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Here’s everything you need to know about the most dangerous breed of security threats The cyber security industry might not have perfected the techniques to thwart security threats completely, but…
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If you own a device, or a hardware component, manufactured by ASUS, Toshiba, Intel, NVIDIA, Huawei, or other 15 other vendors listed below, you’re probably screwed.
A team of security researchers has discovered high-risk security vulnerabilities in mo… Continue reading Over 40 Drivers Could Let Hackers Install Persistent Backdoor On Windows PCs
Dozens of insecure drivers from 20 vendors illustrate widespread weaknesses when it comes to kernel protection. Continue reading Driver Disaster: Over 40 Signed Drivers Can’t Pass Security Muster
Cyber Security researchers at Guardicore Labs today published a detailed report on a widespread cryptojacking campaign attacking Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers worldwide.
Dubbed Nansh0u, the malicious campaign is reportedly being carried out by… Continue reading Hackers Infect 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Servers with Rootkit Malware
Sophisticated threats remain among the main concerns of enterprises today. As environments grow in complexity, malware actors find innovative ways to infiltrate overlooked entry points in networks, hiding behind the scenes to wreak havoc without ever m… Continue reading Scranos Rootkit Operation Turns Global
A new powerful rootkit-enabled spyware operation has been discovered wherein hackers are distributing multifunctional malware disguised as cracked software or trojanized app posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus … Continue reading Scranos: New Rapidly Evolving Rootkit-Enabled Spyware Discovered
Last year, the Bitdefender Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab started analysis of a new password- and data-stealing operation based around a rootkit driver digitally signed with a possibly stolen certificate. The operation, partially described in a recent a… Continue reading Inside Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware Operation
A team of security analysts discovered a dangerous new weapon used by hackers — the Lojax UEFI rootkit which apparently is the first of it kind to be used against users. The collected information about it shows that it is…Read more
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Cybersecurity researchers at ESET have unveiled what they claim to be the first-ever UEFI rootkit being used in the wild, allowing hackers to implant persistent malware on the targeted computers that could survive a complete hard-drive wipe.
Dubbed Lo… Continue reading Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild
This demo shows that “evil maid attacks,” hacks where an attacker has physical access to a target computer, are not as complicated as you may think. Continue reading Watch a Hacker Install a Firmware Backdoor on a Laptop in Less Than 5 Minutes