Experts at IBM X-Force security firm warn of a new Mirai Botnet implementing Bitcoin crypto-currency mining capabilities. The Mirai botnet was first spotted in august 2016 by the security researcher MalwareMustDie, it was specifically designed to compromise vulnerable or poorly protected IoT. Once Mirai malware compromises an IoT device it recruits it into a botnet primarily used for […]
According to Kaspersky Lab, crooks have robbed at least 8 ATMs in Russia and stole $800,000 in just one night using a Fileless malware dubbed ATMitch. According to experts at Kaspersky, hackers have robbed at least 8 ATMs in Russia and stole $800,000 in just one night. The cyber heist caught the attention of security […]
Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new Linux/IoT botnet dubbed Amnesia botnet that has been targeting digital video recorders (DVRs). Amnesia exploited an unpatched remote code execution vulnerability that was disclosed more than one year ago by security researcher Rotem Kerner. “fraudsters are adopting new tactics in order to attack retailers. This new […]
“Philadelphia” Ransomware Targets Healthcare Industry Security experts from Forcepoint have discovered a new strain of ransomware dubbed Philadelphia that is targeting organizations in the healthcare industry. The Philadelphia ransomware is a variant of the Stampado ransomware, a very cheap malware offered for sale on the Dark Web since June 2016 at just 39 USD for a lifetime license. Last month the popular expert Brian […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]