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This week has seen a big push by Locky using numerous distribution campaigns to try and claim a spot with the big boys. Other than the normal releases of small ransomware creations, we also saw the RIG exploit kit pushing the Princess Ransomware. Contributors and those who provided new ransomware information and stories this week […]
A dissatisfied customer has breached the server of TrueStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service, pilfered its database, and leaked some of the content online. While we don’t know when the actual hack took place, two files were uploaded on the Hastebin and Pastebin text sharing services last nights, each containing different parts of the stolen TrueStresser data. […]
Yesterday, MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware that is appending the .arena extension to encrypted file names. This family of ransomware releases a new version almost every week, if not sooner, so it will be expected to see another variant released soon with a new extension. It should also be noted that this ransomware should not be […]
New eye tracking feature in Windows 10 CFU On October 17, Microsoft will launch the next major version of Windows 10, nicknamed the Fall Creators Update (CFU). The news broke yesterday ahead of time after Lenovo accidentally included the release date in a press release issued for IFA 2017, a consumer electronics trade show held […]
Summer vacation is over! During the past week, security researchers have discovered several distribution campaigns pushing the Locky ransomware via different methods, including a new variant that features one hell of a clever trick. Spotted by Malwarebytes researcher Marcelo Rivero, this distribution campaign comes from the Locky group that uses the affiliate ID #5. On-close […]
According to a new law voted in 2016 and which came into effect starting June 1, 2017, foreign companies activating in China could be forced to provide access to their source code to a state agency that has been recently linked to China’s nation-state cyber-espionage campaigns. China’s new cyber-security law (CSL) gives the China Information […]
A remote access trojan (RAT) offered as a free download on underground hacking forums comes with a secret backdoor that grants the original author access to all the victim data. This new malware strain — advertised as Cobian RAT — has been offered for free to other crooks since February 2017, according to Deepen Desai, […]
Sucuri, a cyber security company recently acquired by GoDaddy, has detected a massive online scanning campaign that’s searching for websites that use the Adminer database management script. Adminer is a tool similar to phpMyAdmin, but smaller in size and with fewer features, a reason why it became popular among some webmaster circles. Adminer has been […]
WikiLeaks published today documentation on the CIA Angelfire project, a malware framework developed to infect Windows computers. According to a leaked CIA manual, Angelfire is made up of five components, each with its own purpose: ↦ Solartime – Malware that modifies the boot sector to load Wolfcreek.↦ Wolfcreek – Self-loading driver that can load other […]
Security researchers have found five gaping holes in the firmware running on Arris modems, three of which are hardcoded backdoor accounts. An attacker could use any of these three accounts to access and take over the device with elevated privileges — even root — install new firmware, and ensnare the modem in a larger botnet. […]
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