Most LokiBot samples in the wild are “hijacked” versions of the original malware

Hacker himself got hacked.

It turns out that most samples of the LokiBot malware being distributed in the wild are modified versions of the original sample, a security researcher has learned.

Targeting users since 2015, LokiBot is a password and cryp… Continue reading Most LokiBot samples in the wild are “hijacked” versions of the original malware

Ex-NSO Employee Caught Selling Stolen Phone Hacking Tool For $50 Million

A former employee of one of the world’s most powerful hacking companies NSO Group has been arrested and charged with stealing phone hacking tools from the company and trying to sell it for $50 million on the Darknet secretly.

Israeli hacking firm NSO … Continue reading Ex-NSO Employee Caught Selling Stolen Phone Hacking Tool For $50 Million

Password-Guessing Was Used to Hack Gentoo Linux Github Account

Maintainers of the Gentoo Linux distribution have now revealed the impact and “root cause” of the attack that saw unknown hackers taking control of its GitHub account last week and modifying the content of its repositories and pages.

The hackers not o… Continue reading Password-Guessing Was Used to Hack Gentoo Linux Github Account

Beware! Fortnite Cheat Hijacks Gamers’ PCs to Intercept HTTPS Traffic

If you are looking for Fortnite v-bucks generator, aimbot or any other game cheats—then beware—you might end up installing malware on your PC!

Web-based game-streaming platform Rainway is reporting that tens of thousands of Fortnite players have inadv… Continue reading Beware! Fortnite Cheat Hijacks Gamers’ PCs to Intercept HTTPS Traffic

Two Zero-Day Exploits Found After Someone Uploaded ‘Unarmed’ PoC to VirusTotal

Security researchers at Microsoft have unveiled details of two critical and important zero-day vulnerabilities that had recently been discovered after someone uploaded a malicious PDF file to VirusTotal, and get patched before being used in the wild.

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Facebook Admits Sharing Users’ Data With 61 Tech Companies

Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users’ data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015.

It’s an unusual clear view of how the… Continue reading Facebook Admits Sharing Users’ Data With 61 Tech Companies

Researchers Uncover New Attacks Against LTE Network Protocol

If your mobile carrier offers LTE, also known as the 4G network, you need to beware as your network communication can be hijacked remotely.

A team of researchers has discovered some critical weaknesses in the ubiquitous LTE mobile device standard that… Continue reading Researchers Uncover New Attacks Against LTE Network Protocol

Typeform, Popular Online Survey Software, Suffers Data Breach

Typeform, the popular Spanish-based online data collection company specializes in form building and online surveys for businesses worldwide, has today disclosed that the company has suffered a data breach that exposed partial data of its some users.

T… Continue reading Typeform, Popular Online Survey Software, Suffers Data Breach

Another Facebook Quiz App Left 120 Million Users’ Data Exposed

People are still getting over the most controversial data scandal of the year, i.e., Cambridge Analytica scandal, and Facebook is under fire yet again after it emerges that a popular quiz app on the social media platform exposed the private data of up … Continue reading Another Facebook Quiz App Left 120 Million Users’ Data Exposed