The Necurs botnet is evolving and recently the experts at BitSight’s Anubis Labs discovered that it was improved to launch DDoS attacks. The Necurs botnet continues to evolve and recently it was used by crooks not only to spread the dreaded Locky ransomware but he was improved to launch DDoS attacks. According to the researchers BitSight’s […]
The analysis conducted by Arbor Networks on the Shamoon 2 malware has shed light on the control infrastructure and the infection process. Security researchers from Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) have conducted a new analysis of the Shamoon 2 malware discovering further details on the tools and techniques used by the threat […]
Apple’s design lab internal development servers was infected by a malware so the company ended its relationship with Supermicro server supplier. It was mid-2016 when Apple’s design lab internal development servers was infected by a malware that was masquerading as a fake firmware patch. In response to the security incident, Apple purged its data centers of […]
The prosecutor’s office in Cologne and the Federal Criminal Police Office have arrested the alleged mastermind of the MIRAI attack on Deutsche Telekom The agents at the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) have a man that is suspected to be involved with the massive attack on Deutsche Telekom that affected more than 900k routers in […]
A few days ago experts at antivirus firm ESET spotted a new MacOS ransomware, a rarity in the threat landscape, but it has a serious problem. Malware experts from antivirus vendor ESET have discovered a new file-encrypting ransomware, dubbed OSX/Filecoder.E, targeting MacOS that is being distributed through bittorrent websites.“Early last week, we have seen a new ransomware campaign for […]
Security experts who analyzed the malware used in the attacks against the Polish banks discovered false flags in the Lazarus malicious code. A few weeks ago, security experts reported that the systems of several Polish banks were targeted by hackers. The systems were infected with a malware after their staff visited the site of the […]
Security experts from Heimdal Security discovered a new spam campaign over the weekend leveraging the TeamSpy malware to spy in victims. Security experts from Heimdal Security have uncovered a new spam campaign emerged over the weekend. The crooks used the notorious TeamSpy malware to gain full access to the target computers. It’s a long time we have no […]
The security experts at Palo Alto Networks published a detailed analysis of the architecture used to spread the Ursnif banking Trojan worldwide. Malware researchers from Palo Alto Networks are monitoring the diffusion of the Ursnif banking Trojan worldwide and have identified the architecture used to spread it. The Ursnif Trojan is spread via spam emails that contain […]
Experts at Kaspersky Lab have analyzed several Android car apps and discovered that most of them lack proper security features to protect vehicles. Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab have analyzed seven of the most popular Android apps that allow to remotely control millions of modern cars. The experts discovered that the Android apps, whose name […]
A group of hackers tracked as ViperRAT is spying on the Israeli military by hacking into the soldiers’ personal Android mobile devices. A group of hackers, tracked as ViperRAT, is spying on the Israeli military by hacking into the soldiers’ personal Android mobile devices to track their activities and steal sensitive data. Experts from security firms […]