Collaborate Disseminate
Security researchers have discovered a massive continuously growing malware campaign that has already infected nearly 5 million mobile devices worldwide.
Dubbed RottenSys, the malware that disguised as a ‘System Wi-Fi service’ app came pre-installed o… Continue reading Pre-Installed Malware Found On 5 Million Popular Android Phones
A massive malware outbreak that last week infected nearly half a million computers with cryptocurrency mining malware in just a few hours was caused by a backdoored version of popular BitTorrent client called MediaGet.
Dubbed Dofoil (also known as Smo… Continue reading Trojanized BitTorrent Software Update Hijacked 400,000 PCs Last Week
Security researchers claimed to have discovered 13 critical Spectre/Meltdown-like vulnerabilities throughout AMD’s Ryzen and EPYC lines of processors that could allow attackers to access sensitive data, install persistent malware inside the chip, and g… Continue reading 13 Critical Flaws Discovered in AMD Ryzen and EPYC Processors
Security researchers at Kaspersky have identified a sophisticated APT hacking group that has been operating since at least 2012 without being noticed due to their complex and clever hacking techniques.
The hacking group used a piece of advanced malwar… Continue reading APT Hackers Infect Routers to Covertly Implant Slingshot Spying Malware
Governments in Turkey and Syria have been caught hijacking local internet users’ connections to secretly inject surveillance malware, while the same mass interception technology has been found secretly injecting browser-based cryptocurrency mining scri… Continue reading ISPs Caught Injecting Cryptocurrency Miners and Spyware In Some Countries
Memcached reflections that recently fueled two most largest amplification DDoS attacks in the history have also helped other cybercriminals launch nearly 15,000 cyber attacks against 7,131 unique targets in last ten days, a new report revealed.
Chines… Continue reading Over 15,000 Memcached DDoS Attacks Hit 7,100 Sites in Last 10 Days
A medium yet critical vulnerability has been discovered in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning software that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges to root and take full control of a system.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) … Continue reading Hard-Coded Password in Cisco Software Lets Attackers Take Over Linux Servers
Security researchers have discovered a “kill switch” that could help companies protect their websites under massive DDoS attack launched using vulnerable Memcached servers.
Massive Memcached reflection DDoS attacks with an unprecedented amplification … Continue reading ‘Kill Switch’ to Mitigate Memcached DDoS Attacks — Flush ‘Em All
Two separate proofs-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for Memcached amplification attack have been released online that could allow even script-kiddies to launch massive DDoS attacks using UDP reflections easily.
The first DDoS tool is written in C progra… Continue reading Memcached DDoS Exploit Code and List of 17,000 Vulnerable Servers Released
A years ago when the mysterious hacking group ‘The Shadow Brokers’ dumped a massive trove of sensitive data stolen from the US intelligence agency NSA, everyone started looking for secret hacking tools and zero-day exploits.
A group of Hungarian secur… Continue reading Leaked NSA Dump Also Contains Tools Agency Used to Track Other Hackers