Collaborate Disseminate
Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment as it takes a monstrous amount of computing power, and thus hackers have started using malware that steals computing resources of computers it hijacks to make lots of dollars in digital currency.
Secu… Continue reading Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Servers to Mine Monero – Makes $63,000 In 3 Months
Forget fingerprint authentication, retinal scanning or advanced facial recognition that has recently been implemented by Apple in its iPhone X—researchers developed a new authentication system that doesn’t require any of your interaction, as simply being near your device is more than enough.
A group of computer scientists at the University of Buffalo, New York, have developed a new
Continue reading Cardiac Scan Authentication — Your Heart As Your Password
Apple yesterday rolled out a new version of its macOS operating system, dubbed High Sierra 10.13—a few hours before an ex-NSA hacker publicly disclosed the details of a critical vulnerability that affects High Sierra as well as all earlier versions of macOS.
Patrick Wardle, an ex-NSA hacker and now head of research at security firm Synack, found a critical zero-day vulnerability in macOS that
Continue reading Apple macOS High Sierra Exploit Lets Hackers Steal Keychain Passwords in Plaintext
Nearly a year after the disclosure of the Dirty COW vulnerability that affected the Linux kernel, cybercriminals have started exploiting the vulnerability against Android users, researchers have warned.
Publicly disclosed last year in October, Dirty COW was present in a section of the Linux kernel—a part of virtually every Linux distribution, including Red Hat, Debian, and Ubuntu—for years
Continue reading First Android Malware Found Exploiting Dirty COW Linux Flaw to Gain Root Privileges
Another day, another news about a data breach, though this is something disconcerting.
Login credentials of more than half a million records belonging to vehicle tracking device company SVR Tracking have leaked online, potentially exposing the persona… Continue reading Passwords For 540,000 Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online
Are you sure the version of WhatsApp, or Skype, or VLC Player installed on your device is legitimate?
Security researchers have discovered that legitimate downloads of several popular applications including WhatsApp, Skype, VLC Player and WinRAR have … Continue reading ISPs May Be Helping Hackers to Infect you with FinFisher Spyware
Security researchers have recently uncovered a cyber espionage group targeting aerospace, defence and energy organisations in the United States, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.
According to the latest research published Wednesday by US security firm Fir… Continue reading APT33: Researchers Expose Iranian Hacking Group Linked to Destructive Malware
The Recent discoveries of dangerous variants of the Android banking Trojan families, including Faketoken, Svpeng, and BankBot, present a significant threat to online users who may have their login credentials and valuable personal data stolen.
Securit… Continue reading Red Alert 2.0: New Android Banking Trojan for Sale on Hacking Forums
If you have downloaded or updated CCleaner application on your computer between August 15 and September 12 of this year from its official website, then pay attention—your computer has been compromised.
CCleaner is a popular application with over 2 billion downloads, created by Piriform and recently acquired by Avast, that allows users to clean up their system to optimize and enhance
Continue reading Warning: CCleaner Hacked to Distribute Malware; Over 2.3 Million Users Infected
Even after so many efforts by Google, malicious apps somehow managed to fool its Play Store’s anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software.
The same happened once again when at least 50 apps managed to make its way onto Google Play Store and were successfully downloaded as many as 4.2 million times—one of the biggest malware outbreaks.
Security firm Check Point on
Continue reading Yet Another Android Malware Infects Over 4.2 Million Google Play Store Users