making between $3 Million to $5 Million per day from US and media companies in biggest advertising fraud ever dubbed Methbot This is a case study, a criminal gang dubbed AFT13 is making between $3 Million to $5 Million per day from US and media companies in biggest advertising fraud […]
Security researchers have released a decryption tool for unlocking files encrypted by the notorious CryptXXX v.3 ransomware. CryptXXX v.3 ransomware was defeated, researchers have released a decryption tool for unlocking encrypted files. The decryption tool was included in the RannohDecryptor utility, a free application shared by the No Ransom Project. The utility was already able to unlock […]
A researcher at IOActive disclosed several vulnerabilities found in Panasonic Avionics in-flight entertainment, aka IFE systems. The in-flight entertainment (IFE) and communications systems manufactured by Panasonic Avionics are among the most common components in the aviation industry. According to data provided by the company, it has delivered more than 8,000 in-flight entertainment and communications systems and […]
A cyber attack against the Government Ukraine energy company Ukrenergo may be the root cause of power outage that occurred in Ukraine late on Saturday. A new cyber attack may be the root cause of power outage that occurred in Ukraine late on Saturday. According to the Ukraine energy company Ukrenergo, the power outage occurred at the midnight between […]
The banker Android ransomware Faketoken that steals financial information and sensitive data now also implements file-encrypting abilities. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted a strain of known Android malware that now implements also ransomware-like abilities. According to the researchers, Vxers are adding file-encrypting capabilities to traditional mobile banking trojans, the result is a malware that […]
Security experts from Wordfence observed a huge increase in Brute Force attacks in the last three weeks. The security firm Wordfence is warning the WordPress community of a spike in the number of brute force attacks against websites running WordPress. has increased significantly in December compared to the previous period. The researchers observed brute force attacks […]
Kapustkiy announced the data breach of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce (www.scci.sk), more than 4,000 users record were accessed. New Week, new hack! This is Kapustkiy ‘s motto that announced the breach of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce (www.scci.sk). The popular hacker accessed data belonging to more than 4,000 users and published it on Pastebin. The hacker exploited an SQLInjection […]
The Turkish Government has applied restrictions on the Tor anonymity network, the discovery was made the Turkey Blocks internet censorship watchdog. “Our study indicates that service providers have successfully complied with a government order to ban VPN services.” reads a blog post published by the Turkey Blocks. Users in the country started reporting connectivity issues around the same time, a circumstance […]
Lynda.com is notifying customers a data breach, according to the company an unauthorized third party accessed a database containing user information. Lynda.com is an online learning platform that was acquired last year by LinkedIn. The company started notifying its customers over the weekend, hackers accessed learning data, including attempted courses and contact data. At the time […]
The Russian-speaking hacker Rasputin was attempting to sell the allegedly stolen login credentials from the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC). According to the security firm Record Future, a Russian-speaking hacker was offering for sale stolen login credentials for a U.S. agency that tests and certifies voting equipment, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The EAC Agency […]