Author Archives: Swati Khandelwal

WannaCry Coding Mistakes Can Help Files Recovery Even After Infection

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Last month WannaCry ransomware hit more than 300,000 PCs across the world within just 72 hours by using its self-spreading capabilities to infect vulnerable Windows PCs, particularly those using vulnerable versions of the OS, within the same network.

But that doesn’t mean WannaCry was a high-quality piece of ransomware.

Security researchers have recently discovered some programming errors in

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OneLogin Password Manager Hacked; Users’ Data Can be Decrypted

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Do you use OneLogin password manager? If yes, then immediately change all your account passwords right now.

OneLogin, the cloud-based password management and identity management software company, has admitted that the company has suffered a data breac… Continue reading OneLogin Password Manager Hacked; Users’ Data Can be Decrypted→

Beware! Fireball Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide

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Security researchers have discovered a massive malware campaign that has already infected more than 250 million computers across the world, including Windows and Mac OS.

Dubbed Fireball, the malware is an adware package that takes complete control of … Continue reading Beware! Fireball Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide→

US Defense Contractor left Sensitive Files on Amazon Server Without Password

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Sensitive files linked to the United States intelligence agency were reportedly left on a public Amazon server by one of the nation’s top intelligence contractor without a password, according to a new report.

UpGuard cyber risk analyst Chris Vickery discovered a cache of 60,000 documents from a US military project for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) left unsecured on Amazon

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Chrome Flaw Allows Sites to Secretly Record Audio/Video Without Indication

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What if your laptop is listening to everything that is being said during your phone calls or other people near your laptop and even recording video of your surrounding without your knowledge?

Sounds really scary! Isn’t it? But this scenario is not onl… Continue reading Chrome Flaw Allows Sites to Secretly Record Audio/Video Without Indication→

Shadow Brokers Launches 0-Day Exploit Subscriptions for $21,000 Per Month

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As promised to release more zero-days exploits and hacking tools for various platforms starting from June 2017, the infamous hacking group Shadow Brokers is back with more information on how to subscribe and become a private member for receiving exclus… Continue reading Shadow Brokers Launches 0-Day Exploit Subscriptions for $21,000 Per Month→

Russian Hackers Made ‘Tainted Leaks’ a Thing — Phishing to Propaganda

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We came across so many revelations of sensitive government and corporate data on the Internet these days, but what’s the accuracy of that information leaked by unknown actors?

Security researchers have discovered new evidence of one such sophisticated… Continue reading Russian Hackers Made ‘Tainted Leaks’ a Thing — Phishing to Propaganda→

7-Year-Old Samba Flaw Lets Hackers Access Thousands of Linux PCs Remotely

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A 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Samba networking software that could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected Linux and Unix machines.

Samba is open-source software (re-implementation of S… Continue reading 7-Year-Old Samba Flaw Lets Hackers Access Thousands of Linux PCs Remotely→

All Android Phones Vulnerable to Extremely Dangerous Full Device Takeover Attack

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Researchers have discovered a new attack, dubbed ‘Cloak and Dagger’, that works against all versions of Android, up to version 7.1.2.

Cloak and Dagger attack allows hackers to silently take full control of your device and steal private data, including… Continue reading All Android Phones Vulnerable to Extremely Dangerous Full Device Takeover Attack→

Cyber Crime Gang Arrested for Infecting Over 1 Million Phones with Banking Trojan

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The Russian Interior Ministry announced on Monday the arrest of 20 individuals from a major cybercriminal gang that had stolen nearly $900,000 from bank accounts after infecting over one million Android smartphones with a mobile Trojan called “CronBot…. Continue reading Cyber Crime Gang Arrested for Infecting Over 1 Million Phones with Banking Trojan→