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FacexWorm Targets Facebook Messenger

May 4, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

A malicious Google Chrome extension, dubbed FacexWorm, has been targeting cryptocurrency exchanges via Facebook Messenger, according to researchers at Trend Micro. FaceExWorm was first identified last August by Kaspersky Labs researcher David … [Read more...] about FacexWorm Targets Facebook Messenger

Filed Under: Bitcoin, Malware Tagged With: bitcoin, Chrome extension, cryptocurrency fraud, cryptojacking, Facebook Messenger, FacexWorm, Google Chrome, Google web store, Kaspersky Labs, Malware, TrendMicro

Cisco Systems Webex Flaws Allows Remote Users To Execute Code

May 4, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Cisco Systems’ WebEx conferencing platform has a critical vulnerability inside its recording function, which creates possibilities for remote code execution scenarios. The bug can be exploited if attackers are able to convince users to open a file … [Read more...] about Cisco Systems Webex Flaws Allows Remote Users To Execute Code

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Hacking Tagged With: ARF files, bug, Cisco, Cisco bugs, Cisco Systems, Cisco WebEx, critical vulnerabilities, Fortinet, patch, system update, videoconferencing

Europe sees Radical Drop in DDoS Attacks Since Seizure of Webstresser Site

May 4, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

DDoS attacks have dropped by a whopping 60% across Europe following the April 24th takedown of the WebStresser platform, which Europol dubbed the largest DDoS-for-hire service on the market. According to German cybersecurity firm Link11, its … [Read more...] about Europe sees Radical Drop in DDoS Attacks Since Seizure of Webstresser Site

Filed Under: DDoS Tagged With: booter, DDoS attacks, DDoS-for-hire, Europe, Europol, Link11, Onur Cengiz, Operation Power Off, stresser, Webstresser, webstresser.org

Attackers Using Phishing To Scam Airbnb Customers

May 4, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Airbnb customers need to be alert to a new phishing scam that takes advantage of the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to fool them into sharing personal and financial data, according to cybersecurity firm Redscan. GDPR is an … [Read more...] about Attackers Using Phishing To Scam Airbnb Customers

Filed Under: Data Theft, Government, Hacking Tools Tagged With: Airbnb, data protection regulations, data theft, EU, GDPR, hackers, Mark Nicholls, notifications, phishing emails, phishing scam, Redscan

Rubella Macro Builder Becoming A Major Nuisance

April 30, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

The Rubella Macro Builder has recently become popular in Russia. It is a cybercrimeware kit apparently capable of beating a basic antivirus defensive system. FlashPoint researchers first came across the kit in February being rented on a top-tier … [Read more...] about Rubella Macro Builder Becoming A Major Nuisance

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Hacking Tools Tagged With: antivirus programs, cybercrimeware kit, email attachments, FlashPoint, GootKit, macros, Malware, Panda, Rubella macro builder, Russia, Russian hacking forum

Western Digital My Cloud Leaks File On Local Network

April 30, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

According to researchers at Trustwave, the Western Digital My Cloud EX2 storage devices are leaking files to anyone it shares a local network with by default, regardless of permissions set by users. My Cloud EX2 also leaks files as a result of an … [Read more...] about Western Digital My Cloud Leaks File On Local Network

Filed Under: cybersecurity, Endpoint Security Tagged With: default, file leaking, My Cloud EX2, MyCloud EX2 storage device, Trustwave, Twonky server, UPnP media server, Western Digital

Authorities Close Down Webstressor.org

April 30, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

‘Operation Power Off’, law enforcement efforts in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands and elsewhere, have taken down the DDoS-for-hire webstresser.org (previously webstresser.co) website. At its takedown, there were apparently 136,000 registered users … [Read more...] about Authorities Close Down Webstressor.org

Filed Under: DDoS, Government, Hacking Tagged With: Brian Krebs, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, Europol, Germany, Jovan Mirkovic, Netherlands, Operation Power Off, U.K., U.S., vDOS, Webstresser, webstresser.org

Drupal Release Patches for Drupalgeddon2 Vulnerability

April 30, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Drupal has just issued its third flaw fix in a month, supplementing its previous patch for Drupalgeddon 2 with an unscheduled security update. After releasing a patch for a critical vulnerability in late March, Drupal is now having to do it all over … [Read more...] about Drupal Release Patches for Drupalgeddon2 Vulnerability

Filed Under: Hacking, Vulnerabilities Tagged With: Dries Buytert, Drupal, Drupal Media module, Drupalgeddon 2, SA-CORE-2018-002, SA-CORE-2018-003, SA-CORE-2018-004, vulnerability, XSS

Android Trojan Is Targeting Asia Users

April 20, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Kaspersky Labs has warned of an Android Trojan, dubbed Roaming Mantis, pretending to be a series of popular mobile applications in order to fool victims into installing the Android malware. Its targets are largely Asian users, particularly … [Read more...] about Android Trojan Is Targeting Asia Users

Filed Under: Malware Tagged With: Android malware, Android Trojan, Asia, Bangladesh, China, DNS hijacking, fake IP addresses, Japan, Kaspersky Labs, malware app, Roaming Mantis, South Korea

OceanLotus Uses Malware to Attack MacOS Systems

April 20, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

A new backdoor has been discovered by researchers at Trend Micro, which attacks MacOS systems, and is likely linked to the OceanLotus threat group. The cybersecurity firm, in a recent blog post, said the backdoor it dubbed OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D, … [Read more...] about OceanLotus Uses Malware to Attack MacOS Systems

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: APT, backdoor, C&C, Cambodia, dropper, HDMC, Laos, MacOS, OceanLotus, Perl, Philippines, Trend Micro, Vietnam, Vietnam-based APT group, Volexity

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