Jaff Ransomware Decryption Tool Released – Don’t Pay, Unlock Files for Free

Hit by Jaff Ransomware? Don’t pay the Ransom. You can unlock your files for Free!

Kaspersky Labs has released an updated version 1.21.2.1 of its free ransomware decryption tool, RakhniDecryptor, which can now also decrypt files locked by the Jaff rans… Continue reading Jaff Ransomware Decryption Tool Released – Don’t Pay, Unlock Files for Free

US Warns of ‘DeltaCharlie’ – A North Korean DDoS Botnet Malware

The United States government has released a rare alert about an ongoing, eight-year-long North Korean state-sponsored hacking operation.

The joint report from the FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provided details on “DeltaCharlie,” a… Continue reading US Warns of ‘DeltaCharlie’ – A North Korean DDoS Botnet Malware

Microsoft Issues Updates for 96 Vulnerabilities You Need to Patch this Month

As part of June’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a total of 96 security vulnerabilities across its products, including fixes for two vulnerabilities being actively exploited in the wild.

This month’s patch release also incl… Continue reading Microsoft Issues Updates for 96 Vulnerabilities You Need to Patch this Month

Scammers Are Using Fake Apple In-App Subscriptions to Make Lot of Money

In this year’s annual event, Apple announced that the company had paid out $70 Billion to developers in the App Store’s lifetime and that $21 Billion of the amount was paid in the last year alone.

But has all this money gone to the legitimate app deve… Continue reading Scammers Are Using Fake Apple In-App Subscriptions to Make Lot of Money

Dangerous Malware Discovered that Can Take Down Electric Power Grids

Last December, a cyber attack on Ukrainian Electric power grid caused the power outage in the northern part of Kiev — the country’s capital — and surrounding areas, causing a blackout for tens of thousands of citizens for an hour and fifteen minutes around midnight.

Now, security researchers have discovered the culprit behind those cyber attacks on the Ukrainian industrial control systems.

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Warning! Hackers Started Using “SambaCry Flaw” to Hack Linux Systems

Remember SambaCry?

Two weeks ago we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software (re-implementation of SMB networking protocol) that allows a remote hacker to take full control of a vulnerable L… Continue reading Warning! Hackers Started Using “SambaCry Flaw” to Hack Linux Systems

First-Ever Data Stealing Malware Found Using Intel AMT Tool to Bypass Firewall

It’s not hard for a well-funded state-sponsored hacking group to break into corporate networks and compromise systems with malware, but what’s challenging for them is to keep that backdoor and its communication undetectable from a firewall and other ne… Continue reading First-Ever Data Stealing Malware Found Using Intel AMT Tool to Bypass Firewall

Hard-coded Passwords Make Hacking Foscam ‘IP Cameras’ Much Easier

Security researchers have discovered over a dozen of vulnerabilities in tens of thousands of web-connected cameras that can not be protected just by changing their default credentials.

Vulnerabilities found in two models of IP cameras from China-based… Continue reading Hard-coded Passwords Make Hacking Foscam ‘IP Cameras’ Much Easier

Over 8,600 Vulnerabilities Found in Pacemakers

“If you want to keep living, Pay a ransom, or die.” This could happen, as researchers have found thousands of vulnerabilities in Pacemakers that hackers could exploit.

Millions of people that rely on pacemakers to keep their hearts beating are at risk… Continue reading Over 8,600 Vulnerabilities Found in Pacemakers

Insecure Hadoop Clusters Expose Over 5,000 Terabytes of Data

Until last year, cyber criminals were only targeting computers of individuals and organisations with ransomware and holding them for ransom, but then they started targeting unprotected online databases and servers around the globe for ransom as well.

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