First-Ever Ransomware Found Using ‘Process Doppelgänging’ Attack to Evade Detection

Security researchers have spotted the first-ever ransomware exploiting Process Doppelgänging, a new fileless code injection technique that could help malware evade detection.

The Process Doppelgänging attack takes advantage of a built-in Windows funct… Continue reading First-Ever Ransomware Found Using ‘Process Doppelgänging’ Attack to Evade Detection

8 New Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities (Spectre-NG) Found in Intel CPUs

A team of security researchers has reportedly discovered a total of eight new “Spectre-class” vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs, which also affect at least a small number of ARM processors and may impact AMD processor architecture as well.

Dubbed Spectre-… Continue reading 8 New Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities (Spectre-NG) Found in Intel CPUs

Man Who Hacked Jail Systems to Release His Friend Early Gets 7-Years in Prison

Remember a young hacker who hacked jail systems in an attempt to release his prison inmate early?

Well, that hacker will now be joining his inmate behind bars.

Konrads Voits of Ypsilanti, Michigan, has been sentenced to seven years and three months i… Continue reading Man Who Hacked Jail Systems to Release His Friend Early Gets 7-Years in Prison

Amazon Alexa Has Got Some Serious Skills—Spying On Users!

“Alexa, are you spying on me?” — aaaa…..mmmm…..hmmm…..maybe!!!

Security researchers have developed a new malicious ‘skill’ for Amazon’s popular voice assistant Alexa that can turn your Amazon Echo into a full-fledged spying device.

Amazon Echo … Continue reading Amazon Alexa Has Got Some Serious Skills—Spying On Users!

Third Critical Drupal Flaw Discovered—Patch Your Sites Immediately

Damn! You have to update your Drupal websites.

Yes, of course once again—literally it’s the third time in last 30 days.

As notified in advance two days back, Drupal has now released new versions of its software to patch yet another critical remote co… Continue reading Third Critical Drupal Flaw Discovered—Patch Your Sites Immediately

Police Shut Down World’s Biggest ‘DDoS-for-Hire’ Service–Admins Arrested

In a major hit against international cybercriminals, the Dutch police have taken down the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire service that helped cyber criminals launch over 4 million attacks and arrested its administrators.

An operation led by the UK’s Nat… Continue reading Police Shut Down World’s Biggest ‘DDoS-for-Hire’ Service–Admins Arrested

Nintendo Switches Hacked to Run Linux—Unpatchable Exploit Released

Two separate teams of security researchers have published working proof-of-concept exploits for an unpatchable vulnerability in Nvidia’s Tegra line of embedded processors that comes on all currently available Nintendo Switch consoles.

Dubbed Fusée Gel… Continue reading Nintendo Switches Hacked to Run Linux—Unpatchable Exploit Released

Hackers Behind Healthcare Espionage Infect X-Ray and MRI Machines

Security researchers have uncovered a new hacking group that is aggressively targeting healthcare organizations and related sectors across the globe to conduct corporate espionage.

Dubbed “Orangeworm,” the hacking group has been found installing a wor… Continue reading Hackers Behind Healthcare Espionage Infect X-Ray and MRI Machines

Over 20 Million Users Installed Malicious Ad Blockers From Chrome Store

If you have installed any of the below-mentioned Ad blocker extension in your Chrome browser, you could have been hacked.

A security researcher has spotted five malicious ad blockers extension in the Google Chrome Store that had already been installed… Continue reading Over 20 Million Users Installed Malicious Ad Blockers From Chrome Store