Attackers have disguised information-stealing and Bitcoin malware as third-party add-ons and cheats for Blizzard’s online card game. Hearthstone, a free-to-play card game based on World of Warcraft, has been indirectlyRead More →
TENERIFE, SPAIN—THERE ARE many ways we know of to cause a blackout. You could hack industrial equipment to spin a generator out of control. You couldhijack operator machines and remotelyRead More →
Home routers with little to no security are far too common. They’re dangerous from a number of perspectives: as peeping holes for spying on people’s daily web use, for filtering stolen files and forRead More →
Short Bytes: Your desire to master the art of Facebook hacking can harm you in a big way. Recently, a variant of Remtasu malware has been spotted in the wild thatRead More →
Oxford, Miss. (TLV)—Sunday, Feb 7, The Oxford School District was attacked by an “unknown hacker” using “crypto-ransomware.” OSD has shut down all servers and is currently working to resume regularRead More →
Steam’s built-in browser runs in a no-sandbox mode. The latest version of the Steam gaming client is employing an outdated Web browser that puts users at risk due to unpatched vulnerabilitiesRead More →
A hacker accessed an employee’s email account at the Department of Justice and stole 200GB of files including records of 9,000 DHS staffers and 20,000 FBI employees. Yesterday, the dataRead More →
During a recent penetration test, I was performing some packet captures and noticed some unencrypted Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) traffic. The syntax was unmistakable. At first I thought this might beRead More →
Russian authorities raided offices of a Russian film distribution and production company as part of an operation against the Dyre gang. Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies in November raidedRead More →
Spam campaign targets Portuguese-speaking firms in Brazil and other regions to deliver malware and steal sensitive data. Symantec has observed an ongoing spam campaign targeting Brazil-based companies and other firmsRead More →
