Collaborate Disseminate
A new botnet consisting of more than 15,000 compromised servers has been used to mine various cryptocurrencies, earning its master around $25,000 per month.
Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment, as it requires an enormous amount of compu… Continue reading An Army of Thousands of Hacked Servers Found Mining Cryptocurrencies
Security researchers have been warning for years about critical security holes in the Signaling System 7 (SS7) that could allow hackers to listen in private phone calls and read text messages on a potentially vast scale, despite the most advanced encry… Continue reading Real-World SS7 Attack — Hackers Are Stealing Money From Bank Accounts
Did someone just share a random Google Doc with you?
First of all — Do not click on that Google Doc link you might have just received in your email and delete it immediately — even if it’s from someone you know.
I, my colleagues at The Hacker News, and even people all around the Internet, especially journalists, are receiving a very convincing OAuth phishing email, which says that the person
Continue reading Warning! Don’t Click that Google Docs Link You Just Received in Your Email
In Brief
Google has released its monthly security patches for Android this week, addressing 17 critical vulnerabilities, 6 of which affect Android Mediaserver component that could be used to execute malicious code remotely.
Besides patches for Mediase… Continue reading Google Patches 6 Critical Android Mediaserver Bugs in May Security Update
Updated: Since the below-reported vulnerability is highly critical and it would take a few weeks for sysadmins to protect their enterprise network, the research team has not yet disclosed the technical details of the vulnerability.
Meanwhile, I have t… Continue reading PCs with Intel Server Chipsets, Launched Since 2010, Can be Hacked Remotely
After releasing 10 back-to-back episodes of the Season 5 premiere of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black,” a hacking group calling itself The Dark Overlord is threatening to leak a trove of other unreleased TV shows and movies.
The Dark Overlord (TDO) … Continue reading Hacker leaks ‘Orange is the New Black’ Season 5 after Netflix refused to Pay Ransom
Wikileaks has just published a new batch of the Vault 7 leak, exposing the documentation and source code for a CIA project known as “Scribbles.”
Scribbles, a.k.a. the “Snowden Stopper,” is a piece of software allegedly designed to embed ‘web beacon’ t… Continue reading Source Code for CIA’s Tool to Track Whistleblowers Leaked by Wikileaks
Wikileaks has just published a new batch of the Vault 7 leak, exposing the documentation and source code for a CIA project known as “Scribbles.”
Scribbles, a.k.a. the “Snowden Stopper,” is a piece of software allegedly designed to embed ‘web beacon’ t… Continue reading Source Code for CIA’s Tool to Track Whistleblowers Leaked by Wikileaks
Many people believe that they are much less likely to be bothered by malware if they use a Mac computer, but is it really true? Unfortunately, No.
According to the McAfee Labs, malware attacks on Apple’s Mac computers were up 744% in 2016, and its res… Continue reading New MacOS Malware, Signed With Legit Apple ID, Found Spying On HTTPS Traffic
Last week, we reported about a so-called ‘vigilante hacker’ who hacked into at least 10,000 vulnerable ‘Internet of Things’ devices, such as home routers and Internet-connected cameras, using a botnet malware in order to supposedly secure them.
Now, t… Continue reading Hajime ‘Vigilante Botnet’ Growing Rapidly; Hijacks 300,000 IoT Devices Worldwide