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What you’ll do if Ransomware infects you? Should you pay or not to recover your files?
Believe me, the FBI advises – Pay off the criminals to get your files back if you don’t have a backup.
But paying off a ransom to cyber criminals is definitely not… Continue reading KillDisk Ransomware Targets Linux; Demands $250,000 Ransom, But Won’t Decrypt Files
Nearly two years back, we warned users about publicly accessible MongoDB instances – almost 600 Terabytes (TB) – over the Internet which require no authentication, potentially leaving websites and servers at risk of hacking.
These MongoDB instances weren’t exposed due to any flaw in its software, but due to a misconfiguration (bad security practice) that let any remote attacker access MongoDB
Continue reading Someone Hijacking Unsecured MongoDB Databases for Ransom
Nearly two years back, we warned users about publicly accessible MongoDB instances – almost 600 Terabytes (TB) – over the Internet which require no authentication, potentially leaving websites and servers at risk of hacking.
These MongoDB instances weren’t exposed due to any flaw in its software, but due to a misconfiguration (bad security practice) that let any remote attacker access MongoDB
Continue reading Someone Hijacking Unsecured MongoDB Databases for Ransom
A security researcher recently reported a critical vulnerability in one of the most popular open source PHP libraries used to send emails that allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the web server and compromise a web app… Continue reading Critical Updates — RCE Flaws Found in SwiftMailer, PhpMailer and ZendMail
Three critical zero-day vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP 7 that could allow an attacker to take complete control over 80 percent of websites which run on the latest version of the popular web programming language.
The critical vulnerabilities reside in the unserialized mechanism in PHP 7 – the same mechanism that was found to be vulnerable in PHP 5 as well, allowing hackers to
Continue reading 3 Critical Zero-Day Flaws Found in PHP 7 — One Remains Unpatched!
Hey, Alexa! Who did this murder?
Arkansas police are seeking help from e-commerce giant Amazon for data that may have been recorded on its Echo device belonging to a suspect in a murder case, bringing the conflict into the realm of the Internet of Thi… Continue reading Police Ask for Amazon Echo Data to Help Solve a Murder Case
After the success of Pokémon Go, Nintendo’s “Super Mario Run” has become the hottest game to hit the market with enormous popularity and massive social impact. The game has taken the world by storm since its launch for iOS devices over a week ago.
Can you believe — it was downloaded more than 40 million times worldwide in its first four days of release.
But if you have downloaded a Super
Continue reading Did You Install Super Mario Run APK for Android? That’s Malware
A bittersweet Christmas and New Year for users and fans of the most popular custom Android ROM, Cyanogen OS.
Cyanogen that tried and failed to kill Google’s Android operating system is now shutting down the custom services that it provides to phones t… Continue reading Cyanogen Shutting Down All Services; No More Android ROM Updates
You might have also seen a viral video of the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey that quickly spread through the Internet worldwide.
Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot dead by an off-duty police officer in Ankara on December 19 w… Continue reading Russia Wants Apple to Unlock iPhone belonging to Killer of Russian Ambassador
The same group of hackers that caused the power outage across several regions in Ukraine last Christmas holidays might have once again shut down power supply in northern Ukraine during the weekend.
According to Ukrainian energy provider Ukrenergo, a c… Continue reading Hackers Suspected of Causing Second Power Outage in Ukraine