Computer Security
1337x dot to - Safe or Not?
1337x dot to is a website used for hosting and distributing links to torrent files, most of them carrying illegal content such as pirated movies and games. This is enough to give you a very good idea of whether the... Read more
Xeesearch.com Redirect
Xeesearch.com is the name of a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers of this sort are usually classified as potentially unwanted programs, or PUPs for short. While PUPs don't exhibit the traditional capabilities and... Read more
DarkSide Group Hit by Server Shutdowns
DarkSide is the bad actor entity that runs the DarkSide ransomware-as-a-service operation. DarkSide are responsible for the two major ransomware attacks that took place just last week. One targeted US fuel supplier... Read more
Microsoft Issues Warning for New RAT Targeting Industries
Microsoft Security Intelligence published a series of tweets, warning for the spread of a new strain of malware that targets the aerospace and travel industries. The malware in question has been named RevengeRAT. A... Read more
Moriya Rootkit Infiltrates Windows Systems
A newly discovered threat has been working steadily at installing backdoors on Windows systems, security researchers recently reported. The rootkit is dubbed Moriya and is exploited by a persistent threat actor of... Read more
'ExtensionInstallForcelist' Chrome Policy is Being Abused by Shady Add-ons
Google Chrome policies are behind-the-scenes settings that both users and add-on developers can use to fine-tune various parts of the Google Chrome experience. However, there is a questionable policy, which contains a... Read more
Xerox Color Workstation Email
Xerox Color Workstation Email is the designation given to a campaign distributing malicious spam emails that carry keylogger malware. The lure used by the bad actors behind the campaign is a message urging the victim... Read more
Xenon Stealer
Xenon Stealer is the name of a malicious application being distributed on underground hacking forums. Any budding hacker can purchase the malware for as little as a hundred dollars and then find ways to deliver it to... Read more
DarkSide Attacks European Branch of Toshiba Corporation
Hot on the trail of the successful attack carried out on the infrastructure of Colonial Pipeline that resulted in a $5 million ransom payout, the threat actor group known as DarkSide executed another ransomware... Read more
DarkSide Ransomware Affiliate Entities Traced by Security Researchers
The recent cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline caused major commotion in the United States and prompted the involvement of the FBI, among other state services and cyber security companies. In the aftermath of the... Read more
Brazilian Banking Trojan Switches Distribution Method
A banking Trojan used primarily in Brazil has switched up its game. Previously being distributed primarily through pornography, the Trojan, which goes by several different names, has made the evolutionary step to... Read more
Paleohacks User Records Leaked in Data Breach
If you are interested in following a paleo diet and eating like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, chances are you have at some point used the website Paleohacks. Paleohacks has been topping paleo site charts compiled by... Read more
Brazilian Bizarro Banking Trojan Reaches Across the Atlantic
The Bizarro banking trojan, originating in Brazil, has now made its way across the ocean and is targeting victims based in Europe, according to cyber security researchers. Bizarro is one of the four big banking... Read more
Ireland Warns for Potential Leaks of Patient Data After Ransomware Attack
Last week Ireland's Health Service Executive was targeted by an unknown threat actor and was forced to take down all of its systems in an attempt to stop the spread of the ransomware used in the attack. Now the HSE is... Read more
Ireland's Health System IT Network Crippled by Ransomware
Ireland's health service has become the latest tragic victim of a ransomware attack. The entire country's IT systems servicing the health industry have been taken offline after a recent ransomware attack classified as... Read more
DarkSide Ransomware Attack Clogs Big US Fuel Pipeline
Following a ransomware attack that affected the network of Colonial Pipeline, the US has to resort to emergency protocols to keep the east coast supplied with fuel. The Department of Transportation gave commercial... Read more
Wyoming Residents' Covid Test Results Exposed Online
After an employee mistake, the Wyoming Health Department posted the Covid-19 test results of nearly 165 thousand state citizens on a storage space exposed to anyone with an active Internet connection. The WHD made a... Read more
Babuk Ransomware Group Hits Metropolitan PD
The threat actors collectively known as the Babuk ransomware gang seem to have scored a new hit. The group says they have exfiltrated around 250 gigabytes of information from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police... Read more
