Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers discovered an active Twitter botnet made up of 38,000 bots, generating 8.5 million tweets and netting over 30 million clicks from its victims. Continue reading Botnet Tweeting, Spamming Porn Shut Down
Leading certificate authority Let’s Encrypt is facing criticism that its rapid growth and eagerness to encrypt internet communications is happening at a cost. Continue reading Free Certs Come With a Cost
Researchers have spotted malicious email campaigns using Zip archives to spread NemucodAES ransomware and the Kovter click-fraud Trojan, simultaneously distributing both pieces of malware. Continue reading NemucodAES Ransomware, Kovter Click-Fraud Malware Spreading in Same Campaigns
An analysis of Amazon Web Services storage containers reveals troubling trend of misconfigured S3 buckets that leak data. Continue reading Experts Warn Too Often AWS S3 Buckets Are Misconfigured, Leak Data
Botnets distributing FlokiBot point-of-sale malware are back in business spewing a new malware dubbed LockPoS. Continue reading New Point-of-Sale Malware LockPoS Hitches Ride with FlokiBot
Microsoft releases a total of 57 security patches, part of its July Patch Tuesday, with 20 rated critical. Continue reading Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 19 Critical Vulnerabilities
Avanti Markets notified customers of a possible breach of personal and payment card data as well as biometric user information that likely occurred July 4. Continue reading Micro Market Vendor Warns of Bankcard And Biometric Data Breach
Adversaries are using the SMB communications channel to launch template injection attacks against the energy sector, including nuclear facilities. Continue reading Energy, Nuclear Targeted with Template Injection Attacks
Personal data of 3 million wrestling fans were left exposed on a database owned by World Wide Entertainment. Continue reading Leaky WWE Database Exposes Personal Data of 3M Wrestling Fans
The key to decrypt the original Petya ransomware has been reportedly released by the ransomware’s author. Continue reading Decryption Key to Original Petya Ransomware Released