Cyber criminals exploited the recently patched Apache Struts 2 vulnerability CVE-2017-5638 in the wild to deliver the Cerber ransomware. A recently patched Apache Struts 2 vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-5638, has been exploited by crooks in the wild to deliver the Cerber ransomware. The remote code execution vulnerability affected the Jakarta-based file upload Multipart parser under Apache […]
Scottrade Bank confirmed that a technical incident has exposed 20,000 customer records. a 60GB MSSQL database was accidentally left open online. It is official, the Scottrade Bank suffered a data breach that affected thousands of its customers. Online brokerage Scottrade has admitted the data breach for sensitive loan applications from roughly 20,000 customers. The incident […]
Cyber criminals launched a sophisticated cyber heist that compromised the entire DNS infrastructure of a major Brazilian Bank. A cyber criminal organization took over online service of a major Brazilian bank for five hours. The hackers compromised the bank DNS system and intercepted all the connections to the financial institution. According to Kaspersky Lab who […]
Security experts at CISCO Talos have spotted a new insidious remote access tool dubbed ROKRAT that implements sophisticated anti-detection measures. The ROKRAT RAT targets Korean users, people using the popular Korean Microsoft Word alternative Hangul Word Processor (HWP). In the past, we saw other attacks against people using the HWP application. The ROKRAT RAT was used […]
A series of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. A wave string of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. The phishing messages pretend to be sent from a travel agency […]
Malware researchers at Forcepoint have discovered a new modular malicious code, dubbed Felismus RAT, that appears the work of skilled professionals. Malware researchers at Forcepoint have discovered a new modular malicious code dubbed Felismus RAT. The malware has been used in highly targeted campaigns, experts believe the Felismus RAT is the work of skilled professionals. […]
The McDonald’s Canada career website was recently subject to a cyber-attack. Hackers stole records of 95,000 job seekers. McDonald’s Canada confirmed that hackers have stolen the personal data of about 95,000 job seekers from its recruitment website. The data were provided by candidates searching for a job at McDonald’s Canada since March 2014. The company […]
The Russian group Turla has continued to improve its Carbon backdoor, experts from ESET detected new versions released on a regular basis. The Russian APT group known as Turla (also known as Waterbug, KRYPTON and Venomous Bear) has continued to improve its Carbon backdoor, experts from ESET detected new versions released on a regular basis. Carbon is a […]
Since mid-January, attackers have targeted owners of GitHub repositories with the Dimnie data-stealer malware. It is a relatively unknown threat actor. Attackers have targeted developers having Github repositories with a data-stealing malware called Dimnie. The malicious code includes keylogging features and modules that capture screenshots. The Dimnie malware was spotted by researchers at Palo Alto Networks in mid-January when an […]
According to a new research published by the nonprofit DCA, millions of stolen US University email credentials are available for sale on the Dark Web. According to a new research published by the nonprofit Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) that searched the Dark Web for credentials from the top 300 US universities, millions of stolen email […]