A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! 0patch will provide micropatches for Windows […]
Hackers have stolen more than 218 million records from the popular ‘Words With Friends’ developed by the mobile social game company Zynga Inc. Do you remember Gnosticplayers? The popular hacker Gnosticplayers that between February and April disclosed the existence of some massive unreported data breaches in five rounds. He offered for sale almost a billion user records stolen from nearly 45 […]
Researchers at Proofpoint have spotted a piece of downloader, dubbed WhiteShadow, that leverages Microsoft SQL queries to pull and deliver malicious payloads. In August, malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new downloader which is being used to deliver a variety of malware via Microsoft SQL queries. The experts detected new Microsoft Office macros, which collectively […]
Experts at Juniper Threat Labs have discovered a new piece of malware dubbed Masad Stealer that exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet files via Telegram. Security researchers at the Juniper Threat Labs discovered a strain of malware dubbed Masad Stealer that is actively distributed. The malware could steals files, browser information, and cryptocurrency wallet data and send them […]
German police have shut down a network hosting Darknet marketplaces focused on the trading of drugs, stolen data and child pornography. German police announced to have shut down a network hosting Darknet black marketplaces trading drugs, stolen data, and child pornography. The black marketplaces were also offering stolen data and fake documents, and other illegal […]
A series of cyber attacks hit the defense contractors Rheinmetall AG and Defence Construction Canada (DCC) causing the disruption of their information technology systems. This month a series of cyber attack hit defense contractors Rheinmetall AG and Defence Construction Canada (DCC) disrupting their information technology systems. German Rheinmetall AG is a market leader in the supply of military technology, in […]
Researchers are warning of a new variant of recently disclosed SimJacker attack, dubbed WIBattack, that could expose millions of mobile phones to remote hacking. WIBattack is a new variant of the recently discovered Simjacker attack method that could expose millions of mobile phones to remote hacking. A couple of weeks ago, cybersecurity researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security disclosed a […]
A security expert has released a new jailbreak, dubbed Checkm8, that impacts all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets, it works on iPhone models from 4S to 8 and X. The security expert Axi0mX has released a new jailbreak, dubbed Checkm8, that works on all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets. The jailbreak works with all Apple products released […]
IBM researchers observed one of the Magecart groups using a malicious code to inject into commercial-grade layer 7 L7 routers. IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) experts observed that one of the Magecart groups, tracked as MG5, is using malware to inject into commercial-grade L7 routers. The experts believe the hackers are likely […]
Security expert Troy Mursch of Bad Packets reported that a botnet is exploiting the recently disclosed vBulletin exploit to block other attackers from also using it. The security expert Troy Mursch observed a botnet that it utilizing the recently disclosed vBulletin exploit to secure vulnerable servers to avoid that can be compromised by other threat actors. […]