Cyber Security News

Silent Night Botnet Emerges from Zeus’ Shadow
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Silent Night Botnet Emerges from Zeus’ Shadow

It can be successfully argued that the most famous banking trojan ever released unto an unsuspecting public was Zeus. The malware itself caused havoc but when the source code found its way into the public domain several other malware variants sprouted up built of the source code. Zeus Sphinx, someti

Defending against “Flight Risk” Employees
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Defending against “Flight Risk” Employees

Security firms, media houses, and the InfoSec community at large dedicate a lot of time to the discovering and subsequent analysis and reporting of the latest malware strains. Whether ransomware, creepware, MageCart attacks, or the host of other malware types, it is these threats that need to be def

Sodinokibi Threatens Trump and other Celebrities
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Sodinokibi Threatens Trump and other Celebrities

Sodinokibi’s, also referred to as REvil, infamy has long been covered by this publication. From exploiting Window’s zero-day flaws to how both it and Ryuk almost single-handed caused ransomware demands to spike to nearly double. Again the gang behind the ransomware has caused a stir surrounding the

Google Removes Creepware Apps from Play Store
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Google Removes Creepware Apps from Play Store

Recently several publications began reporting on Google’s successful removal of 813 creepware apps from its app store. Creepware is often seen as a stalker-like application generally seen installed on smartphones and other mobile devices, a better definition will be presented below. Creepware in the

Astaroth hides C&C details in YouTube Descriptions
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Astaroth hides C&C details in YouTube Descriptions

In the two years since its discovery Astaroth, been seen in the wild for the first time in September 2018, has continued to evolve and add features, showing the prowess of its developers. The info-stealing trojan has now been seen to have received a significant update, boasting, even more, features

A MageCart Attack Ramps up Innovation Levels
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A MageCart Attack Ramps up Innovation Levels

Towards the start of the fourth quarter of 2019, a steady rise in MageCart attacks was detected by several security firms. These attacks, which rely on the attacker injecting malicious code into the scripts of shopping cart applications in order to skim the card details entered by customers. The sto

Kaiji Malware Brute Forces its Way In
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Kaiji Malware Brute Forces its Way In

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks make news headlines for a number of reasons, mostly due to how they show the might of hackers in denying users a service at a whim. Whether it is government infrastructure or gamers who need to get in there hours, hackers conducting DDoS attacks can ruin

Shade Ransomware Gang ceases Operations
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Shade Ransomware Gang ceases Operations

Recently the Shade gang announced that it would be ending all operations. This draws to a close one of the longest-running ransomware strains activity. Since 2014 the gang has been active with campaigns being conducted at a fairly constant rate since security researchers detected the variant encrypt

Apple Refutes Claims of Multiple iOS Zero-days
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Apple Refutes Claims of Multiple iOS Zero-days

While Apple was gearing up to the much-anticipated launch of its affordable smartphone, the iPhone SE, it was facing a far more different public relations battle. While the SE was receiving praise across the board a security firm published a report detailing two separate zero-day vulnerabilities rec