Collaborate Disseminate
Roman Valerevich Seleznev, the son of a prominent Russian lawmaker who’s already facing a 27-year prison sentence in the United States, has been handed another 14-year prison sentence for his role in an “organized cybercrime ring” that caused $59 Milli… Continue reading After 27-Year Sentence, Russian Hacker Faces Another 14 Years in Prison
To improve performance and reduce crashes caused by third-party software on Windows, Google Chrome, by mid-2018, will no longer allow outside applications to run code within its web browser.
If you are unaware, many third-party applications, like acce… Continue reading Google to Block Third-Party Software from Injecting Code into Chrome Browser
Some websites have found using a simple yet effective technique to keep their cryptocurrency mining javascript secretly running in the background even when you close your web browser.
Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, hackers and even … Continue reading Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts Now Run Even After You Close Your Browser
While tracking botnet activity on their honeypot traffic, security researchers at Chinese IT security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab discovered a new variant of Mirai—the well known IoT botnet malware that wreaked havoc last year.
Last week, researchers notice… Continue reading New Mirai Botnet Variant Found Targeting ZyXEL Devices In Argentina
A massive malicious email campaign that stems from the world’s largest spam botnet Necurs is spreading a new strain of ransomware at the rate of over 2 million emails per hour and hitting computers across the globe.
The popular malspam botnet Necrus w… Continue reading World’s Biggest Botnet Just Sent 12.5 Million Emails With Scarab Ransomware
If you think a website whose value is more than $500 billion does not have any vulnerability in it, then you are wrong.
Pouya Darabi, an Iranian web developer, discovered and reported a critical yet straightforward vulnerability in Facebook earlier th… Continue reading Another Facebook Bug Allowed Anyone to Delete Your Photos
Only after a few days of Uber admitting last year’s data breach of 57 million customers, the popular image sharing site disclosed that it had suffered a major data breach in 2014 that compromised email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million user accoun… Continue reading Imgur—Popular Image Sharing Site Was Hacked In 2014; Passwords Compromised
Earlier this month a cybersecurity researcher shared details of a security loophole with The Hacker News that affects all versions of Microsoft Office, allowing malicious actors to create and spread macro-based self-replicating malware.
Macro-based se… Continue reading MS Office Built-In Feature Could be Exploited to Create Self-Replicating Malware
How many times it has happened to you when you look for something online and the next moment you find its advertisement on almost every other web page or social media site you visit?
Web-tracking is not new.
Most of the websites log its users’ online… Continue reading Over 400 Popular Sites Record Your Every Keystroke and Mouse Movement
In past few months, several research groups have uncovered vulnerabilities in the Intel remote administration feature known as the Management Engine (ME) which could allow remote attackers to gain full control of a targeted computer.
Now, Intel has ad… Continue reading Critical Flaws in Intel Processors Leave Millions of PCs Vulnerable