The Challenges of DIY Botnet Detection – and How to Overcome Them

Botnets have been around for over two decades, and with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) they have spread further to devices no one imagined they would – printers, webcams, and even toasters and fridges. Some botnets enlist infected devic… Continue reading The Challenges of DIY Botnet Detection – and How to Overcome Them

NSA to release its GHIDRA reverse engineering tool for free

The United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) is planning to release its internally developed reverse engineering tool for free at the upcoming RSA security conference 2019 that will be held in March in San Francisco.

The existence of the framewor… Continue reading NSA to release its GHIDRA reverse engineering tool for free

LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30-Months Prison Sentence

A 21-year-old Kentucky man who previously pleaded guilty to developing, marketing, and selling an infamous remote access trojan (RAT) called LuminosityLink has now been sentenced to 30 months in prison.

According to a press release published Monday by… Continue reading LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30-Months Prison Sentence

21-Year-Old Creator of LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Pleads Guilty

As it was speculated that the author of LuminosityLink RAT was arrested last year, a plea agreement made available to the public today confirmed the news.

Back in September last year, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and National Crime Agenc… Continue reading 21-Year-Old Creator of LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Pleads Guilty

Memcached DDoS Exploit Code and List of 17,000 Vulnerable Servers Released

Two separate proofs-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for Memcached amplification attack have been released online that could allow even script-kiddies to launch massive DDoS attacks using UDP reflections easily.

The first DDoS tool is written in C progra… Continue reading Memcached DDoS Exploit Code and List of 17,000 Vulnerable Servers Released

Run ‘Kali Linux’ Natively On Windows 10 — Just Like That!

Great news for hackers.

Now you can download and install Kali Linux directly from the Microsoft App Store on Windows 10 just like any other application.

I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true!

Kali Linux, a very popular, free, and open-source Linux-b… Continue reading Run ‘Kali Linux’ Natively On Windows 10 — Just Like That!

Newly Uncovered ‘MoneyTaker’ Hacker Group Stole Millions from U.S. & Russian Banks

Security researchers have uncovered a previously undetected group of Russian-speaking hackers that has silently been targeting Banks, financial institutions, and legal firms, primarily in the United States, UK, and Russia.

Moscow-based security firm G… Continue reading Newly Uncovered ‘MoneyTaker’ Hacker Group Stole Millions from U.S. & Russian Banks

Vault 8: WikiLeaks Releases Source Code For Hive – CIA’s Malware Control System

Almost two months after releasing details of 23 different secret CIA hacking tool projects under Vault 7 series, Wikileaks today announced a new Vault 8 series that will reveal source codes and information about the backend infrastructure developed by … Continue reading Vault 8: WikiLeaks Releases Source Code For Hive – CIA’s Malware Control System

Learn Ethical Hacking — Get 8 Online Courses For Just $29

With the rise in cyber-crimes, ethical hacking has become a powerful strategy in the fight against online threats.

In general terms, ethical hackers are authorised to break into supposedly ‘secure’ computer systems without malicious intent, but with t… Continue reading Learn Ethical Hacking — Get 8 Online Courses For Just $29