Sometimes, during security audits, we may encounter a situation where everything is being managed correctly. In other words security patches, policies, network segmentation, antivirus, and user awareness, to name just aRead More →
18-year-old suspect characterizes it as a prank, but police aren’t laughing. Authorities said they arrested an 18-year-old iPhone app developer on charges of felony computer tampering after he unleashed codeRead More →
Short Bytes: Hacktivist group Anonymous has shared a new video and highlighted the strong possibility of World War 3. The collective says that the WWIII is coming soon, citing differentRead More →
Security researchers discovers IRCTelnet malware. A new malware family written by what appears to be an experienced coder is aiming for Linux-based IoT devices, with the main purpose of addingRead More →
HackForums.net has shut down its “Server Stress Testing” section. An online hackers’ forum has deleted a section that allegedly offered paid distributed denial-of-service attacks, following last Friday’s massive internet disruption.Read More →
Security researchers have discovered flaws in the Mirai botnet that might be used to mitigate against future attacks from the zombie network. Scott Tenaglia, a researcher at endpoint security firmRead More →
The young hacker Mys7erioN announced to have hacked into the database of a US organization, the Michigan State University. Data leaked online. Today I was contacted via Twitter by Mys7erioN who revealedRead More →
The malware world continues to develop rapidly and dynamically. On a daily basis new malware appears, accelerating the cat-and-mouse game between attackers and defenders. As a result, it’s more importantRead More →
Rex incorporates some features from the Mirai malware. The Rex Linux malware is not as widespread and efficient as initially thought, and currently, the multi-featured Rex malware is only inRead More →
At the 2016 mobile Pwn2Own event, held on Oct. 26 in Tokyo, security researchers were able to exploit devices that vendors had fully patched. In total, Trend Micro’s Zero DayRead More →
