Threats
Warning! Password-stealing Malware Attacks are Still on the Rise in 2019
Things are heating up again in the IT security sector. 2018 saw some notable changes done in that sector, with a few botnets neutralized, quite a few threats studied and countered by experts and quite a few hacker... Read more
Dangerous Malware Came Pre-Installed on Android Phones, and No One Did Anything for Years
When you purchase a new smartphone, it always comes with plenty of apps pre-installed. These are meant to make your experience easy and fun from the get-go. Depending on the phone and the operating system running on... Read more
How to Create a Ransomware Backup Plan
Why you need to create a plan in the case of a Ransomware attack In this day and age, data can be a company's most precious asset, and it falls to the company itself to keep the data safe. While companies that employ... Read more
How Hackers Compromised Cambridge University's Security to Spread Malware via a Firefox Zero-Day Vulnerability
What exactly is the biggest problem of modern online security? Advanced hacking tools? Badly written software applications? Vendors that don't do enough to protect users' data? You could argue that technically, all... Read more
Yet Another Spam Campaign Uses CVE-2017-11882 to Deliver Malware
We recently touched upon the problem of vulnerability management and patching. The fact of the matter is, a very large portion of users and organizations that rely heavily on computers are completely unaware of how... Read more
7.7 Million LabCorp Customers Were Potentially Hit by a Massive Data Breach
Quite a few people were worried when Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (better known as LabCorp) announced that it had suffered a cyberattack on July 16, 2018. This is not terribly surprising. After all,... Read more
A Security Vulnerability in Steam's Windows Client Puts Gamers at Risk
Many people who aren't entirely aware of how software works would be ready to start pulling their hair out if they hear that a major online gaming platform with millions of users suffers from a severe security... Read more
FaceApp Might Be Bad, but Fake Lookalikes Might Be Worse
If you do not know what FaceApp is, you must have been on a social media detox lately because this app has been shoved down our throats via Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, all imaginable online news outlets (from The... Read more
The Numbers Are In: $45 Billion Was Lost Due to Cyber Criminal Activity in 2018
The online world is so vast and complex that trying to detail even a small portion of it with any sort of accuracy is going to be next to impossible. That won't stop people from trying, though, and this is a good... Read more
How to Recognize and Prevent Common LinkedIn Phishing Emails
Recently, we've been getting news of new LinkedIn-related phishing attacks. According to the news, the hackers use an array of assorted schemes in order to pressure their targets into visiting web pages laced with... Read more
Change Your Weak Server Passwords ASAP If You Do Not Want to Face GoldBrute
Those of you who have been interested in the online threat landscape for the last few years probably know what Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (or RDP) is. You've seen it being used in more than a few large-scale... Read more
The GandCrab Ransomware Creators Announced Their Retirement, but Poorly Protected MySQL Servers Are Still at Risk
Shortly after its first appearance in early-2018, GandCrab's popularity grew, and it quickly became the most prominent name on the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) market. GandCrab's commercial success was so massive,... Read more
How to Protect Backups Against Ransomware Attacks
Almost everything we do nowadays gets digitalized for the purpose of easy storage and accessibility. Whether it's a private person's projects stored on their own PC, or a huge list of employees, schedules, goods and... Read more
Meet Monokle, an Android Malware Family Capable of Stealing and Changing Passwords
Special Technology Center (STC) is a software development company based in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and the American Government hasn't been particularly happy with it. In 2016, Barack Obama imposed sanctions on STC... Read more
Watch out for the Anubis Banking Malware That Can Put Your Virtual Privacy at Risk
If you ever find yourself wondering how large a large-scale cybercrime operation can be, you could do worse than take a look at the Anubis Android malware. The trojan has been around for at least five years now, but... Read more
Beware of the Houdini Trojan, or You Might Lose Control over Your Online Banking
For as little as $50 per month, wannabe cybercriminals can go on a popular hacking forum and rent what has been advertised as WSH Remote Access Tool (RAT). As we'll find out in a moment, at least some of them seem to... Read more
How to Protect Your Password From the Rootkit-Enabled Scranos Malware
Beware, the Scranos rootkit malware, which has been running wild recently, can do serious damage to you by stealing your passwords and user credentials through a fake certificate. However, if you have become the... Read more
Are Passwords in Danger When the Hawkeye Keylogger Attacks?
The HawkEye keylogger has been around for about six years now and despite the fact that some would say it has silly name (for a malicious program), it's not just a simple hacking tool developed by a teenage computer... Read more
